The last half of 2012

Well after the Ras, i ran and ran and ran and also i drank and drank and drank, i was totally fried form competing (25 days racing since late feb!) also i had sort of abandoned my wife and family in this period to pursue one of my life's dreams so i had to reassess. I should have sat on my ass for 2 weeks and chilled but i did not realise how burnt out i was. I did have the good sense to take the bike apart and it did not see the light of day for 9 weeks ! i through myself into running, i think i was hoping it would 'fix' me?! in this time i organised a trail race on the sheeps head , 20 miles and 15 took part, free entry, wet day, excellent course, pints and hangover after!
I also ran a 18.04 for a hilly 5km in Clones Co, Monaghan but foolishly did not try to improve my 10km or Half Marathon times with this good speed i had in my legs, to be fair to me, there was a lot of partying to be done !
I was 2nd in a Timoleague 5km and 3rd in their duathlon both enjoyable days out (ok i am lying about the duathlon they are murdererous).
I was 2nd again in the south coast adventure race, although i thought the whole thing was a bit shit from an organistion point of view. And yet again i got fuck all for my efforts, which is piss poor and i would encourage anyone reading this to NOT bother with the event, i can think of several hundred ways of better spending 60 euro and ones Saturday morning :)

I had a routine operation in early November and Drank and ate like a foolish king for 2 weeks, when i did get off the couch i burst into activity on the cycling front, started building up the mileage and also started the ball rolling with a few guys in Dunmanway in creating the West Cork Cycling Crew, which has gone form strength to strength and now we have a membership nearing 50!, mad.
Basketball got my full attention too, on the Monday night games i organise and we had some furious battles down in the hall, all in good spirit i may add. I really enjoyed those games all the ways up to March 2013 as i was not worried about getting injured this year, so i just flung myself around the court. These Monday nigts really shortened the Winter and give the wek a nice focal point, i mean i am a die hard cyclist but in this country, come on, its hard and there is only so much indoor training your brain can handle.
I trained hard in Jan,Feb and March, trying t get a hill run in once a week on Lugh hyne with my buddy John and we did get a good few done,
Over the easter week end i raced Ras connemara, a 3 day race in Ougtherard, about a 100km of racing each day, it went great and i finished 14th overall, if i had one or 2 races in the legs beforehand it could have been amazing! I got first unplaced a2 the following week in Fermoy and managed to finish the Aquablue classic 2 weeks later, which on the day was more than most did! very hilly and very windy not a great combo :0
 Then there was a bit of a lull but the weekly timetrial series i have been organising with the Westcork CC gang kept it going and then in Mid May well , the usual Madness!