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Tour of Louth - Sun June 27th 2010
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Only my third sportive after the M3 and Swords spins and for me the most enjoyable of the 3.
Met Astra Monti, Dirk Voodoo and a "still simmering about the injustice of it all" bcmf before the start.
I was in the silver group and the first 50k were relatively easy, we were back in Dundalk before we knew it but then of course we hit 'le hill' Struggled on the ascent but coasted down the other side and recharged the batteries.
Made a bad error and ran out of drinks around Carlingford but luckily a nice young man (from a Galway CC I think) gave me a bit of water so legs felt good and carried onwards to the finish.
Slightly disappointed as I was aiming for silver and ended up with bronze but I was under orders not to take risks and fall off as we're off to Italia for holidays on Tuesday.
According to my Garmin I did 108k in 4hrs 12mins which I'm fairly happy with considering my age, fitness level and that bloody 'hill'.
Next one for me is the Tour of Meath on July 25th and I'll be back here for my silver medal next year! CPL 593H
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That was a tough one with the winds..!! Enjoyable day though..
Had a feeling with the change to specific groups this year, that the Gold grouping would be a lot faster than last year and boy was I right..!! Started in this group and by the Ardee road I was starting to drop off the pace. Thankfully a new group formed of about 14 people and I worked with them to Jenkinstown Hill (I got nobodys name but included a girl in Tri gear, 2009 Sean Kelly Jersey, Orwell Wheeler, Oriel Wheeler, Sword CC, Team Katusha Kit, Gerolsteiner kit, a cool Pink Floyd Jersey).
The group split at this point. Was pretty much alone over the mountain until I caught the guy from Orwell. We worked alone in the wind and rain. Thankfully our original group reformed around Carlingford and worked together back to Dundalk.
3 hours 5 mins for just over 102KM. Delighted with that and knocked around 14 minutes off my time from last year..
The organisers should really think about taking us to the TV mast next year
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That was a tough one with the winds..!! Enjoyable day though..
Had a feeling with the change to specific groups this year, that the Gold grouping would be a lot faster than last year and boy was I right..!! Started in this group and by the Ardee road I was starting to drop off the pace. Thankfully a new group formed of about 14 people and I worked with them to Jenkinstown Hill (I got nobodys name but included a girl in Tri gear, 2009 Sean Kelly Jersey, Orwell Wheeler, Oriel Wheeler, Sword CC, Team Katusha Kit, Gerolsteiner kit, a cool Pink Floyd Jersey).
The group split at this point. Was pretty much alone over the mountain until I caught the guy from Orwell. We worked alone in the wind and rain. Thankfully our original group reformed around Carlingford and worked together back to Dundalk.
3 hours 5 mins for just over 102KM. Delighted with that and knocked around 14 minutes off my time from last year..
The organisers should really think about taking us to the TV mast next year
That would be me, thanks for not saying 'Guy on a really old clapped out bike'
That was a really good group, pretty much everyone seemed to do their bit, it's just a shame it broke up on the hill, I ended up doing the Omeath to Carlingford stretch into the wind on my own, without that I might have made under three hours. Still there's always next year.....0 -
Enjoyed the spin today. Finished at 2:42 (38.1kph). Made the lead group and four of us finished first.
Fantastic effort, that was a few minutes faster than last year (same route?) and pretty much the same result - a very small lead group getting away from the boardsies on the hill and staying away, except you managed to stay with the break.
Next year we should definitely try and get a team "win" 0 -
Silver for me, and happy with that as have a bad knee the last while so spins have been limited. First section was nice and there was a group of 10 or so of us taking turns at the front every couple of minutes, there was a Dundalk club guy who was calling so that kept everyone moving and was good. Pace was ok but would have liked it to be faster, stopped at JJB as had no breakfast and needed something, but once we got back out the rotation stopped and the group started to fall apart so I ended up at the front for a lot of it till we hit the hill. That was nasty and it had started raining as we were climbing so couldn't get out of the saddle. At the top I coasted to get my breath and as the group had been blown apart I wanted to see had anyone else made it up close to me as I was 1st/2nd up, my brother who is actually in the club in Dundalk was close behind me and we were joined by one other girl from the club and it was the three of us for most of the way back but i led for most of the way, certainly 25km and actually fell 100 yards behind as we came into Dundalk and the wind tunnel that was the road by the race track took what ever I had out of me! But still got the silver, had a cup of coffee and made it to Croke Park to see the Meath Dublin game, given the result it was a great day for me! 0
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That was a tough one with the winds..!! Enjoyable day though..
Had a feeling with the change to specific groups this year, that the Gold grouping would be a lot faster than last year and boy was I right..!! Started in this group and by the Ardee road I was starting to drop off the pace. Thankfully a new group formed of about 14 people and I worked with them to Jenkinstown Hill (I got nobodys name but included a girl in Tri gear, 2009 Sean Kelly Jersey, Orwell Wheeler, Oriel Wheeler, Sword CC, Team Katusha Kit, Gerolsteiner kit, a cool Pink Floyd Jersey).
The group split at this point. Was pretty much alone over the mountain until I caught the guy from Orwell. We worked alone in the wind and rain. Thankfully our original group reformed around Carlingford and worked together back to Dundalk.
3 hours 5 mins for just over 102KM. Delighted with that and knocked around 14 minutes off my time from last year..
The organisers should really think about taking us to the TV mast next year
@decrrrrrr - I was in the Owell jersey, that was a great event, great work done by all that group
I clocked 3.05 as well (3.04.58 by the miracle of new-fangled satellite computer technology - so we broke the 3.05 by loads)
That was a tough gig - the start of the A2/A3 race gold group went off like a rocket, good jaysus we were flying, by the time we got along the Ardee road I was looking at my speed and saying there was no way I was going to keep that up all the way for 64miles, and especially with that hill lying in wait for us.
That group we formed from the Ardee road on was a great group, everyone did there turn and they were all good riders, we were moving well on the road from Ardee to Dundalk, really good pace there, no hanging around.
I enjoyed the hill, it was fairly hot going up it, got over the top grand and that descent was grand, although you'd to work the whole way down it - I wasn't bothered with burying myself all the way down the hill, as I was on my own at that stage, and was going to wait for a group to come up from befind.
Decrrrrrr caught up with me at the bottom of descent and we worked together on the Omeath-Carlingford road into the wind - that wind was a curse and we caught 2 other lads, and then the original group got back together again around Carlingford as Decrrrrrr said. We worked well there, but that whole stretch from Omeath to Greenore along the lough was tough with the wind, and that's probably where we lost our 5mins (to be able to get in under the 3hr mark) but it was still a great effort by all.
Everyone worked really well from Carlingford all the way round again to Dundalk - with suitable Ms. Motivator words from that girl from Phoenix Triathlon
- on the ring road I can tell ya I was getting fed up with those bloody roundabouts wondering which one was ours to get back to the finish, and the effin wind was a curse there as well.
I also think I sweated half my body weight.
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@RobFowl - Dear sir: could you please refrain from littering the countryside with your discarded bicycles, as you perambulate up and down the quiet and winding roads of Co. Louth looking for the floatsom and jetsom of your mechanical demises, thank you:D - go on ya legend!!! 0 -
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Really enjoyed yesterday’s ride, was particularly good to finally meet some fellow Boardsies- Petethedrummer, Zorba, DirkVoodoo, Astramonti, The Taxman, Cdaly (I think) plus others, apologies for not getting/remembering names! Too much to take in on one day!!
I had thought that the riders going for silver and gold would be in one big group with the gold wheat being separated by natural selection from the silver chaff on the route and so hedged my bets a bit and signed for silver before the start, thinking I could test my legs before deciding which bunch to hide in . As it happened, it would seem that most Boards members whom i'd met earlier were in the gold and so when we were separated out by the marshall at the start point I had to bid farewell to my new friends who got off in the premier group. Shame because I was just getting into a good conversation with Astramonti!
Anyway, the speed of silver group suited me well and as it turned out Zorba was in this group too, although I reckon the quicker group would have been his natural habitat. I think there may have been one or two other boards people but like myself they were in club or other gear. The group was well controlled by some local guys and the speed was kept up around 21-22mph, with about 15 or so of us taking good, regular turns at the front, the rest (maybe 15-20? – I didn’t get time to look back so couldn’t tell) happy to sit in. Once we turned at Ardee and picked up the tailwind the pace went up again all the way back through to Dundalk. Heading on out after Dundalk fewer people were coming through to the front, probably trying to keep their powder dry for the climb. At the hill bodies were suddenly everywhere and I made the incorrect decision to do my own thing and take things at an easy pace. Really I should have just given it the max and actively tried to stick with the stronger climbers so we could regroup after the descent into Omeath as planned. As it turned out it was good night Vienna as far as sticking with the bunch was concerned.
By the top I my head was starting to fry (would love not to have to wear a helmet on climbs) and so the sudden lashing rain was a godsend. I don't mind getting a good soaking on the bike and this was great, the rain drops were jagging like needles on my arms and legs. Coming down was fun as the roads were a bit greasy but I passed at least one person who had just picked themselves up from a spill.
In Omeath myself, a chap from Limerick called Andrew (a friend of a Boardsie I understand), and a couple of others figured we could make the gold time if we worked together. I had reckoned that it would have been easily doable but our groupetto fragmented, with a few people joining and departing along the way. Andrew and I worked hard together and kept a good pace but the headwind around by the Horse race track was like a wall and was easily taking 5-6 mph out of us. To compound things we hit a couple of red lights and so we finally rolled to the finish line in 3 hours 25 minutes.
Close but no gold cigar! Great craic nonetheless. And also brilliant to ride on decent quality roads for once- in my part of the country the roads are like Flanders! Yesterday’s felt like silk in comparison.0 -
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It was the same route but I don't know where they started it from last year (after the roll out). Just checked the Garmin now and we lost 1m30s at the last two traffic lights. Having a lead car + motorbike that stops at lights is a bummerFantastic effort, that was a few minutes faster than last year (same route?) and pretty much the same result - a very small lead group getting away from the boardsies on the hill and staying away, except you managed to stay with the break. 0 -
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Flipping hell - how did you manage to hit 214 heart rate at the start mc2000?? were you trying an early break away..???
er, according to that chart my ticker exploded - I think the garmin I have sometimes picks up spikes from other HRs maybe, or overhead power lines make it go doolally.
Or else I did hit 214 :cool::eek:
...Gentlemen....we can rebuild him...we have the technology..,we have the capability....0 -
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Enjoyed my first 100km It was tough .. especially that hill. Anyway, I've reached finish and I'm really happy about it (won't even mention my time lol)
Anyway, it was good experience which helped me to decide to get rid of my bike and get a proper racing one See you next year! 0 -
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