Laragh - Lough Tay - Sally Gap - Laragh Loop 41:19km Road Spin with two of my friends was good hills to climb and rain like we never seen before!!!! but still when you can see some great places the rain won't stop you from having fun! the lads went on for longer spin and took home 72km and I turned of to Sally gap and headed back to Laragh so took home 41km and as had other plans for the day....
I love getting out and staying fit etc... Road cycling is one of my big parts of freedom for me as I cycle everywhere I don't drive a car! I love to cycling touring too and have spend 3 months on west coast of Ireland back a few years ago and had a great time camping under the stars... Laragh - Lough Tay - Sally Gap - Laragh Loop 41:19km Road Spin with two of my friends was good hills to climb and rain like we never seen before!!!! but still when you can see some great places the rain won't stop you from having fun! the lads went on for longer spin and took home 72km and I turned of to Sally gap and headed back to Laragh so took home 41km and as had other plans for the day....
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Was a RD helper at the WWU & WWT over the weekend and turned out to be a great race and so many came along, always good to meet new people and have lots of chats at the sometime helping out and taking pics too, it sure was a busy day for us all, as you can see in my pics below in link... My photos from the Wicklow Way Ultra ( WWU ) 51km & Wicklow Way trail ( WWT ) 26km https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.512187698889603.1073741854.263214820453560&&uploaded=46 Great to be back running on the Mountains what a good day for it too.. after all my resting am back!! maybe not 100% but will get there soon and by the summer, but still good to be back., feeling strong too, had myself a super duper run on a fine sunny warm day but got very windy on the summit took me of my feet which was ok as landed on the muck!!! ran in my Hoka Trail shoes and so much love them.... Peace WOW Just got my free pair INOV Road to trail ROC 225 shoes from Basecamp Dublin, time to hit the trails for some good testing and big thanks to Basecamp Dublin. if anyone is looking for some good trail shoes base camp is the place to go with a nice 10% off any gear from M.S.R Peace http://www.basecamp.ie Well after 5-7 weeks not running and resting up was the best part of my healing, in the past years when injured I never really took time off running it was more I didn't train as much and hope for the best to heal !!! but this time around with many longer races coming up and pals telling me to rest ! I said OK I've still got my cycling and hiking etc so for the 1st time ever ! I took the time out and WOW am back running now and feel great, so much power and having the love of running again it great,it was my Birthday on the 16th of March and what a great day to start running again and had a great little loop, so if your reading this and thinking yes I'll will miss my running and that great feeling you get etc .. find some other things to do like hiking etc while resting from running, cause I'll tell you your running will be so much faster and stronger!... enjoy life and running.. peace Laragh Trail Run 6km a small local race that went great, I was a helper on the day by taking the Photos and such a nice day as well... M.S.R was giving a free ticket so we made it a competition and Rene Borg was picked out of the hat of many other names and in came in 2nd place of the race with Tony Collins 1st. happy faces all day at the race and they seem to got a lot of good support for the locals with cakes, tea and food etc.. I took over 190 pics as you can see on this link,...total raised for the school is just under 2100euro https://www.facebook.com/laragh.trailrun https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.508335729274800.1073741851.263214820453560& 29 March at 10:00 – 15:00 How to stop losing race places to someone who knows how to read a map. A preparation course for the open mountain races such as IMRA etc.. Who is this course for? Mountain runners who want to run off the beaten track. Wednesday night hill racers who long to try the longer weekend races but fear 'getting lost'. Adventure racers who have to pick up the pieces when their designated team navigator falls asleep on her/his feet. In fact anyone who feels constrained by a fear of maps, compasses and the jargon Who is delivering the course? Paul Nolan a qualified Mountain Leader Who's he? Former hill runner, map maker and orienteer'. In his second hill race Paul lost 15 places by following the runners in front of him, rather than the unmarked race route. He swore it wouldn't happen again. For the next two decades his main claim to fame was beating faster runners who went off course in the heat of battle. These days he is a qualified Mountain Leader, Emergency Medical Technician and member of the Glen of Imaal Mountain Rescue Team. What will be covered? * Maps. How to read them, trust them, distrust them then grow to love them. * Route choice. How to pick the route that works best with your strengths. * Re-location. What to do when you expect the ground to rise but it is falling. * Compasses. Why they are not scary and not really that important when you love maps. * Contours. The most important lines you'll ever meet when on the hills. * The 3 key words. You'll have to come along to find them out. Outcome for you? Seeing and understanding all the information that colourful piece of paper called a map really contains. Using it to make choices. Executing those choices and letting your running speed dictate your result rather than your unfulfilled navigation potential. The clothing you need for the outdoors. Even though the subject is running nav we will be walking, so boots, over trousers, coat, hat, gloves, thermal layers, a bit of food/drink. Pen and paper for the indoor part if you want to take notes. We have Limited places to 12 so you all get attention and time during any Q & A. All for a special rate of 50euro per person with Mud Sweat & Runners www.mudsweatandrunners.weebly.com www.facebook.com/mudsweatandrunners WOW!! What a great deal not to be missed!!! I'll be having Basecamp Ireland outdoor store selling Maps, Compass and running gear on this course. with great deals for all... Place of event Glendalough Hostel www.facebook.com/glendalough.hostel Well..... juju is back running after a nice time out resting!! its OK to have time off running now and then as all our bodies need rest!.. I know from many of my friends that run have been taking time out as well. I see it in many great runners and with speed runners too. to much of anything is bad for you!. but am back running and went for a really nice small 5:21k trail run on Monday, great sunny and warm day too. took it slow at 1st to warm up the legs and soon as I was feeling good I then opened up for speed and ran good no race but still got home fast!! maybe to fast for my 1st run in over 5-7weeks! but was feeling good and still feeling good!! so time to hit the trails once again and will have you all out soon. peace |
AuthorAs most of you know I am very passionate about Mountain running and other outdoor sports like mountain biking, hiking, power kitting cycling etc. my love for running and sharing great trails with people lend me to starting group runs up and over time setting up M.S.R facebook page and website. my runs can be from 5 to 61km. am hoping to do longer distances in future. Our group runs are not just only great adventures but also happy times as you can see from the gallery photos. Archives
October 2015
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