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By Steven Moody. The day had finally arrived – I was nervous as it had been a long time in coming – it seemed like months that the official (unofficial) Piranha aquathon championships were announced. I had adjusted my training completely and had shamelessly printed off pics of Piranhas I needed to beat on the day and would shout…
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By Paul Boyle. When most of Piranha were at CK, I was doing something a little more challenging in Copenhagen: The ‘Challenge Copenhagen’ Ironman distance race. There just happened to be an unfortunate clash of dates. I’d already committed to doing Copenhagen before CK was chosen as the Piranha race. What follows is a few words on my training leading…
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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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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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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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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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By Kevin Leavy After much organising on the part of Rory O’Sullivan 22 intrepid travellers set out for a week of gut busting Warm Weather Training in Aguilas in the province of Murcia. With so many first timers there was a real buzz of excitement if not in trepidation about what could be expected for the…
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By: Brendan O’Brien “Your right James, get used to saying it Greg”, “I’ll never f**in say that, turn left here ..” and such were the adventures of Frodo, Gandalf, Jameling and Casso at the Hell of the North, aka, the Paris Roubaix Challenge – 148km cycle covering 30k of cobbles across 19 sections. A bleary 7am flight to Paris, followed…
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Hi all, My name is Rodrigo and I am a member of Piranha Tri since January 2012 and would like to write a few words to describe the wonderful weekend 16 of us had in Rostrevor, County Down. First of all would like to thank Greg and Claire for organizing, since everything was perfect and I can confirm everybody…
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