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on May 22, 2019

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All Change.....

It's been a while since I last posted, and as the photo to the right shows there has been a few changes! In December I became a Dad, for the first time,to the most beautiful little girl, Rosie. She is perfect in every way! From the first moment I held her, when she was only a few moments old, and I saw her blue eyes looking up at me my heart was taken. Training for triathlon with a baby has now become more of a juggling act for both me and Rhian. If anyone would like to read about triathlon training whilst pregnant, read Rhian's Blog post from Birth to Chirk . First off, we are incredibly lucky to have very supportive family. Rhi's Mom, Dad and sister are always helping out so Rhi can get her training done in the weekday, so I can get mine done in the morning or night. Weekends have become more like Tag Team training, Rhi rides Saturday morning, I run in the afternoon and vice versa on Sunday. The biggest thing I'm having to learn is to be flexible. I'm used to...

Cycling in Mallorca

Just come back from a great training camp/ beer fest in Mallorca. Had a great bunch of people from Rhos CC head out for company and we had a great time. If you fancy heading to Mallorca for cycling, you won't be dissapointed there are some great mountain climbs as well as diverse flatter routes all within easy access. I recommend the North of the island. Puerto Pollenca is a beautiful seaside resort, nice and quiet with golden sandy beaches and plenty of good places to eat. Most importantly it is only 5 or 6 miles from the mountains. The last two years we have stayed at the Pollenca Park Hotel. This place is awesome and caters for cyclists. It provides secure bike storage rooms, which saves lugging your steed to your room. Food is good, buffet breakfast with plenty to offer and if you eat there on the evening you'll find plenty of variety on the night time buffet. They'll even launder your bike kit for around €2! Triathletes - there is some good running in the area with ple...

Home sweet home.....

Racing on my home turf - that's me coming out of the Irish Sea onto Llandudno's Victorian promenade ! The start line is about a mile and a half from home, and this weekend felt pretty strange with not having to drive for 4 odd hours to get to the event....... I've had a pretty hard block of training , but still set my sights on a top 10 placing at the Llandudno Sea Triathlon. The sea was choppy which made for a fun swim, then the bike took in 4 laps of the The Great Orme (I could feel the weeks training in my legs!), then the run was a out and back 2.5km loop, four times over (I was running like a donkey except for the last 1km when my legs came back to life - 9km too late!). The support out on the course was awesome!! I just wished I could have backed it up with an awesome performance. Still it was a good day in the office and I managed to grab 9th place. An amazing venue for a race, I would recommend it to anyone...fantastic.

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