Training Log Archive: ColmM

Warm up. Quick recce of the road shortcuts.

Glacier lakes leg 2
Up from Wicklow Gap, touch Lough Firrib & three lakes then back down into Glenmalure valley.
Pure terrain till last couple km descent.
Went over my ankle leaving the path on the first climb, ran it off after few hundred meters, but bruised now.
Struggling more than I’d like in the peat hags, and not long after the start of them Shane Lynch popped out in front of me. Must have missed a line there somewhere (think under the big crag). Went to reel him in, and didn’t really. He got better lines but was generally running away a bit (and he was on the solo! Jaysus).
After battling to three lakes could see him a little ahead but got stuck in lots of bog leaving here and didn’t see him again.

Went straight down the river (regrettably), and got stuck in some steep rough stuff at some points.
Went aggressively across the river and snotted myself nicely on a few rocks so elbow, knee and quad all bleeding out for the rest of the day. Fun.
These knocks hampered my descent a bit as legs were mashed, but got down.

Not ideal run, but not too bad. Roughly did what I could, even if there were a few extra minutes to be had.

Team finished 2nd.

chill shadowing round UCD as clodagh did sprint-o training.

Very chill bushy. Recovery day.
Tested out some very old o shoes in the mud.

Extension of the old Prince William’s seat route with Josefine.
Enjoyable, though took a bit of a grim turn on the prince williams seat section. Very windy & the rain had us pretty cold.
Coming off fairy castle didn’t really know the way down to glencullen rd, but got there in the end, with a bit of meandering.
Went off just brekkie, so got a nice bit of fat-burning in at times.
Anyway, good tough one done.

Very chill from kilmashogue with Clo

Easy bushy

10miler or so, but got a xc tempo in of ~6k.
Not fast, but happy to get a little session done.
Decent course, sand in spots, but mostly decent grass, and some slightly deeper stuff.
Timed it well, round the back of the gold course I caught the glowing red tinted sky.

Steady solo one to get something done in the evening.
Clear skies gave views of the stars you rarely get in the city these days.