by Tom K This is not really a race report. Its’s more a kind of collection of things I learned after I naively signed up to my first DL 70.3 in January. What ...
Tim’s First Triathlon
By Tim Mackey I was going to be 40 soon. Very young kids, busy work life, busy home life, not much time for my own exercise or anything else for that matter ...
Liam’s Dublin City Marathon report
As Ed says I gave him a somewhat obtuse answer to his question about my strategy an hour before the race actually started. The answer was not so much to confuse ...
Ed’s first Dublin City Marathon
By Ed Crotty 06:30 Sunday morning, Race Day. I get up before the alarm or backup alarm (!) go off. I got a solid 4 hours sleep and then a few more fitful h ...
Robert Kelly’s reflections on Mallorca 2018
Foreword Everyone in good form at airport. Couple of Moscow Mules with the girls to take the edge off. Ken skipped the burger and chips and was eating a salad ...
From Couch to Ironman in year and a half
October 3rd 2016 I was sitting in my living room, I took out my credit card, got on the Internet and entered Ironman Barcelona 2017. The race date was October 1 ...
Paul’s Irish Times 70.3 race report
The day has barely dawned on a blissfully calm morning on Dublin Bay, and 2,500 strangely-clad people in gaily coloured caps are lined up on a beach in Sandycov ...
Paul’s first Olympic Triathlon
Who would have thought it? After a dark winter and a cold spring, the hottest day of the year arrives in time for Athy’s annual triathlon extravaganza. I know m ...
Oisin’s Ironman 70.3 Race Report
by Oisin Quinn It happens exactly at the first water station on the run. I see him. Maybe 100m ahead. The distinctive T3 tri suit with the ‘Big’ logo cover ...
Derek’s first triAthy
What image springs to mind when thinking about the sport of Triathlon? Surely it is the image of Long, Lean and sinewy athletes in their Neoprene suits (Which ...