Groomsport Training: Epic Session planned!
Groomsport half Ironman distance race is now just five weeks away (yikes), and hopefully everyone is fitting in some long distance training.
I have the bones of a plan coming together which would make for a perfect final pre-taper training sessions for the big day. I am interested in hearing how many of you might be interested. Please text me if you are - this only really makes sense if we can do it as a group.
The idea is to do about 3/4s Half-IM distance by firstly taking part in a charity swim in Lough Ennell, Mullingar, then take to the road back to Portlaoise and round things off with a distance run through the town. There is even a BBQ planned thrown in to complete the day in style. The day all this can happen is Saturday 30 August.
Nore: All parts of the following is open to all members of the club.
1. 1.8km ‘Swim Across the Lake ’ – Charity Swim at Lough Ennell
2. 75km cycle back to Portlaoise from Lough Ennell via Tullamore and Portarlington
3. 15km run from town centre to Togher woods (two laps) and back via Meelick
The Heritage Leisure Centre BBQ – Sky Venue, Portlaoise (time tbc, but evening til late)
The swim starts at 2pm, and the whole day will probably run until 7pm or so. There will be paced groups, and (if necessary) shorter courses for people not going to Groomsport, but interested in a good ole long session. Also, anyone who wants to just do the swim, for example, or the bike, or two parts of the three, is more than welcome to do so (remember, we need numbers).
So what’s involved? Well, to do the swim part you must raise at least €50.00 in sponsorship (or sponsor yourself; this is 100% for charity). We’ll also need to get the thinking caps on about the best way to pool our travel to Mullingar. Also, non-Heritage members will need to pay for the BBQ and pair up with Heritage members.
What do you think? Text Karl.
I have the bones of a plan coming together which would make for a perfect final pre-taper training sessions for the big day. I am interested in hearing how many of you might be interested. Please text me if you are - this only really makes sense if we can do it as a group.
The idea is to do about 3/4s Half-IM distance by firstly taking part in a charity swim in Lough Ennell, Mullingar, then take to the road back to Portlaoise and round things off with a distance run through the town. There is even a BBQ planned thrown in to complete the day in style. The day all this can happen is Saturday 30 August.
Nore: All parts of the following is open to all members of the club.
1. 1.8km ‘Swim Across the Lake ’ – Charity Swim at Lough Ennell
2. 75km cycle back to Portlaoise from Lough Ennell via Tullamore and Portarlington
3. 15km run from town centre to Togher woods (two laps) and back via Meelick
The Heritage Leisure Centre BBQ – Sky Venue, Portlaoise (time tbc, but evening til late)
The swim starts at 2pm, and the whole day will probably run until 7pm or so. There will be paced groups, and (if necessary) shorter courses for people not going to Groomsport, but interested in a good ole long session. Also, anyone who wants to just do the swim, for example, or the bike, or two parts of the three, is more than welcome to do so (remember, we need numbers).
So what’s involved? Well, to do the swim part you must raise at least €50.00 in sponsorship (or sponsor yourself; this is 100% for charity). We’ll also need to get the thinking caps on about the best way to pool our travel to Mullingar. Also, non-Heritage members will need to pay for the BBQ and pair up with Heritage members.
What do you think? Text Karl.
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