Centennial Park
Posted by Bryan on April 11th, 2012I let myself get lost cycling around narrow back roads in Portugal with no clear path or direction, “I could turn left here, nope, let’s keep riding, three hours to do, sure you can go for longer before heading back, explore. Go further, so what if you ride longer. Enjoy the silence of quiet safe roads and the sun on my pale white winter skin”. I was at the mersey of nothing with food,money, spares in my back pocket.
This is what we dream of when out cycling on the road, cycling bliss where the only cars on the road are support vehicles filled with tasty treats when we feel energy levels dropping, where drivers give a friendly beep if you do happen to come across you, where farmers drive tractors at 50-60km and always give you a tow for at least 20km even if it is going out of their way. Where there are no such things as rush hour or heavy traffic. Where road surfaces are so smooth your average speed is always up by a few kph. Where climbs are never far. Where groups of good riders are always present for training. Where there is always a good chase from a dog but you know he never will catch you, just keep you honest. Where descents and fast hairpins and switch backs are never too far away.
global reach, local expertise
Posted by Bryan on March 21st, 2012
I am delighted to announce a new member to my team. During the 2012 season I will be supported by Mason Hayes & Curran .
Kinetica Launch
Posted by Bryan on March 21st, 2012
I will be on hand this Saturday 24th March in Amphibian King, Oranmore from 10 – 12 to launch the new Kinetica gels and provide advice on all things triathlon and race nutrition. The boys and girls from Amphibian King have a Triathlon Workshop happening after the launch for more talk tri talk and info. You can register for that below.
Cycling, Music to my ears
Posted by Bryan on March 8th, 2012While browsing a few websites I happened upon a great post by Dave Burdick on his top 15 Music videos feathering bikes it got me thinking of what are my favourite bike video’s, here is my top 3. There is a language warning on one of them, so if your a small child block your ears, if your a bit sensitive you have been warned of the foul language to follow. for that video click here
3 decades of racing and over 10 National Championships
Posted by Bryan on March 8th, 2012
I was swimming at the Irish National Championships and Olympic trails last week when it all hit. A kid of who was half my age in my heat asked me what time I hoped to go in the race. The last time I raced a 1500m in the pool would have been 1995 so I was hoping to go faster than I did back then I told him. He said he wasn’t born back in 95. I wished him good luck as we hopped up on the blocks and I’m guessing later on he told the story about racing an old man. He might call me old, Id say experienced. I got all nostalgic thinking of my sporting life and put this little snap shot together, it is best to keep it short otherwise we could be here a long time and I’d prefer not to bore you to sleep.
Champion of mental health awareness dies
Posted by Bryan on January 11th, 2012
John McCarthy, the founder of the mental health lobby group Mad Pride, has died aged 61.
1931 to 2012
Posted by Bryan on January 8th, 2012
I was looking back at the days of old and doing a bit of reading on the history of triathlon and where my sport really came from, in doing so I found myself in France in the 1920′s. doing an obstacle course, I dug a little deeper and came across the best triathlon video (go on, click it!) of all time from 1931. There is some fantastic archive of Video’s in www.britishpathe.com you could spend hours going trawling the achieves
Happy Christmas
Posted by Bryan on December 23rd, 2011A huge thank you to all my sponsors and people who have supported and help me during 2011. The year was a real struggle but it is over now and I am looking forward to 2012 and getting back to winning ways again. Have a great Christmas everybody
14 to 1, 2 weeks in a day
Posted by Bryan on December 17th, 201114 days to christmas eve all in one, I have been not been feeling the christmas cheer in Spain, 18 degrees and christmas songs don’t really go hand in hand with the sun. I have do decided to put the full run down from 14-1 in my christmas songs list here all in one post. If this was an advent calender it would be like opening 15 days in a row and eating all the chocolates inside. nom nom nomnoms.
