Cycling Blog

My guide for participating in The Land of The Giants Duathlon. The Land of the Giants Duathlon is now an annual event which is based in Claremorris. Now in its 5th year it has grown in size year after year with over 255 participating in 2015. The event is normally scheduled for the end of DecemberRead More »Land of the Giants Duathlon – A guide for taking part

My Cycling Year This blog post looks back on my cycling year. 2015 was a good one, participated in lots of events and covered over 10,000km around the roads of Ireland (plus a small bit in Spain). Most of this cycling was done in group events but I did mix in a few competitive events.Read More »My Cycling Year – 10,000km

Turbo Trainer Videos Which You Can Use At Home Turbo trainers are boring and there is no point in using them unless you introduce structure into your routines. These turbo trainer videos get rid of the boredom and introduce a proper routine to your workouts. Subscribe to the Global Cycling Network YouTube channel to getRead More »Turbo Trainer Videos – Add Structure to Your Training

Registering a cycling club in Ireland - First steps You may have many reasons for setting up a cycling club but one thing is for sure, it is very difficult to do it solo. You should first gauge the interest in a club buy setting up a club Facebook page. Promote this in your localRead More »Setting up a Cycling Club In Ireland

Couch to 10k - Why did I bother? Looking back 7 years, I was a mid-thirties guy enjoying life to the full. I was not unfit and I would not have called myself a couch potato. My exercise of choice was a few games of golf per week. I enjoyed it for many years and itRead More »Couch to 10k – My Personal Fitness Journey

How To Prepare For Your First Duathlon A Duathon is typically an event consisting of two short runs and a cycle. The majority of these multi-sport events start off with a 3-6km run followed by a 16-30km cycle with a 3-6km run to finish. They are a great challenge and require no specialized skills. If youRead More »Preparing For Your First Duathlon

What is Zwift? Zwift is a combination of things. Think Strava meets a graphical shoot-em-up video game. The idea is you cycle your bike while on a turbo trainer and the Zwift app puts you up against other cyclists around the world in real time. There is a list of equipment needed to participate BikeRead More »Zwift Cycling App

How To Secure Your Strava Account Strava is a website and mobile app used to track athletic activity via GPS and has become very popular in recent years. Some of its features include Ability to track activities over time See who can post the fastest time for a segment Join clubs and see what yourRead More »Securing Your Strava Account

Why Sign Up For Dynamic Hot Yoga? So the first question some of you may ask is why bother with something like Yoga. To be honest if I had not strained a few things I don't think I would have bothered but that's the problem. If I had done my stretching and some Yoga I wouldRead More »Dynamic Hot Yoga Claremorris Review

Why get a bike fit? My own cycling story begins way back when I first started cycling to school. However, once I bought my first car cycling took a back seat and my weekend sport of choice became golf. Around 4 and half years ago I came across the wonderful bike to work scheme andRead More »Marrey Training Systems Bike Fit