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Getting my recovery on

Thursday, December 30th, 2010

It’s not about looking sexy (?) it’s about getting my recovery on.  I may have taken a slagging from Maccers when I sauntered into the living room but the line “Mate I’m getting my recovery on” justifies these cheeky stockings and a lot of other things.

Peter Croes Triathlon Training

Friday, December 24th, 2010

Before the cancelled flight, the hire car, the hotel, the 2 new flights, the taxi and the bus – Belgian Triathlete Peter Croes came to stay in our Spanish home.

The Week That Was . . .

Monday, December 20th, 2010

Did you know that the Belgian motorway system is the only man-made structure visable from the moon ??  Or that Belgium is known as ‘the Essence of Europe” because of the many flavors of beer, chocolate and waffles ? I didn’t eiiiiiiiither. What I did add to the coffee conversation was that if it wasn’t for [...]

1000 Words

Friday, December 17th, 2010

Today’s ride …. Loving those jelly beans . .  or as I like to call them “energy beans”.

French Grand Prix

Saturday, December 11th, 2010

“mmm c’est possible d’arranger un massage pour moi ?” From my own experience French people can only speak English if you first attempt to speak French . . . fair enough “zees is France and we speak French”. A word of warning though. If your French Team manager goes out of his way to organise you [...]

The Pack 2011

Tuesday, December 7th, 2010

This is my favourite T-shirt. A sunny day in County Sligo and I was drawn towards people handing out free mini mars bars to runners …. I started to help “1 for you, 1 for me, 1 for you, 2 for me”. The NCF middle distance triathlon in Rosses Point was a great race – [...]