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Saturday Jun 27, 2020 #
11 AM
Cycling 2:53:06 [2] 85.13 km (2:02 / km) +503m 1:58 / km
ahr:140 max:163 shoes: Spiuk ZS11
Board of Works - Glencar - Caragh Lake - Killorglin
This felt like an exercise in futility. Into a strong headwind on the way to Glencar, got drenched by a heavy shower from around 55 minutes to an hour into the spin, and my legs felt flat. So really just felt like I was on a hiding to nothing.
Started to enjoy things more around Caragh Lake, had the wind behind me now and was warm in the sun. Found the hills here ok but hadn't expended too much energy as pace was slow up to now. Average at around 27kph to Glencar I think, but with the wind behind me on the way home I got that closer to 30 by the end.
Saw a couple of bikes on the road in front me as I turned on to the Beaufort Road, not moving too fast, elderly man on the first bike and recognised him, so expected the 2nd bike to have Colm O'Halloran on that and I was proved correct. Chatted to Colm for a few minutes then I pedalled on towards home.
Had a 2nd gel before Beaufort, was needed. Before that I'd a Trek bar after an hour, a gel after 1.30, and some jelly babies after 2 hours. Had to stop to eat them as getting them out of the cling film i'd wrapped them in proved tricky. Probably also makes sense if packing jelly babies to go for ones of the same colour, lessen the decision making when it comes to deciding which order to eat them in if different colours.
Main positive was I got the route i'd planned to do done, didn't bail despite feeling unenthusiastic.
Lower back, on the right, same spot that's been causing trouble recently very sored when I got home.
This felt like an exercise in futility. Into a strong headwind on the way to Glencar, got drenched by a heavy shower from around 55 minutes to an hour into the spin, and my legs felt flat. So really just felt like I was on a hiding to nothing.
Started to enjoy things more around Caragh Lake, had the wind behind me now and was warm in the sun. Found the hills here ok but hadn't expended too much energy as pace was slow up to now. Average at around 27kph to Glencar I think, but with the wind behind me on the way home I got that closer to 30 by the end.
Saw a couple of bikes on the road in front me as I turned on to the Beaufort Road, not moving too fast, elderly man on the first bike and recognised him, so expected the 2nd bike to have Colm O'Halloran on that and I was proved correct. Chatted to Colm for a few minutes then I pedalled on towards home.
Had a 2nd gel before Beaufort, was needed. Before that I'd a Trek bar after an hour, a gel after 1.30, and some jelly babies after 2 hours. Had to stop to eat them as getting them out of the cling film i'd wrapped them in proved tricky. Probably also makes sense if packing jelly babies to go for ones of the same colour, lessen the decision making when it comes to deciding which order to eat them in if different colours.
Main positive was I got the route i'd planned to do done, didn't bail despite feeling unenthusiastic.
Lower back, on the right, same spot that's been causing trouble recently very sored when I got home.