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By Conor Gahan I joined the club at the end of January 2012 in an effort to lose weight, get fit and complete a triathlon before I turned 30. I started by going along to the Tuesday evening run sessions in UCD and quickly realised that the ‘bit of running’ I had been doing and feeling so good about really…
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By Barry McIntyre Location: Llanberis, Gwynedd LL55, Wales (where the train leaves for the summit of Mount Snowden, highest peak in UK south of Scotland). .Website: http://snowdoniaslateman.com Last year I got 10 people from work to do a triathlon. No bribery, no trickery just the promise of something different. I selected the sprint in DCT but as I was helping out…
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Triathlon: Escape from AlcatrazDate: 7.30am, 3rd MarchLocation: San Francisco, CA, USAWinners: Female – Heather Jackson, Male – Javier Gomez Why:This triathlon is the reason that I have been doing triathlons for the last 10 years. By accident I saw the Escape on TV one day and thought that it looked like “an excellent thing to do”. Normally when I…
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Duggan’s Dollies Annual Waterford Pilgrimage – Year One “Snow is falling all around me”, this is what Shakin’ Stevens promised me, the man’s pants are on fire. Back in October after a particularly horrible track session I agreed to cycle to Waterford rather than run the half marathon. I was safe in the knowledge that it being the first of…
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By Alan Duggan. To write my marathon report I thought it only fair to explain where I’ve come from in running terms. The secret running history of Alan Duggan When I ask people when they took up running and they say “oh just in the last few years” I never really believe them, it always turns out that they represented…
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By Darren Guy It’s been a long road but I’ve enjoyed the journey! First off I’ll caveat this report, and say that it will probably bore a large number of people but I like to look back at a race to figure out what went well and what went wrong, and what better way to do that than writing…
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By Ellen Shilling Hot potato, and it landed on my lap. After trying in vain to get one of the other lads to do this report my efforts were a bit like moodies cone head – cracked. So it is up to me to try to (briefly) sum up an epic weekend in one of the most beautiful places…
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By Steven Moody Qualifying for Vegas had always been a secret goal of mine for 2012 – even though, it was with a sense of surprise and shock that I looked at the fabled registration letter in my hand post Antwerp 70.3 back in July. My attempt at qualification had ironically almost failed on the run leg in Belgium…
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What a difference a year makes. By Gavin McAllister ( http://dublinsportsfan.blogspot.com/) One day makes such a difference. One year makes such a difference. As I left registration on Saturday afternoon, Memories of last year’s Ironman Ireland 70.3 were coming back to haunt me. The wind was picking up, the waves were high in Galway Bay, and the thoughts…
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By Mark McInerney “Join a Triathlon Club!” they said. “Meet lot’s of new people!” they said. “Help out at Dublin City Triathlon!” they said. “It will begreat fun!” they said. And do you know what??? IT WAS!!! Dublin City Triathlon was the first event I’ve been involved with at the ground level. It was amazing to see the dedication and…
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