The Northern Ireland Thread. *Warning* May include cake

paul_mck

Took a sneaky day off to head out on a solo 100miler. Weather looks good hope it holds!

Step_7

Did 30 miles on my way home after nightshift - colder than it looks out there!

kingofthetailwind

I've taken a few days off the bike since Saturday, my dodgy lower back has been flaring up recently. So just running and weight training so far this week. Looking forward to a Phoenix bun run tomorrow though.

Good luck for the century!

Sodafarl

Step_7 wrote:

Did 30 miles on my way home after nightshift - colder than it looks out there!

Definitely a cold one this morning a bit nicer than yesterdays rain.

pedrojake

Madigans Torr Head run next Sunday, always a good one to finish the cycle season for those who havent tried it....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RG0BC_gsBk

paul_mck

KingOfTheTailwind wrote:

I've taken a few days off the bike since Saturday, my dodgy lower back has been flaring up recently. So just running and weight training so far this week. Looking forward to a Phoenix bun run tomorrow though.

Good luck for the century!

cheers dude fell apart at 85ish and hobbled home to a 98mile/17.1mph finish. knackered. Funny I seen Torr Head today, looked menacing even from a distance. Not sure how I made it over last year lol.

Pat McGroin

I was out on Tuesday and I really struggled to say the least. Hope to get a few miles in tomorrow. Hope I feel better. Going to be a harsh winter I recon.

Time to dust down the Mountain bike (oops thers £5 into the swear box) and hit a few trails.

Thinking of heading to Larne and cycling to Ballycastle via Torr head and back to Larne in the not to distant future. Should be a nice run if I can manage to hit it on a nice day.

kingofthetailwind

Paul, did the same on my first century a few months ago. Made it back to my house at the 97 mile mark so did three laps of Victoria Park - out of the saddle the whole way cause my hams/glutes were freaking killing me! Good average BTW.

My Phoenix club run overran today - 87 miles rather than the usual 58ish. Ran out of food/drink so tough coming back over Hannahstown Road. Still managed to PB the Upper Springfield Road descent.

paul_mck

cheers dude, its not my first century but my first solo one. Even without any major hills (only 1900ft of climbs) it was tough with no support from a group. Beats work though lol.

Step_7

Bit windy out there the last few days - but obviously in no way did I use that to my advantage on some East-West Strava segments yesterday... :twisted:

NeXXus

PedroJake wrote:

Madigans Torr Head run next Sunday, always a good one to finish the cycle season for those who havent tried it....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RG0BC_gsBk

Gonna be a good 'un

dw300

NeXXus wrote:

PedroJake wrote:

Madigans Torr Head run next Sunday, always a good one to finish the cycle season for those who havent tried it....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RG0BC_gsBk

Gonna be a good 'un

It's was! That was my first time, although I memorised the mileages for start and finish of climbs, which helped a lot. Got some 6th places on some Strava sections. I wasnt one of the fastest on the individual climbs, but was fast through the area overall.

paul_mck

just getting over is an achievement well done on doing it quickly too!

NeXXus

dw300 wrote:

NeXXus wrote:

PedroJake wrote:

Madigans Torr Head run next Sunday, always a good one to finish the cycle season for those who havent tried it....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RG0BC_gsBk

Gonna be a good 'un

It's was! That was my first time, although I memorised the mileages for start and finish of climbs, which helped a lot. Got some 6th places on some Strava sections. I wasnt one of the fastest on the individual climbs, but was fast through the area overall.

I died on Torr! Had a pretty bad crash a few weeks back and still not 100% Did I see you joined the pink and black army?

kingofthetailwind

The Giro route has been announced:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-24345048

No Torr Head, the wimps!

Sodafarl

KingOfTheTailwind wrote:

The Giro route has been announced:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-24345048

No Torr Head, the wimps!

LoL.
They think they got bad weather this year wait until they see one of our summer days.
I think half of Northern Ireland has applied for their leave already.

NeXXus

Sodafarl wrote:

KingOfTheTailwind wrote:

The Giro route has been announced:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-24345048

No Torr Head, the wimps!

LoL.
They think they got bad weather this year wait until they see one of our summer days.
I think half of Northern Ireland has applied for their leave already.

I wouldn't consider myself a voice of the people but I have Lots of clubs organising pink kit too. Some nice,some is a bit Miley Cyrus (also known as marmite)

kingofthetailwind

There's only two people in my unit, and the other is also a cyclist. Someone's gonna lose out!

Let's hope this business with the race director being suspended doesn't affect the start.

And let's hope there's no fleg protests!

NeXXus

KingOfTheTailwind wrote:

There's only two people in my unit, and the other is also a cyclist. Someone's gonna lose out!

Let's hope this business with the race director being suspended doesn't affect the start.

And let's hope there's no fleg protests!

Maybe by then our politicians will know the difference between the tricolor and the Italian flag

MisterMuncher

Well, Fleg protestors normally get their giro on a Wednesday or Thursday.

redhanded

Is there a detailed route map of the Armagh-Dublin stage yet?

Step_7

The most detailed maps I found were on from the NITB site: http://www.nitb.com/BusinessSupport/2012-2014Events/GirodItalia2014.aspx

That was Monday though so there may be more out there by now.

There are also some people's interpretation of the routes up on Garmin Connect - how correct these are is anybody's guess, but here's my version... :?

http://connect.garmin.com/course/4941739

magoo289

The maps on the NITB website are the official Giro ones.

kingofthetailwind

Step_7 wrote:

The most detailed maps I found were on from the NITB site: http://www.nitb.com/BusinessSupport/2012-2014Events/GirodItalia2014.aspx

That was Monday though so there may be more out there by now.

There are also some people's interpretation of the routes up on Garmin Connect - how correct these are is anybody's guess, but here's my version... :?

http://connect.garmin.com/course/4941739

Got one for Stage 2?

dw300

NeXXus wrote:

dw300 wrote:

NeXXus wrote:

PedroJake wrote:

Madigans Torr Head run next Sunday, always a good one to finish the cycle season for those who havent tried it....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RG0BC_gsBk

Gonna be a good 'un

It's was! That was my first time, although I memorised the mileages for start and finish of climbs, which helped a lot. Got some 6th places on some Strava sections. I wasnt one of the fastest on the individual climbs, but was fast through the area overall.

I died on Torr! Had a pretty bad crash a few weeks back and still not 100% Did I see you joined the pink and black army?

No, what made you say that? Im on their FB page a lot tho.

Looking at joining a shop team probably.

dw300

Also, we all have to ride Stage 2 at some point ..

kingofthetailwind

There's bound to be a sportive (or Gran Fondo to be accurate) over the route.

Velo Cafe Dave? This a new thing?

NeXXus

dw300 wrote:

NeXXus wrote:

dw300 wrote:

NeXXus wrote:

PedroJake wrote:

Madigans Torr Head run next Sunday, always a good one to finish the cycle season for those who havent tried it....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RG0BC_gsBk

Gonna be a good 'un

It's was! That was my first time, although I memorised the mileages for start and finish of climbs, which helped a lot. Got some 6th places on some Strava sections. I wasnt one of the fastest on the individual climbs, but was fast through the area overall.

I died on Torr! Had a pretty bad crash a few weeks back and still not 100% Did I see you joined the pink and black army?

No, what made you say that? Im on their FB page a lot tho.

Looking at joining a shop team probably.

That's what made me think Red and black is more my colour

Step_7

KingOfTheTailwind wrote:

Step_7 wrote:

There are also some people's interpretation of the routes up on Garmin Connect - how correct these are is anybody's guess, but here's my version... :?

http://connect.garmin.com/course/4941739

Got one for Stage 2?

Yup, I do indeed! Again I don't know how accurate it is in the cities but the rest should be pretty close. :?

http://connect.garmin.com/course/4940377

magoo289

Step_7 wrote:

KingOfTheTailwind wrote:

Step_7 wrote:

There are also some people's interpretation of the routes up on Garmin Connect - how correct these are is anybody's guess, but here's my version... :?

http://connect.garmin.com/course/4941739

Got one for Stage 2?

Yup, I do indeed! Again I don't know how accurate it is in the cities but the rest should be pretty close. :?

http://connect.garmin.com/course/4940377

This is close to what I have worked out. In mine I ave it going right to the end of Ballybogy Rd and then turning right to Dunluce Castle. From Titanic Qtr to near top of Antrim Rd looks like its neutralised.