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Rookie's diary part two
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Plan for this morning was a short swim, home, drop Aoibhe to playschool and then into work. The last two bits happened. Eoin is getting the last of his teeth ("Does Eoin have 20 teeth yet Daddy?" "no" "Ahhhhh man"), he was in bits last night and waking every ten minutes. All he wanted was Daddy he is going through that phase the last month or two where only Daddy will do - I remember the phase with Aoibhe and I remember it ending so I am going to enjoy it while it lasts as it will end
So every 10-20 minutes he would wake, cry, then realise he was in bed with me and head back to sleep. At 0600 I *could* have plonked him into Glenda and gone to the pool but they are off to Cavan this evening and I won't see them until Sunday so I'll just swim after work.
Going to be busy after work - swimming, finding my original wetsuit from 2004, assembling my bike and packing for Blacksod. If I can do an IM on little training I'm sure I can do an olympic on none.
Next week it all starts and I am looking forward to it.
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Its been pointed out to me that 32kph is 1:23 so that 1:30 figure is total sh1t and based on the wattage from that strava link. Which obviously was done on a ergomo or a dodgy powertap.
1:25 including T1 then
the run time including T2
Done and dusted in 2:45
This guy did it in less than 10 minutes.
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griffin100 wrote: »My prediction:
27-28 swim
74ish bike
44 run
3 trans
Scrape in under 2.30
I'd listen to Griffin - he predicted my half marathon time this past weekend to the second!0 -
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Left work on a half day Friday, home, LCD and jackback at the house, loaded van, drove to Belmullet - a long drive. Lads went for a run, I had a nap in the van. Registered and back to the B&B. Finished assembling my bike and then off for dinner and drinks, too many drinks. Home for ten and into bed.
Morning rolled around and it was miserable and windy. Over to the race site, racked up and listened to the race briefing. Race Ref: "Now if you draft on this very very windy course, for which the wind is a head wind for 21km then the worst the penalty will be is 2 minutes." Cue crowd collectively saying "wow thats worth it".
Met BTH (he is that ginger and skinny) and fazz. Got into my wetsuit (took jackyback and BTH to get me in. First time in a wetsuit since Roth 2012.
Into the cold cold water, took a conservative positioning - no OW swimming in 14 months and no swimming in over a month. After what seemed like an enternity off we went. I think that the buoys on this race were the best ones that I have experienced in Ireland. Lots of them, visible, different colour to the swim hats they gave out. So really I had no excuse for swimming so far off course. After the first turn got battered by the waves, at which point I rememberd I've not swam in the sea in three years. While later the jellies started. Stung on my hands and neck. I wasn't finishing my stroke, my catch was terrible and my turnover so so slow.
Finally out of the water, over to my bike. The almighty c0ck who was racked beside me had thrown his wetsuit on my bike snapping the elastics for the shoes. On with a roubaix jacket at which point jackyback was out of the water and shouting "i'm coming for you Tunney."
Out of T1, could NOT get my feet into the shoes. Stopped and got off the bike 500m in, on with shoes and off I went. (only reason you biked faster hobbit head). On I went, on the pig of the hill the hobbit came by me, he had caught me earlier than I had hoped. Crested the hill and surprise surprise on the descent there was a very very bad crash. Down the hill I went hindered by the handicapped bike handling and excessive breaking of those around me.
Onto the relative flat and jackyback wasn't getting that far away for me. Started slowly reeling him in, went past after a bit and just rode as I felt. A trispoke and disc meant I REALLY felt the cross winds. Dodgy as.
Despite this being my first time on my tri bike since Roth 2012 I was riding okay. Was going about 45kph and coming up on a lad doing about 30kph. He turned and looked to see if the way was clear for him to overtake the person in front of him. He saw me, looked me in the eyes, and pulled out. Cue breaking and a smart "nice riding there" as I rode past him "fvck you, you fvcking cvnt". Either he knew me or he was a c0ck. Suspect the latter.
Turnaround came and now it was a head wind. A super strong one. Surprise surpise the packs formed and people were riding in groups. I rode legally off the back of a pack and made three attempts to get by, each time they would sit in and then consume me, I'd go out the back to be legal and repeat. Eventually I saw draft marshal "Cool he will do them" nope. He didn't. Five minutes later I saw the same draft marshal. My frantic gesturing left him in no doubt what I thought he should do. He did one, maybe two of the group of six. It did however break the group up. Surprise surprise this time they couldn't come with me. Past that group and the next two groups and into T2.
Prepped for a flying dismount, noticed the lack of carpet and the stones and realised I would shred my feet I dismounted slowly. In and on with runners, fecking Greepers broke, to be fair they are three years old. Took a good 30-45 seconds to get them closed and off I went. Legs felt good. I could see jackyback coming into T2. I know the run course was hilly and with him 2/3 my height and 1/2 my weight I knew he would take me. He passed me and I was just to heavy and fat to go with him. Suffered like a fat pig on the run. I was impressed to see LCD wearing his tutu and veil on the run. He was going well . Suffering continued, finished the race, was bundled into a van and off to Newry we went for the rest of the stag. Quazar, karting, pub, dinner, nightclub, residents bar, bed, back to Dublin, pub, Croke park, pub, bed.
A great weekend and I really really enjoyed the race.
Swim http://connect.garmin.com/activity/380093437
T1 http://connect.garmin.com/activity/380093439
Bike http://connect.garmin.com/activity/380093440
T2 http://connect.garmin.com/activity/380093443
Run http://connect.garmin.com/activity/380093445
Swim 00:26:49
T1 00:02:20
Bike 01:18:29
T2 00:02:29
Run 00:49:4
Total 02:39:54
A good ROI for the years work
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That almost deserves a ban.
And I only looked so skinny standing next to you and Fran :P
Why? Do you consider being called ginger an insult? If so that says more about you than me. Oh no wait, that's how I meant it
Yes I did feel rather fat beside you.
Not as bad as how Fran felt on the rest of the stag. I was the shortest other than him, all the rest 6'3" to 6'6"
Anyways thanks for the help getting into the wetsuit, and yes I did need two peoples help.0 -
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I'm fecked. I think tomorrow I start back. Drinking, then race, then driving, then stag, then drinking, then game, then drinking. Through in two sick kids (unfortunately both have different things so they will swap in a few days) and I'm exhausted, and toxic.And never drinking again.
Fixed that for you.
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