Donncha Cutriss who is a Solo entrant this year, crewed for Caroline Van Den Bulk, the Solo ladies winner in the RAI in 2009.

Here is a link to Donncha’s blog

http://www.donncha-cuttriss.blogspot.com/

Below is some of his blog

“I am competing in the cycling race around Ireland on Sept 2010.If you would like to know more about the race you can go to the RAI website here.I was very dissapointed not to have taken part last year.I seen the advertisement for the Race pretty late and didnt have much preparation done in regards to getting a well prepared team behind me.I had spent 4 weeks during the Tour de France cylcing in France,Andorra,Switzerland and the Black Forest in Germany and had such an incredible time.I lost over a stone in weight from cycling in the Alps,Pyrenees and the Black Forest where the hills are so steep.Somedays I was climbing for up to 3 hours.When I returned I had cycled the RAI route on weekends so I would be familiar with the route and get an appreciation of what the course was like.It was very tough,the surface and weather in Ireland makes it so much harder than cylcing in Europe.Anyway it wasnt to be but I believe that we can always find good when bad or dissapointing things happen in our lives.And so,I ended up crewing in the RAI for Caroline van ber Bulk from Canada who is the World Long Distance Champion.It was an amazing experience,a brilliant adventure and I learned so much.It was’nt easy doing crew.Caroline just kept going.She wasnt particularly a strong physical athlete especially on the flat.However she had great power to weight ratio and was extremely tough,she just never stopped moving only sleeping approx 8 hours total in the five and a half days.She finished 4th in a race where only 4 finished out of a starting solo list of 12.The weather for the 5 days was brilliant,no rain and no strong winds.It was a bit cold at night arouund the coast of Co. Clare but in general the weather was great.Caroline finished with only minutes to spare.We had pushed her hard over the last 200 miles running up the hills with her in the Wicklow mts.I will post an article on the 2009 race at a later stage.
Hopefully she will be back this year.
I have a great crew commitment of eight this year.Im registered for the race and I need to get doing some serious consistent training.If you are interested in following my and the teams training,my thoughts,and would like to support the team and our charity you are welcome.I will be raising money again this year for my charity the Jack and Jill foundation of which I will be posting more info”