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By Derek Leahy Switzerland Ironman 15TH July 2012 Having done Switzerland Ironman last year (July 2011) and finished in 10.14.23 I had my sights set high for this year’s event . Also finished off last season with a qualification slot to the half IM World Championships in Vegas ( Sept 2012) from the 2011 Galway 70.3 race. These factors…
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Next up in our series of interviews is the Club Secretatry, Geraldine O’Shea. Mum to charlotte, who is rumoured to have her own personalised number plate on the back of her mothers bike! Now that’s respect!…..Over to you Geraldine. 1. How did you get into triathlon? A friend was involved with Tri-to-Beat-Cancer in Mullingar and encouraged me to give it…
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By Ian Fagan Where do I start. When I crossed the finish line in Switzerland 70.3 a couple of years ago I swore I would never put myself through something like that again. But I lied and signed up for Austria full distance last year A brief review of my training. I designed my own plan and it…
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By Aishling Barry My first olympic race! After a few weeks of injuries I was nowhere near race fit but as I missed out on Dunmore East and a sore knee was not going to get the better of me. FRIDAY: After some logistical problems Stephen got stuck with me for the three hour journey to the West. Our first…
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Over the coming weeks we’ll be running a “10 questions with…” series of interviews with your committee so that you can get to know each one of us and maybe even learn a little bit about triathlon, or in this case – who’s good at karaoke! First up we’d thought we’d better start with the chairman – James…
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Overview Reform Pilates Instructor and Physical Therapist, Tara Fallon, is presenting a Core Conditioning Workshop on the evening of Monday 25th June at Reform Pilates (founded by ex-elite triathlete, Anna Frankland) in Blackrock. While high quality workouts on the bike/road/pool are an important part of training, by themselves they are not enough to maximize your leg and arm strength as…
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By Dazguy (aka Darren) In October 2011, while starting to train for my first Marathon, I tore cartilage in my knee and had to have knee surgery. Part of my recovery involved swimming and biking, and sure while I was doing that, I thought I might as well try out triathlon. I’ve always been into sports and the psyche of…
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Zone3 has just launched a new performance wetsuit called the Advance. The wetsuit has an introductory price of just £99 and can also be hired from £35. It is available for both men and women and is incredible value for money. The Advance wetsuit, predominantly aimed at those new to the sport, comes with great flexibility around the shoulders…
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I am delighted to say I am writing this blog having completed my first triathlon! It was a difficult few weeks coming up to Valencia. Having come back off holiday not having done anything for 2 weeks and with only 5 weeks to the race it was pretty daunting. My fitness had gone down, jet lag had really taken its toll…
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by Claire McEntee (aka Rasher) How do you fit 4 birds, bikes, wet suits and the rest in a yaris???????….. Despite being known for my jibber jabber tendencies.. making peoples ears sizzle and drop off their heads.... I have failed to submit a race report in a really really long time. In a bid to rectify the…
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