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Huge congratulations to the Applegreen cyclists who braved the incredibly inclement weather last weekend to take part in the Annual Cycle to Galway (and back). The cycle organized by the Maynooth Students for Charity attracted  243 participants  and that on what must have been the worst weekend of the year weather-wise.
A large Petrogas / Applegreen contingent took part again this year and the excitement was palpable as cycle day approached. Petrogas man  Adrian Giffney has to be applauded for his tireless efforts to get his fellow workers on their bikes. If ever a man could be compared to that Flann O'Brien character, (I think it's in The Third Policeman or The Dalkey Archive, the policeman whose atoms interchange with the atoms of the bicycle making him a kind of half man, half bicycle) it has to be Adrian.
Just saying the word Charity out loud is enough to get him saddled up!
By all accounts the trip to Galway was gruelling enough but the trip back was even tougher. Anyway with Big Egg Hunts etc. going on at the same time I thought I thought it might be a good thing to give a shout out to all who took part, braving the elements for a great charity while lazy dudes like me stayed at home and followed it on Facebook.