2018 NS – Tri 795 Carlow Sprint event – 20-May

Hi all,

INTRODUCTION
The first of Piranha’s NS “strategic” races in 2018, Tri 795 Carlow took place yesterday (20th May 2018) and it was a Sprint distance event (750m swim, 20km cycle, 5km run).

Thanks to Siobhan Forman, John Wallnutt and Ivan Eustace for the excellent race brief! (that I haven’t read).

This is my first report of Piranha’s NS races in 2018, and if you want it to continue please, please, contact me after races to share stories and insider views of yourselves or others around you …
Otherwise I’ll threaten to quit “A la Marlon” and only a personalised video message from Javier Gomez himself could buy me back! (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_Javier_G%C3%B3mez_Noya).

Still, thanks to a couple of charitable souls who offered some help (Roisin Pakenham, Enda Traynor, John Wallnutt), and a few from whom I “extracted” help (Barry McIntyre, Claire Gorman, John Lyons) 🙂

I’ve some ideas that might develop over time, but suggestions/preferences are welcome!

Given my mother tongue is other than Queenie’s I’d appreciate all lexical, semantic and syntactic corrections you might spot, this would quench my thirst of knowledge and pathological perfectionism. You can send them to:
PFO!@yahoo.com

In spite of the scary weather forecasts earlier in the week, I’m told it rained a little only, just fine for the bike section which is where it could get sketchy.

TI reported “… river measuring a warm 15C …”, John Lyons is not so sure, he has been building up resilience to cold in WW plunge pool for months now and said … “If I was cold the others spelt it Baltic”.

LINKS:
– Results from the timing company: http://www.redtagtiming.com/

– Pictures taken by club members: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1M6ofMhyq_0zAX9GshhwTXb7SLfDJPr1x?usp=sharing

– TI Carlow race report: http://www.triathlonireland.com/News/2018/Doherty-and-Donegan-Win-Tri795-Carlow.html

– TI FB posted several videos, starting with this one: https://www.facebook.com/triathlonireland/videos/1929704037074505/

– TI FB posted pictures of the event here: https://www.facebook.com/pg/triathlonireland/photos/?tab=album&album_id=1929755487069360

NEWBIES – WELL DONE!!
Liz Rouine
Nora Gallagher
Pauric Bannon
Colm Fitzsimons
Dave Hatton
Marlon Major

, sorry if I’ve missed anyone…

STATS / RESULTS
Our club had the most participants by far:
Total 465 (457 finished, 7 DNF).
Piranha 60+1 (no DNFs). Note: +1 was Barry McIntyre, not listed as Piranha.
Others 34 Belpark, 32 Kilkenny, 32 Portmarnock, 31 Pulse …

Overall race winners:
Con Doherty (0:59:35)
Aine Donegan (1:07:20)

Two top 10 Piranha finishers:
Killian Nolan (10th, 1:04:55)
Niamh Corry (10th, 1:13:35)

>>>>>>> BREAKING NEWS <<<<<<<
Cathal O’Sullivan beat Dave O’Shea out of the water and will now be taking lead in the advanced lane.

Next results show time gaps between adjacent positions, to stimulate competition!

Top 6 piranhas:
1. Killian Nolan (+5’20” from winner)
2. Richie Dooley +23″
3. Cathal O’Sullivan +1’35”
4. Dave O’Shea +1’53”
5. Rob Keenan +16″
6. Diarmuid Meldon +1″

1. Niamh Corry (+6’15” from winner)
2. Shannon Kelly +1’04”
3. Jacqui Dunphy +1’53”
4. Siobhan Forman +1’04”
5. Martina Duignan +3’18”
6. Ciara Kilroy +53″

Top 6 AG placements:
Siobhan Forman (1st 45-49)
Liz Rouine (2nd 55-59)
Niamh Corry (3rd 20-24)
Jacqui Dunphy (3rd 40-44)
Shannon Kelly (5th 20-24)
Ciara Kilroy (5th 30-34)
Martina Duignan (5th 35-39)

Richie Dooley (2nd 25-29)
Killian Nolan (3rd 30-34)
Jason McFetridge (5th 45-49)
Noel Kelly (5th 55-59)
Diarmuid Meldon (6th 25-29)

Fastest Piranha splits:
Swim
1. Niamh Corry 10:13 (+37″ from fastest female)
2. Shannon Kelly +2’00”
3. Anne Marie Fenton +47″

1. Richie Dooley 10:40 (+1’24” from fastest male, +27″ from Niamh Corry!)
2. Ross Hamilton +19″
3. David Bradish +1″

T1
1. Niamh Corry 01:19 (+13″ from fastest overall)
2. Rob Keenan +3″
3. Ross Ringwood +4″

Cycle
1. Richie Dooley 32:09 (+1’04” from fastest male)
2. Killian Nolan +31″
3. Cathal O’Sullivan +15″

1. Siobhan Forman 36:25 (+3’05” from fastest female)
2. Shannon Kelly +2’14”
3. Jacqui Dunphy +20″

T2
1. Rob Keenan 0:47 (+8″ from fastest overall)
2. Cathal O’Sullivan +0″ (same time)
3. Richie Dooley +1″

Run
1. Killian “The Killer” Nolan 17:54 (+1’28” from fastest male)
2. Ian Allen +38″
3. Robert Frewen +2″

1. Niamh Corry 21:04 (+1’18” from fastest female)
2. Jacqui Dunphy +10″
3. Caoimhe Costigan +46″

SUPPORTERS
There were out in good numbers, some quite vociferous apparently!
Mirian and Svetlana cycled down from Dublin.
Drove down: Nikki HC, Eimear McHugh, Roisin Pakenham, Bernard Hanratty, Barry McIntyre.
Jacqui Dunphy and Dave O’Shea cycled back after racing (!!).
Poor Barry McIntyre got an unfixable car puncture, thankfully rescued by fellow Piranhas.

The words “Go M!” where the most popular, and lasted for longer too 🙂

Mark McInnerney toasted from Lisbon, he plunged into a race himself to celebrate how young he’s become…

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