October 16, 2023
Dear Piranha club members, Planning has begun for Dublin City Triathlon 2024, which the club will host in August 2024. DCT is one of Ireland’s largest triathlon events. The Committee is now seeking applications for the position of Race Director. The DCT Race Director is a paid position that involves working with all relevant stakeholders to ensure the race day…
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September 26, 2023
Trish Eadie and Caroline Mehigan Trish – For a number of years I have targeted getting to the IM 70.3 Worlds- looking back through old documents it started in 2018. Around that time Finland was also on the cards for 2020 I think – we all know what happened to that! However, I did complete 2 IM 70.3s, Dun Laoghaire…
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April 14, 2023
Piranha Triathlon Club is delighted to be part of a new Women’s Beginner Triathlon Programme along with two other Dublin triathlon clubs (3D and T3) in conjunction with Triathlon Ireland, starting on the 24th of April. The six-week programme is for those who have never taken part in a triathlon before and will take beginners through a coached programme with…
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February 16, 2023
Background My journey to Ironman Cork began in May 2021 when two friends of mine had signed up to Knock Me Down adventure race in Tipperary. I had never heard of an adventure race nor did I own a bike at the time but I was up for the challenge. The next couple of months progressed quickly and I made…
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December 17, 2022
My first exposure to an Ironman event was back in October 2017 when my dad completed his first ever Ironman in Barcelona. Back then I had no idea what triathlon was let alone an Ironman. I asked before the big race and I found out that it comprised of a 3.9k swim a 180k bike and a 42.1k run. At…
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November 3, 2022
Dear Piranhas, Planning has begun for Dublin City Triathlon 2023, which the club will host on 26th August 2023. DCT is one of Ireland’s largest triathlon events and the 2023 race has been chosen by European Triathlon to host a European Junior Cup. The Committee is now seeking applications for the position of Race Director. DCT Race Director is a paid…
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December 1, 2021
Dear Piranhas, Planning has begun for Dublin City Triathlon 2022, which the club will host in August 2022. The Committee is now seeking applications for the position of Race Director. DCT Race Director is a paid position that involves working with all relevant stakeholders to ensure the race day is a success for all athletes and volunteers. Anyone interested in…
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October 7, 2021
Barcelona Full Ironman 3 Oct 2021; Finish:13:58:47. Swim 900m/ 14.13mins; Bike 180km/ 8.01hr;Run 42.2km/5.25hr My triathlon journey started early 2019, 2.5 years ago with a sprint triathlon in Donegal … what a journey it has been since then. I decided then that I wanted to get fit and lose some weight so landed on Dunlaoire half ironman Aug 2019 as…
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July 1, 2021
Piranha Chairperson, Killian Nolan completed the 1,207km cycle from Malin to Mizen last summer. Congratulations Killian, super achievement!!! Read about his adventure in the PDF here: Malin to Mizen cycle
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