These are the legs of 50-year-old school principal John Madden who went for the hour record last week; the guy is in some shape for a rider of any age.
If you want to go be one of the very best riders in the country, even at veteran level, this is the condition you need to get yourself into.
The shot above shows the very ripped legs of top Irish time trial rider John Madden, who set a new Masters Irish record for the hour record just last week.
Madden, who holds all the national TT records for veterans, stopped the clock at 45.7km, completing 183 laps of the track in England where the World Masters Track Championships were taking place.
Former international rider and Rás winner Tommy Evans holds the national record for the hour. He set a marker of 46.166km back in 1999.
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Madden, riding for Dig Deep Coaching, came to within 466 metres of claiming the record set by Evans, who was in his 20s back in 1999 and had won the Rás three years earlier.
Madden’s efforts may now spark a new found interest in the hour record.
But by the look of the photo above anybody planning to go for his Masters record - or even better his distance irrespective of age - had better be in excellent condition!
Madden and Paralympic rider James Brown are both raising money for the school Madden is principal of; Roddensvale School in Larne.
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The school caters for pupils aged 3 to 19 years who all have severe learning difficulties. Some of the pupils have complex medical needs plus profound and multiple learning difficulties.
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Madden trackside in Manchester where he did the hour, flanked (to his right) by former individual pursuit world champion Colin Sturgess and (to his left) Dig Deep Coaching owner Stephen Gallagher, who is also the last Irish man to win the Rás. Far left is Manchester-based Neil O'Brien, who headed a lot of the background work for the hour bid.
Madden in full flight on his way to the silver medal in the Masters 50 race at the National Road Championships in Omagh in June (Photo courtesy Stevie McKenna, National Championships race director)
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