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Diarmuid’s Race Report – Ironman Bolton 2016

July 26, 2016 11:45 pm Published by 1 Comment

Me, Myself and Triathlon: I’ve completed a few triathlons over the years with borrowed wetsuits/bikes and even runners but last year (2015) I finally bought a road bike and had signed up for the Dublin Half Iron and our very own Dublin City Tri (I hadn’t joined Piranha yet). I think the half went so well that I decided then…


Piranha National Series Strategy – Race 5

July 26, 2016 10:18 am Published by Leave your thoughts

The fifth race on the Club Calendar has arrived. The Belfast Titanic Olympic distance race sees a large contingent of Piranhas, 40 at last count, race this Sunday 31st July. Go hard, take as many people as you can on the run and enjoy it. Also please don’t forget when you are finished to give as much support as you…


Challenge Galway Ironman – Sunday 26 June 2016

July 17, 2016 9:54 am Published by 1 Comment

Background Despite having only ever completed a couple of sprint triathlons in 2014, I got it into my head that I wanted to complete, or at least have a crack off completing, a full ironman. I had heard that Challenge were putting on a race in Galway and immediately warmed to the idea of doing my first ironman at home…


Piranha National Series Strategy – Race 4

July 12, 2016 7:20 pm Published by Leave your thoughts

The fourth race on the Club Calendar has arrived. The Two Provinces Sprint distance race sees a large contingent of Piranhas, 45 in total, race this Saturday 16th July. This is the National Series Sprint Distance Championship race so the competition will be high but there will also be lots of National Series points on offer. Go hard, take as…


Piranha National Series Strategy – Race 3

June 22, 2016 7:57 pm Published by Leave your thoughts

The third race (and second away weekend) on the Club Calendar has arrived! The Kilkee Hell of the West (“HOTW”) Olympic distance race see’s a large contingent of Piranhas race this Saturday 25th June 2016. We are doing really well in the National Series with some amazing performances to date so hopefully we can build on that this weekend so…


Aidan Hughes’ Mallorca 70.3 Race Report

June 14, 2016 9:02 pm Published by 4 Comments

June – I’m an Ironman 70.3er. Before I knew it we were there. Race weekend was upon us and I was walking towards the Ironman Expo & Registration at the end of the beach. TI licence, passport and waiver in hand I got my race bags and hit the Expo. I didn’t want to buy anything until after the race…


Piranha Juvenile Committee Update

June 13, 2016 10:18 pm Published by Leave your thoughts

Dear Fellow Piranha members,   As some of you may know a motion was passed at last year’s AGM to look into the creation of a Junior Section within Piranha. Our Chairman Bernard Hanratty sought expressions of interest from members regarding setting up a committee. Those that volunteered for the committee were as follows:-   Nick Walsh Gordon Grant  Mark…


Piranha National Series Strategy – Race 2

June 7, 2016 10:52 pm Published by Leave your thoughts

After the Piranha success in Carlow the next race up is Westport Sprint on Saturday 11th June. With the weather hotting up, so is the competition between all Piranhas looking for Podiums, bragging rights or just completing their first race. Good luck to everyone and remember every point and place counts so if you can catch that person in front…