Looong busy weekend

Lets start by saying that it was busy because of my own ideas..I didn't really have to do what I tried to do over a 3 day period.. But come on..! Anyone that has a cyclist friend or family member is used to us going after goals that on the eyes of normal human beings are completely out of reach and even a bit crazy at times..

So I spent my weekend riding a lot... Not as much as I wanted to get done but still a lot you can ask my +Strava friends about it.. Or my family that was going to the garage to check on me on regular bases.... While I was doing this...

So I spent a lot of time riding the trainer on Friday and a bit more on Saturday.. On Friday I did like 130 km on it and Saturday just 50 because family was hungry for some "empanadas" (will make a full recipe and add it to that page)

How I manage to spend so many hours on the trainer without going out of my mind? You can say thanks to Zwift for that.. Very fun and I fully recommend it. One of these days I write my view of it..

On Sunday I went out to meet the local heroes... What do I mean? Remember the 0745 Rouleurs?

Well this guys went out in a 500 km, 3 day adventure around Northern Ireland and part of the Republic of Ireland (I bet if it wasn't a ferry ride involved they would go to Scotland as well) and during the days coming to this event they put together a charity and raised £43.000 for 4 different ones..!!! 

The event was great and everything went great, they had fair weather, kind of excellent for this part of the world.. They had great people supporting them (family and friends)

So we set out to go and meet them on the last day, we is the ones that stayed behind for different reasons.. Sunday morning 9:30 am we left Belfast heading North to receive the guys and help the tired legs on the last stretch coming home...

We rode up the coast for about 65 km or something like that to meet them and score them into Belfast.. It was a great thing to see like 50 riders all together riding into the city for a great cause..

Picture not from this event since I was busy talking with the boys... or busy doing whatever I was doing..  But you get the idea..

Coming into Belfast was great and the families and friends were waiting at a local place to welcome everyone... Was very nice to see... I would say was easy over a 100 people there welcoming, cheering and clapping as the riders rolled in..

So by the end of my 3 or 4 days of riding I had 369 km ridden.. felt short on my quest of conquering the 500 km but I can tell you that it was a great weekend..!

Thanks for reading and stay close..! More stories coming soon

Pablo Alves

The Weekend Report Guy