[Training Diary] Week in Review & Back to Ballyhoura

Week ending 19th October: 

Date	Run Distance	Bike Distance	Time	Avg BPM	AvgPace/Km	KCal
13 Oct 2014	9.5		00:49:38	147	00:05:13	787
14 Oct 2014		9.6	00:23:40	141		343
14 Oct 2014	11.82		00:57:59	156	00:04:54	1009
15 Oct 2014	9.52		00:52:01	148	00:05:27	830
15 Oct 2014		9.5	00:25:15	137		355
16 Oct 2014		9.73	00:27:29	137		387
16 Oct 2014	11.63		00:59:56	156	00:05:08	1059
19 Oct 2014		23.74	02:00:43	148		1933

Taking a look at the second half of the week the basic premise is I am wrecked.
The kids, daughter mostly, have attrocious sleeping habits. It's like a merry-go-round in our house with everyone swapping beds. I'm normally a sound sleeper but when I'm woken in the night I don't go back easily and often end up reading for 2 or 3 hours.


By Friday I had no intentions or will to cycle, let alone run into work. It's a long day too as open til 7:30pm.

Saturday I was up early with the mind to do a 1.5 hour recovery run (as per plan) before work, out at 7 back for 8:30 shower etc. However the slightest hesitation had me bailing and chilling with the kids. Sunday morning I was up at a godforsaken hour to drive myself and a friend to Ballyhoura!!

In fairness Mrs AKW insisted that I head off with the crew for a few hours R&R. 

Stopping in Limerick we collected Team #TriHarder captain +Michael Casey O'Shea who too was like a child getting let loose at the zoo! After a navigational error (surprise, surprise) brought on by someone playing with their new watch & not paying attention we eventually got to the trails with Eugene collecting a bike from +Ballyhoura Trailriders 

Meeting the rest of the Boards crew in the carpark a plan was quickly formulated to hit loops!

 

 Not knowing the names of the different areas I've no idea what we did, though one area was introduced to us as having loads of steps and there was a rock garden somewhere else. The steps were fun as they were quite close requiring you to be on the ball or you'd get your ass kicked and over the bars you'd go. These led to a nice open area with bermy turns where you could get a good head of steam up once you found the rhythm.

I did have one hairy moment with a spectacular 'off' that I had much to the enjoyment of Mike who was following my wheel.

We were flying along the brown trail, I was really enjoying how comfortable I was handling the bike and going with the curves. There was a series of steps and I dropped nicely off each of them nailing the landing but one of them caught me adjusting my feet.

Bike lifted off nicely, then I lifted off the bike, the legs went akimbo, I hit the apex of the arc and as body and bike sucumbed to the overpowering attraction of gravity in a long drawn out, slowmontion "NOOOOOOOOOoooooooooo!!!" I scrambled to get the feet back on the pedals.

The advantage of being 71 (I'm not really, but it keeps the younger lads on their toes ;) ) is the accumulated wisdom of knowing that if the feet don't make the pedals, clutching the saddle with your inner thighs will dimminish the damage to the undercarriage.

However I was yet to learn that it doesn't eliminate the injury. Ouch!!

I'm glad someone found it amusing though as Mike struggled to contain himself though later he very nearly had a bike implanted in his head as he stopped mid trail on a blind bend after a big jump and ended up fightening a stripe into the saddle of the CUBE Eugene was riding :D

All in all we had a great morning outfollowed by the obligatory Selfie

Here's my Polar V800 Relive playback: