Mark_Hand

Senior Presales Solution Architect at Dell. Rockclimber, general outdoors aficionado, father, husband, nerd at home. Go enjoy life. And craft beer. Take photos.

[Mark_Hand @Storage_Mark]

Amazing to be back, and what a way to do it!! 😍🌲⛰️🙌
A few weeks, or maybe even a month, of lots of work on the house has meant time and energy rightly being redirected for a while, and boy does absence make the heart grow fonder! 👌
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#MadeToMove #MindBodySoul #HappinessHabits

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Costa del Cymru - sweltering with a laden bike through beautiful Eryri! 🥵☀️🤘
Journeying on 2 wheels for a weekend of catching up with friends in the Welsh hills (end valleys)!! 😊🙌
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#MadeToMove #MindBodySoul #ItsGoodToTalk #LaughLots #NatureTherapy #WideOpenSpaces #VitD

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Tight chain, headwind-hustle coffee cruise! 🦿🌬️☕☀️👌
When 100km/4 hours is a 'short' spin, tapering for the Wicklow 200 next weekend... 😋🕺
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#MadeToMove #MindBodySoul #Gratitude #HappinessHabits #BreatheDeep #EnjoyTheProcess #Balance #LifeOnTwoWheels #ThinkingTime

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ALLLLL the hills in ALLLLL the weather - Wicklow 200 training complete! ⛰️🌬️☀️🌧️✔️
Great to have Jimbo along for the company, and the chats to take my mind off the pain in my legs!! 😊🙌
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#MadeToMove #ItsGoodToTalk #MindBodySoul #BeComfortableWithBeingUncomfortable #Gratitude

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Glorious el-scorchio spin with ALLLLL the hills - legs trashed! ☀️⛰️🐑🦵😵‍💫
Wicklow putting on a show to distract me from the pain in my legs!! 😍
Coffee and cake helped too... ☕🍰👌
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#MadeToMove #MindBodySoul #Gratitude #ShutUpLegs #BeComfortableWithBeingUncomfortable

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Magical morning out early doors!! 😍🙌
The leave-your-ego-at-home, mostly-zone-1 brekkie run in the sun! ☀️🕺☕
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#MadeToMove #Gratitude #HeadSpace #MindBodySoul #LiveInTheMoment #LifeOnTwoWheels #FreshAir #BreatheDeep #Recovery

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Beautiful and brutal lambing lap in Wicklow! ☀️⛰️😍🐑
Legs are TOAST - recovery time... 😵
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#MadeToMove #NatureTherapy #MindBodySoul #Gratitude #FreshAir #BreatheDeep #HeadSpace #ShutUpLegs #BeComfortableWithBeingUncomfortable

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The burgers and the bees... 🍔🐝😉
Lovely to enjoy nature doing it's thing in the sun in the garden, and making the most of it with some alfresco dining! ☀️🙌
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#NatureTherapy #PhotographyFun #BigKid #VitD #Gratitude #AaandRelax #FuelForAdventure #Foodie #LiveInTheMoment

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2 coffee and cake stops for the Clancy comeback! ☕🍰☕🍰🙌
Breezy day in the hills, hot too, with Wicklow looking beautiful!! 🌬️⛰️☀️😍👌
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#MadeToMove #MindBodySoul #Gratitude #NatureTherapy #BreatheDeep #BeComfortableWithBeingUncomfortable #EnjoyTheProcess #ItsGoodToTalk

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Lovely dinner out with the wee one!! 🤗
Doing recovery week right! 🤤👌
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#QualityTime #Gratitude #ItsGoodToTalk #LaughLots #ActYourShoeSize #ItsTheLittleThings #FuelForAdventure #HappinessHabits #AaandRelax

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Still and serene morning for a lumpy lap in beautiful Wicklow to end a training block. ⛰️☕🍰🙌
And now, recovery week! 👌
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#MadeToMove #DoDifficultThings #BeComfortableWithBeingUncomfortable #Gratitude #EmbraceTheGrind #EnjoyTheProcess #MindBodySoul #AaandRelax #NatureTherapy

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Beautiful hills, coffee & cake, lambs-a-leaping training spin! ☀️⛰️☕🍰🐑
Absolute cracker of an afternoon in Wicklow, with the views taking my mind off the pain in my legs from ALLLLL the climbing... especially the Devil's Elbow that I forgot I put in at the end!! 💪🤪

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Wet and windy Wicklow Gap lamb lap! 🌬️🌧️🐑
Out early for a challenging morning on the pedals, back in training mode... 💪🤪
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#MadeToMove #DoDifficultThings #MindBodySoul #BreatheDeep #NatureTherapy #FreshAir #WideOpenSpaces #EnjoyTheProcess #Gratitude

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Listened to the body, after feeling pretty beat from the week... 😌
Swapped an hilly epic for 5 hours & group spin ☕🍰😊🙌
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#MadeToMove #Balance #TrustTheProcess #ItsGoodToTalk #MindBodySoul #BreatheDeep #Gratitude #HappinessHabits #CaffeineFuelled

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Back training with a BANG! 💪
Beautiful day for a Wicklow Gap century!! ☀️⛰️😍🙌
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#MadeToMove #Gratitude #FreshAir #BreatheDeep #WideOpenSpaces #NatureTherapy #HappinessHabits #DoThingsThatMakeYouSmile #ShutUpLegs

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Blustery, beautiful morning on the pedals! 🌬️🌅😍
Getting those basssss(e) hours and distance (coffee and cake) in. 😊🙌
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#Gratitude #MindBodySoul #MadeToMove #BreatheDeep #FreshAir #HappinessHabits #EnjoyTheProcess #Balance #DoThingsThatMakeYouSmile

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Happy Bank Holiday pancake stacks! 😊🙌🥞
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#AaandRelax #BreakingTheFast #Balance #Gratitude #FuelForFun #BigKid #SweetTooth #DownTime #GoodForTheSoul #ThinkingTime

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Chilly & beautiful spin by the sea this morning! ❄️🌅😍👌
Wrapped up well, made a birdie friend to share my cake with, and just a joy to be out!! 🐦‍⬛😊🙌
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#MadeToMove #MindBodySoul #GreaseTheGroove #Gratitude #HeadSpace #ThinkingTime #FreshAir #BreatheDeep #FreezingMyBaublesOff

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Beautiful sky above the city 🌄😍🙌
Grateful for a self-flogging to decompress after a busy day out and about with work! 😊👌
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#Gratitude #MadeToMove #MindBodySoul #GreaseTheGroove #BreatheDeep #FreshAir #Balance #HappinessHabits #HeadSpace

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Partly Roadman group spin, mostly solo, mostly zone 2 on a glorious winters morning! ❄️🌅😍
Bitterly cold around Phoenix Park to start, almost balmy by the end along the coast!! 🤪🤘
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#MadeToMove #MindBodySoul #Gratitude #BreatheDeep #FreshAir #EnjoyTheJourney #HappinessHabits