What a year of competing and training, i started the year struggling to run 10km, but i kept at it and trained so hard over the summer without competing, when i did come back , i was flying, taking 3rd in timoleague duathlon and 2nd in the southcoast adventure race in skibbereen, my 2011 races were,
2 off road duathlons , clashnacrona woods
Mealagh Valley 10 mile road run,
Wild west run,Kenmare, off road half marathon,
Ballycotton 10 mile
Ballydehob 10km
Monster Mac adventure race, milstreet
Coast2coast Adventure race, Sligo to Down
Killarney mountain bike race
Shannonvale 10km
Westcork Crosscountry Championships, Clonakilty
Timoleague Duathlon
2time trials and 1 hill climb,Drinagh
Liffey Descent Kayak marathon, Dublin
Southcoast Adventure race, Skibbereen
The raid, 24 hour adventure race Co Tyrone
Clonakilty Marathon
What a fucking year, i could not have guessed that it would have been half as good.Not that there was not some lows, being injured for 7 weeks in march april, meant i could not really go hell for leather at monster mac, although i still finished 5th and again in august sept, i had a left shin problem that really curtailed my running training, this did mean that my cycling endurance was balanced through out the year and The highlights were, Ballycotton for the sheer size of the event and the prestige, coast 2 coast cause it was a cool, varied 2 day event, southcoast, cause i was flying! the raid cause i have been waiting for that for so long and clon marathon cause i have always wanted to feel that good after running 26.2 miles.
The 15 or 20 nights of basketball in ballinacarriga with the lads were also sooooo good.
Major thank you to Eoin Ward and Mike Flanagan, mentors, listeners, movivators and friends. And of course my wife and 4 kids for letting me away, i think i always came back better!
Roll on 2012, i can hardly wait.
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