13th June 2016 - Donnacha has some Monday Motivation

BUSY MONDAY EVENING ON THE ROADS

Donnacha writes....

I had a busy day at work so I got home a little later than planned today. Seeing as I even missed the Ireland game it was tempting to pull the 'its too late and im too tired' card but I did summon up the motivation to hit the road again. I stuck with the same route as it was getting late.

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I met a few more cars this evening than the evening before and in general most are very patient and considerate but one in particular was definitely too close for comfort!! It doesn't stress me too much - I tend to hold my position on the road well, but with the state of some of the roads and pothole dodging I can see why it would put some people off. Here is a flavour of a stretch of my route that has had the potholes FIXED!! But you find now those patch jobs can be pretty bumpy on the saddle too!!

'If you have experienced the same problem as Donnacha has with a car travelling a bit too close for comfort, have a read of this Irish Cycling Campaign "Stayin' Alive at 1.5" that is focused on having a defined space of 1.5 metres between cyclists and motorists sharing the road written into Irish Law "STAYIN' ALIVE AT 1.5"'

I got an early Fathers day gift of an action/activity video camera so I managed to record most of the journey which I will edit and send on as soon as I can so hopefully I can add it to tomorrows diary! I had issues with it staying upright on the handlebars so it needed to come off a few times to readjust it again.

All in all - even though a little slower with fatigue settling in on the uphill route home, I am happy with my evenings efforts. Beats sitting on the couch!! Hopefully for tomorrows journey the camera issues will be resolved and I can concentrate on the cycling!

 

 

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22nd June 2014 Siobhán is on a High as She Hits Sixty

Got no Motivation? 

Siobhán's Got the Answer...

Siobhán writes:

“On Sunday, I went for a cycle with my dad. He is in training for the Ring of Kerry cycle, which I had signed up to a while back. However, I hadn't any training done for it, so I was convinced up until I started this operation transportation that I wouldn’t do it.

I was kicking myself for not getting up and going, but had no motivation to train. Now I’m inspired again, and I’m going to chance it, see how far I get…

Today we cycled from Millstreet back to Killarney; we stopped for a coffee and a sandwich and continued on.  

In the end, we covered 60km in total…

And I was delighted after it, but I do now have a very sore bum, and am wondering how I will triple that cycle in two week’s time.

Still, saying that when I started this operation transportation challenge I struggled with 10km and look at me today: 60km.. “

 

In between these words are “a few pics of today and also one or two of the ring of Kerry which I completed two years ago (I had months of training done two years ago for it, so I am very apprehensive this time.)

 But I will go as far as I can, and might even cross the finish line, thanks to operation transportation: I am going to attempt it.”

Editorial Comment:

Go Siobhán!!

Best of luck with the 180km cycle. Do let us know how far you get on the Ring of Kerry trek and send on a  few photos…

Also... if anyone else is lacking motivation to undertake a seemingly impossible challenge just do something similar but really easy and see how you feel. Remeber Siobhán only commmitted to cycling for 10 minutes each day!

 

The image on the left is from fitness ocaching blog: http://irisaveryfitness.wordpress.com/tag/gym/
and the image on the right is form organisational app: www.homeroutines.com 
Both are stills from the movie " What about Bob?"

If that doesn't work- go for a refreshing cycle. When you return with the rush of endorphins and adrenalin pumping through your veins, you may find that the mammoth tasks seem more manageable!

14th June 2013, Shane McCarthy introduced

 Cycle if You're LAZY? :

An Idea That'sNot So Crazy...?

Extract from Shane's Blog: http://mccarthyshane.com/operation-transportation-cork-bike-week/:

I was delighted to be asked to write about my experiences relating to cycling both in Cork and my hometown of Killarney for Cork’s Operation Transportation.

When I was in Cork during the college year my main motivation for cycling was far from any green ideologies which are very valid, but more due to necessity and laziness.


Laziness? That may seem counter-intuitive, but cycling halves the time it would take me to walk to and from UCC. It also allows me to sit down and gently glide in and out of the campus.

Is it a Bird? Is it a plane?

 No it's Shane McCarthy gliding along on his cycle-machine!

Image from: http://www.flickr.com/photos/7967024@N02/favorites/?view=lg

Even if I did have a car I wouldn’t consider for a second using it to navigate through the city. The thoughts of traffic, fuel-costs and parking, immediately dismiss any notion of driving to college. It really would be my definition of a “nightmare”, but each to their own..

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