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Nov 173 min read
Dublin Marathon 2024
It was a sunny morning, mild for late October. I wore a red long sleeved top over my Naas running slip, which I took off as we were...
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larsist
Aug 265 min read
Naas to Sligo - Bikepacking First
Karen and I have wanted to try bikepacking for some time. Travel, adventure, and cycling, all rolled into one, it seemed like a perfect...
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larsist
Jul 306 min read
Alpe D'Huez Triathlon 2024
Keep Pedalling - Don't Look Up In the build up to the race and even when discussing since, the comparison to an Ironman or 70.3 is...
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larsist
Jul 166 min read
Wicklow 200 -Type 1.5 Fun
It was 06:21 when I cycled under the start banner and began my Wicklow 200 adventure. It was a cold and early start for what would be a...
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larsist
Jul 167 min read
Lanzarote Tri Camp 2024 - The Return
In Butlers coffee, terminal two in Dublin airport, we slowly assembled around a small table. Initially just me and Karen, it wasn’t long...
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larsist
Mar 238 min read
A Winter Training Escape
I first unzipped my shoe covers and then removed my cycling shoes. Water poured from each shoe as they were pulled from my feet. I rolled...
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larsist
Feb 125 min read
Living & Learning
Following lost sheep, my focus shifted to the last four weeks of Ironman training. Although I enjoyed Lost Sheep, it was another race...
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larsist
Sep 12, 20236 min read
Lost Sheep Triathlon 2023
Lost Sheep Found I waded in to the still calm water, the sun rising behind me, and paddled towards the mass start area. From amongst the...
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larsist
Jul 28, 20234 min read
Familiarity Breeds Complacency
I hung my bike by the saddle from the rack marked with my race number. Already placed on it was my nutrition and bottles. On the ground I...
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larsist
Jun 1, 20236 min read
I want to quit - Xterra Lake Garda 2023
It just keeps getting steeper and steeper. We wind our way between houses along narrow lanes. Loose gravely singletrack links some of the...
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larsist
May 7, 202312 min read
A Triathlon Training Camp
Lanzarote It was my first time in Lanzarote and I found it to be a place in flux. The view out the window on the bus from the airport...
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larsist
Mar 10, 20233 min read
Starting 2023 with a Bang
In March 2022 I toed the startline of the Naas 10 Mile race with a winter of consistent training behind me. I was in the best shape of my...
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larsist
Jan 6, 20236 min read
Winter Woe
As I let the tattoo heal, the plan was to bask in the warm glow that is winter training. Winter training is all the fun of training...
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larsist
Oct 12, 20222 min read
To Marathon Or Not To Marathon
Back in Ireland after the Ironman I wanted to tell the world what I had done. I wanted to scream it from the rooftops and go into...
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larsist
Sep 28, 20227 min read
My First Ironman - Cervia - Sept 2022
As the first bars of ‘Thunderstruck’ echoed from the PA system I finally felt a stir of emotion. We inched forward on the cold sand, in...
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larsist
Sep 27, 20221 min read
Naas 10 Mile 2022
Sunday was the Naas 10 Mile race. There was a great crew from the club taking part. Including Karen who only decided 10 minutes before...
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larsist
Sep 27, 20222 min read
Clontarf Half Marathon - 2021
Back in Ireland following the DNF in Ironman 70.3 Cervia, I struggled to keep the training at pre-Italy levels. Good weeks were followed...
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larsist
Sep 25, 20225 min read
70.3 Ironman Italy - 2021
I thought about my uncle Brian on the start line of Ironman 70.3 Italy. Brian passed away due to Covid in August 2021. After struggling...
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larsist
Sep 25, 20225 min read
First Post-Covid Race- Connemara Adventure Challenge 2021
Six kilometres in and finally leaving the bog, there was a water station. It was a self supported event, so there was no water stop in...
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larsist
Sep 24, 20226 min read
One of the 0.5% - Dublin Marathon 2019
The renewed sense of optimism I felt after completing GaelForce North had me in a positive mood as I switched my focus to the Dublin City...
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