Back in the game! Clonmel by Bernard
June 8, 2026
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My First Sprint Tri of the Season in Camida Clonmel triathlon
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My First Triathlon and the Journey to Get There (Connell Foley, Hook By Crook 2025)
July 11, 2025
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Having been cut down in the prime of my soccer career with a bad hamstring injury at the age of 62, I turned to cycling and on to triathlon. COVID-19 saw my wife, Emily, and me taking to our old hybrid bikes and we began to enjoy spins together along the Clontarf to Howth seafront. I felt guilty at reclaiming…
Read MorePat Linehan – IM 70.3 WC Taupo 2024
December 20, 2024
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If Carlsberg did triathlon…. This is the first race report I have written so bear with me – if ever there was a race to do one then this was it – IM 70.3 Worlds Taupo NZ was the best organised and athlete centred race I have competed in over 13 years of triathlon. They have had Ironman in Lake…
Read MoreIM 70.3 Worlds Lahti, Finland August 2023
September 26, 2023
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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…
Read MoreMikey Lynch – Ironman Cork 70.3
February 16, 2023
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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…
Read MoreThe day I beat my dad by a minute – Ironman Barcelona 2022
December 17, 2022
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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…
Read MoreVal Quinn, you are an IRONMAN!
October 7, 2021
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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…
Read MoreMalin to Mizen Cycle
July 1, 2021
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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
Read MoreA fry in a shoal of Piranhas – Racing solo, but not alone. By Gaia Scalabrino
April 2, 2021
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As a New-to-Tri joining a triathlon club during lockdown, one could feel as an outsider. However, despite the circumstances, Piranha’s activities have kept us all engaged and positive. We might not know many faces yet, have not had a drink together in a pub, but we feel part of the team. At the start of 2021, the itch to compete…
Read MoreDave Furlong Piranha Duathlon Race Report 2021
April 2, 2021
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I started running a little over 3 years ago, by doing parkruns with my kids to try and get some exercise with them. I also commuted 10k per day by bike, back when commuting was a thing, so around a year ago when a friend suggested I try join Piranha triathlon club, I thought, why not I like a challenge.This…
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