The day began with a gale. It rained, it poured and spectators fingers froze. The seas were so high that the swim course had to be shortened for safety reasons. But as thousands of athletes plunged into the sea and the sun rose over Galway Bay, it was a spectacular sight. Congratulations to all of [...]
Over 100 people turned up for the Kilkenny Triathlon club launch. The committee pictured below had been working hard over the last few months to get everything in place to make Kilkenny one of the most beginner friendly and potentially largest clubs in the country. The new club website will launch shortly at www.kilkennytriathlonclub.com in [...]
Changes afoot in Kilkenny. . After this year’s triathlon we felt that we had a real gem with the Kilkenny Triathlon, with the swim through the city centre, runs through the grounds of Kilkenny Castle to finish on the Kilkenny parade. In the same way the tourist town of Galway is ideal for Ironman, we [...]
Ironman 70.3 Galway – Update “In triathlon circles, there is a buzz and excitement in the West in anticipation of Ironman 70.3 Ireland. With well over 1,400 individual entries sold since opening in October, Ironman 70.3 is gaining pace now and the national Ironman agents E & R Events envisage an increase in the sale [...]
The qualifying race for the 2011 European duathlon Championships due to take place in Punchestown this coming Sunday 12th Dec has been postponed till December 19th due to poor weather and surface conditions.
Ironman racing is coming to Galway. I caught up with one of the race organisers; Ruaidhri Geraghty (E&R Events), to see what their plans are. For anybody unfamiliar with Ruaidhri, he races with Galway Tri Club and is probably their most prolific race winner, having won triathlons, duathlons and adventure races over the years as well as completing the RAS. IT: First of [...]
Howth Aquathon – 2010 Series 2 Race Format on each of 3 Nights RACE 1 @ 19.30 Hrs:- 500m Swim – 2.8km Run RACE 2 @ 20.00 Hrs :- 1000m swim – 5.5 km Run More details online at www.howthaquathon.com Now Open for entries - ENTER HERE Monday 24th May Monday 5th July Monday 16th August [...]
DublinTri – Skerries: 27th of June Belpark is teaming up with the new club Fingal Tri to bring you both a Sprint Triathlon and an Olympic Triathlon in Skerries. The Olympic course will simply be two laps of the sprint course, so after the 750m swim loop, you’ll round a flag on the beach and jump [...]
The Wheelworx Naas Duathlon Series Race 2, which was postponed due to snow last week is being rescheduled for Fri 2nd April Good Friday 11am note earlier time.
From the makers of the now legendary Achill Roar comes the West Wicklow ROAR. This multisport event will be held on Sat 22nd May starting from Tulfarris Hotel on the south end of Blessington Lakes. Disciplines will be Lake Kayaking in sit on top kayaks (provided), Road Biking on an “undulating” route and Off road [...]
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