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MDO'S
CYCLING ADVENTURES

TransAtlanticWay 2019 - Day 9 - Tracashel to Kinsale
I awoke to a hard surface pressing into my head, my little inflatable pillow had finally given up on me and developed a hole. It had...

TransAtlanticWay 2019 - Day 8 - Sneem to Tracashel
Jack and I roused to another grey, cold and overcast day. We knew we were getting close to the end of the race with around 500km to go,...

TransAtlanticWay 2019 - Day 7 - Ballybunnion to Sneem
Jack and I awoke at 04:30 to a grey and overcast day. Of all the mornings across this race, in terms of enthusiasm levels, this day was...

TransAtlanticWay 2019 - Day 6 - Clifden to Ballybunion
A remarkable sight waited for us when we got up on our sixth day, the Twelve Bens glowering in the distance. I had climbed many of them...

TransAtlanticWay 2019 - Day 5 - Achill Island to Clifden
After a cold night with heavy rain, I woke up shivering again. I felt stiff and sore, but I had been woken up at one point during the...

TransAtlanticWay 2019 - Day 4 - Sligo to Achill Island
I woke up shivering. It turned out the spot we had chosen was quite exposed to wind which resulted in us getting nippy over the duration...

TransAtlanticWay 2019 - Day 3 - Maghery to Sligo
We awoke (at 05:00 again…) to find that the spot we had chosen was on a cliff face, overlooking Gweebarra Bay, which made for quite a...

TransAtlanticWay 2019 - Day 2 - Malin Head to Maghery
The second day of the TAW started off spectacularly, despite a 5am alarm clock to get us up. We were treated to a memorable sunrise...

TransAtlanticWay 2019 - Day 1 - Dublin to Malin Head
Given the race didn’t start until 11am, we were able to have a little lie in before arising and getting ready. I remember recalling how I...

TransAtlanticWay 2019 - Day 0 - Travel and Rider Briefing
The TAW started on Thursday 6th June at 11am at the National Aquatic Centre just outside of Dublin City in Blanchardstown. On the Monday...

TransAtlanticWay 2019 - Eighth (and final!) Preparation Ride - Final Equipment Selection
The racing and yoga training continued up till a couple of weeks before the TAW where we decided a short overnight trip was in order to...

TransAtlanticWay 2019 - Seventh Preparation - Crit Racing
After a week of gallivanting in Ireland, I was back in London and looking to commence the final tune up for the TAW, which was only...

TransAtlanticWay Race 2019 - Sixth Preparation Ride - London to Holyhead
Coming up to Easter, I had been planning to go home to Dublin for a friends’ wedding. My parents decided to drive over as well (they live...

TransAtlanticWay 2019 - Fifth Preparation Ride - De Ronde
The next preparation ride was one Jack and I were really looking forward to. One of Brompton’s suppliers, Jagwire, who supply us with...

TransAtlanticWay 2019 - Fourth Preparation Ride - Lon-Ox-Cam-Lon
The next training ride consisted of a 1-day ride where we planned to break the 300km barrier in a single day, the distance we were aiming...

TransAtlanticWay 2019 - Third Preparation Ride - Norfolk & Yorkshire
After a bit of time off away from cycling due to other commitments and a skiing holiday (where I was constantly worried about injuring...

TransAtlanticWay 2019 - Second Preparation Ride - Snow Escapade
The next preparation ride we decided to undertake was a single day ride of approximately 250km. This would help us to see what it was...

TransAtlanticWay 2019 - Introduction
This is an account of the TransAtlanticWay Race which I completed in 2019. It attempts to capture the thought and effort made in...

TransAtlanticWay 2019 - First Preparation Ride - South Coast
The first of our preparation rides was an overnight trip from Guildford to Canterbury, and then Canterbury to Brighton, before a train...














































