7 days in tibet

Well not really, spiritually maybe.

Yeah so for the last 7 days the westcorktrailman has been resting up, not a whiff of sweat anywhere in the house. Last year i drove on hard as we say down here and went 'all in' on a regular basis and so by mid june i was done, 2 or 3 worrying visits to the doc and eventually a diagnossis of over training and a perscription of rest for a month!! Not that i could do much anyway, it truned out perfect as i went on a 2 week camping trip with my wife and kids and it was amazing, the weather bar Achill Island was super and we actually 'grew' as a family in the 18 days.

So this year i do ot want to feel like a asthmatic 70 year old man for a few weeks again, so i am putting in strategic! breaks 2 or 3 times a year, duringthis one i got a cold and chest infection so i might make it another 3 days before i go again, also a niggle in my right hip means i will be on the bike , which suits me fine as the time has changed and i need to pack in some miles on the roads and the woods.

This time of year is amazing, usually its really mild and even on the wet damp evenings i find i am drawn out on the bike. The smells of the first cut of grass and the echo of the cuckoo copper fasten that this is my annual mini season to become a man of the road. The Rás is on in mid may and until then it fills my head with notions that are well past there sell by date. Good to keep me moving though.

This year i have planned to race in mid may as every year i am flying and but i dont go and do a big one. So this year me and my mate Ward are going to do Coast to Coast Sligo to Down, on our road bikes , kayaks and trail running. Its far, and arduos but i am really looking forward to it. Gotta get 4 or 5 100km rides in before then though, I am also doing Monster Mac adventure race which will be 3 and a half hours of similar stuff, which should bode well for 2 weeks later.

Being sick has meant the rest has been a little easier not that frustrating at all really, infact i think i could take another week off no worries, a who am i kidding i would be intolerable by thursday! So Basketball first for a sweat fest and a couple days rest then and onto the bike then, looking forward to it, i have to say. Bring on he damp warm raod spray on my ass and back and pumping up the glorious hills around Westcork.