Archive for the RAS Diary Category
An Post Rás 2011 - Stage 2 - Monday 23rd May
Stage 2, Dé Luain 23ú Bealtaine / Monday 23rd May. Portumna - Kilrush 164 kms. Stage 2 heads 164 kilometres to Kilrush, passing through locations such as Gort and Lisdoonvarna and featuring ...
An Post Rás 2011 - Stage 1 - Sunday 22nd May
Stage 1, Dé Domhnaig 22ú Bealtaine / Sunday 22nd May. Dunboyne - Portumna 148 kms. The 2.2-ranked event begins with a mainly flat, fast 148 kilometres from Dunboyne to Portumna. Three A...
RAS Diary - Day 8
Well its finally over. We woke up this morning in Athlone to dazzling sunshine and summer temperatures for the first time this week, it would stay sunny all day and the temperature would eventually ...
RAS Comeragh CC Live Coverage - Stage 8
STAGE 8, SUNDAY 24th MAY, CLARA – SKERRIES 155 KMS. The distance includes two laps of a tough finishing circuit in Skerries and, as was the case in the past three editions of the race, huge crow...
RAS Diary - Day 7
Groggy this morning. Late night for me trying to get the internet stuff up the night before. I was sharing a room with Michael and Don last night both like to get up and do extensive stretching prog...
RAS Comeragh CC Live Coverage - Stage 7
STAGE 7, SATURDAY 23rd MAY, CASTLEBAR – CLARA, 150 KMS. More breaks are guaranteed on the penultimate day, a flat, fast 150 kilometre route to Clara. With only two stages remaining at that po...
RAS Diary - Day 6
This morning Keith told me he was tired and that "you'd easily know it was stage 5 of the RAS". Heres the thing, it was actually stage 6 of the RAS so you could say he backed up that statement v...
RAS Comeragh CC Live Coverage - Stage 6
STAGE 6, FRIDAY 22nd MAY, SCARIFF – CASTLEBAR, 159 KMS. The following day’s 159 kilometres to Castlebar also favours those specialists as the only climbs – the category three Lecarr...
RAS Diary - Day 5
Five days down three to go. The late nights and early mornings are starting to wear us all down now, its all go with no respite and burn out cannot be far away. How do the pro's do this for 3 week...
RAS Comeragh CC Live Coverage - Stage 5
STAGE 5, THURSDAY 21st MAY, KILLORGLIN – SCARIFF, 155 KMS. Fortunately there will be a slight respite on the fifth stage, the profile being shorter and flatter and allowing the non-climbers t...
