Training with Wyatt for the Race

Wyatt Van Wendells of Dutch Origin from England.I had invited him over for the weekend for some training as he is also training for the Race Around Ireland. He lives in Leeds but works for Heart Fm in Colchester as a radio presenter.Wyatt is on air between 6-10 a.m.He travels home to Leeds on the weekends to his family where he works as a DJ.Wyatt has cycled the length of Britain.Like myself he enjoys the challenge of long distance cycling and adventure. We did 100 miles and nearly 6,000 ft of climbing on Friday in around the ring of Kerry,75 miles Saturday from Kenmare over the Caha Pass,onto Bantry for lunch and back over the Healy pass and another near 4,000 ft of climbing.Sunday we did 20 miles around my favourite loop in Cork city and over 2,000 ft of climbing up Faggot hill,Kerry Pike,Bakers Road,Patricks Hill and Gordons Hill.Wyatt and I both picked up tips from each other.Wyatt has the Garmin 705 Edge for the bike which is brilliant.As soon as the route is finalised in the next few weeks it will be possible to download the route around Ireland into the Garmin.I will buy one in the next few days online.It will be great to be able to follow the route with the Garmin mounted on the bike. Wyatt's pics are here where he has posted some nice pics of our training in Cork and Kerry counties. I dropped Wyatt off at the airport and did another 40 miles around the country roads to Bweeng in north Cork and back.There is'nt much time left now to the race and the next six weeks are so important.Nearly everything I do and think about now is focused on cycling and from tommorrow I will be spending as much time on the bike as posssible.