Well after bally cotton i was tired but not too bad, i have had 3 hard and fast basketball games, which i have steadily got slower at due to the volume of training i have been doing the rest of the week. Also i did the very tough but cool Ballydehob 10km in 41.25, which considering how tired i felt was great. This event will get very big in the next few years, especially with it on St, Patricks. Also my mate ward! came down for 2 days and we did maybe the best trail run i have ever done, basically you start at the cafe in tooreen, (tip of the sheeps head) and you head east to laharanadoota, cross the road, and still heading east, onto the poets trail and north along the road to Cahergal, then you head west along the trail all the ways to the lighthouse at the edge of the world! then back to the huge teapot bernie will have waiting for you in the cafe at Tooreen. The air was cool, the trails empty and the sea as still as you could ever hope it to be. The drop down into the cliffs at Gortavalig was as stunning as always, although i do think that at dawn it is even more magical, i will visit that scene this summer.
The following day we traced the south coast of roaring water bay for a while on our road bikes and ended up in the horse shoe cafe for an hour and more tea in glorious sunshine. Also i did a brutal duathlon which i wish never happened! as i was very tired from my youngest only sleeping 4 hours that night! So straight away i knew i was empty, but pushed on, as you do! i managed to stay ahead, just but really i should have stayed in bed. So a week of R and R was needed, to help very sore and tired legs and an annoying head cold! At least i am chilling in amazing weather.
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