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well here i am back in skerries as the ras goes on without me. i was forced to pull out durning the 4th stage when conor the race doctor and i decided that it was best i stoped. i had been suffering from a virus in my blood leading up the race but i decided [...]
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26 May 2010Tour of California stage 4 distance [km] 195 time [h:min:sec] 4:53:46 power [w] 219 speed [km/h] 39.9 cadence [rpm] 71 altitude meter [m] 1.842 energy consumption [kJ] 3.857 max power [W] 5 sec 796 10 sec 724 1 min 464 4 min 390 10 min 348 20 min 322 60 min 250
only one more day to go till the start of theis years ras… and everything seems to be good.. weather is given nice and the field of riders is also very strong so it should make for some good racing… over the 8 days i have a few days picked out in my head that [...]
with now only 3 more days left untill the ras kicks off its all now about relaxing and keeping the legs up… i spent the last few days training easy and winding everything down so that i am 100% fresh for the race… had my good friend paidi o brien over in my house today [...]
after waking up this morning still with sore legs after yesterdays race, i found it hard to accept that i had to do 4hrs training today… after a quick breakfast and alot of coffee, i managed to throw my leg over the bike…. doing 4 hrs in belgium seems like you have been out for [...]
today was race day and took place in oodergem again, in the east flanders…. there was a field of 150 riders at the start and the short course and 22 laps made for some good racing…. i felt good at the start and after a quick chat with the team members i decided i would [...]
Last week I rode the tour de la manche,elite national race in the brittany region of france.Before this I had the giro del regioni, zlm tour and cote des picardie nations cups…I had very good form in picardie and zlm and was always up the from being in mix..all went well!!I will be very optomistic going [...]
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After 2 split training sesions yesterday it was finally time for my rest day of the week.. this started with a trip to my physio to get a check up on my knee which was giving my some hassle a few weeks ago.. everything was in order and there were no signs of the injury [...]
vive la france!! In my bid to make it as a proffesional cyclist, I have set up shop on the 7th floor of a ballymun flat lookalike apartment bLock in troyes france!!As this is my first year away from home I will not lye it has been hard at times…the biggest thing really for me is [...]
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