Training week 3

326 kms was covered this week. The roads are badly broke up around Wexford after the recent cold snap. The main roads are ok but the back roads are like a war zone.

Training week 2

333 kms was covered this week. I headed for the Gorey roundabout on Tuesday, it's very dangerous in the dark with all the traffic heading for the boat. This was my first time training in the night this year. I went out on the club training spin on Sunday, found the spin very tough. Legs are tired.

Training week 1

355kms was covered this week and weight has drop 1kg through training and calorie counting. First audax event for the year is the slievemann 200 kms on the 26/02/2011. Hopefully the roads will have no ice on them.

Review 2010

9600 kms were covered in 2010. The last four months of the year were bad, only 1300 kms were covered is this period. Work got very busy and training suffered, still I'm looking forward to the 2011 season and Paris Brest Paris. Training started this week and I will update the blog weekly. I will also try and reduce my weight to be as lean as possible going into the event . I don't know if I can reach my target weight of 63kgs but we will give it a go. I want to reduce by weight down from 75kgs and train as per last year so hopefully this will get me through the event .

Training week 33

274 kms was covered this week. The roads in clare are very tiring, there is a lot of vibebrasion through the bike because of the road surface. The race was hardest over the three major climbs but also there was a head wind from ballyvaghan to Spanish point. Finished 3rd in class and 22nd overall. Not to bad out of 1800 riders. The Sean Kelly Tour is on next Sunday, hopefully I'll have the same form for this event.

Training week 32

163 kms was covered this week. Did the inter club league on Tuesday evening, last race before going on holidays.

Training week 31

247kms was covered this week. I finished with the first group home on the vee challenge. This event was twice over the famous vee climb. Struggling with the climbs because of my weight. Still it was a good day. Off to clare on holidays for two weeks and will hopefully compete in the skyride race. 1800 riders signed up for this event.