EPIC Antarctic Expedition training tonight..

Without a large enough walk in freezer to train in, myself Alfie, Al S, Luke and Superted and not another soul made our way through slippery tarmac, smud ( thats snow and mud together in a nasty marraige of inconvenience) to the summit of fairy castle..
up to the old MAD club circuit and across blue light lower , past Toms and up the Wicklow way through snow drifts and ice.
Holy Jeebus the climb up the back of Fairy Castle was amazing..unreal Helicopter falling out of the Sky conditions.
But hey the lash off the top of Fairy castle to Fergals Sattellite trail was hilarious..some skidding and snow covered rocks and potholes had Alfie screaming for his mammy.
i was screaming for Scooby Doo !!
down the teisty MAD singletrack and the rocky gully of doom..
Some craic..and when you see Alfie crash you know the Dial was up to 13 ...
yeah 13 !!! fergal..I hope that documentary on the Knob pulling channel was worth it you bunch of lady gays !!
Its only cold and wet and icy and covered in snow you know..
once upon a time we used to get 6 maybe 7 people on these spins, we're only getting 4 maybe 5 these days..
whats going on ?
Oh yeah..I think i gave the lads the wrong Jellies too..I can't seem to find my medicinal ones !!

Smud- snow mixed with mud- icy cleats, rocks, snow covered holes and slippery roots of doom. The descent down from fairy castle was unique. :eek:

Ye baby, more of that, great spin. Best one I've been on this year.

That was deadly- Frozen cleats, hallucinogenic jellies and smud. One of those spins that wont be forgotten for a while. Descent Fairy Castle left me a broken man. Snow covered sneaky rocks nailed me good.

I was busy conducting official Commission business and correspondances and generally co-saving the world of Irish MTB from eternal hell and damnation with the caped crusading minister
no - sorry, that was Monday, what was I up to last night....ah yeah, back to liftin' a bit of heavy metal, jaysus the I very nearly didn't get the last rep on the bench, and no one there to help me...... like that episode of Beavis and Butthead where he's stuck with the bar on his neck and the legs kicking like mad.....very nearly like that.....

and that slacker Gav giving me jip on another post about knitting...feck off all of ye...I can't be everywhere at once....

thats it now, you're for the Fat farm..meetings instead of cycling..the Dial went to 13 last night Fergal..13 !!! We almost never go to 13 !! and you missed it ..Weights are for pre Christmas training ..
as for Oisin on Gavs spin, could it be love ?

Sean and his cape !!
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