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Psyko’s Swiss Roll of the Dice

July 27, 2015 4 Comments
Piranha Triathlon Club News

Tinkerballs (AKA The F**k Up Fairy) has been a regular visitor to Psyko Towers this year – so much so that there is always a bed made up in the spare room and a pot of coffee ready.   And despite a new Extra-Large pram arriving for Christmas, the toys have still been out more than they have been in this…

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King of the Hill race details

July 23, 2015 Leave your thoughts

The fourth race on the Club Calendar has arrived!!   Saturday, 25th July sees over 30 Piranhas participate in the King of the Hill Triathlon hosted by Cork Tri Club. The links below brings to you to the King of the Hill race website where you can review the recently released race briefing and swim, bike and run routes. Please note…

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Will Owen’s IM Austria report

July 8, 2015 6 Comments
Piranha Triathlon Club News

IM Austria 2015 Sunday 28 June 2015 Conditions – Wind speed 6kph, temperature 22 to 26 degrees, some cloud cover, no rain i.e. close to perfect Plan A – 9hrs 45mins Plan B – 9hrs 51mins 30 seconds (i.e. Moody’s IM Barcelona time minus 1 second) Plan C – 9hrs 59mins 59 seconds (i.e. Sub 10 hrs) There was no plan…

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Swissman Xtreme Triathlon 20/06/2015

June 24, 2015 4 Comments

I’m neill turley and I am a bucket-list-a-holic. I had kept the fact that I was doing this race pretty much to myself with the exception of letting it slip to a couple of people so apologies for the little lie that I wasn’t racing this year. I was putting enough pressure on myself as it was plus, I didn’t…

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Tri an Mhi Race Report. June 13th 2015.

June 20, 2015 2 Comments

5 weeks out from Ironman UK seemed like a good time to test out the legs over half the distance. I really wanted to do this race as it seemed similar in parts to what the UK course will be..lake swim (2 laps), challenging and hilly bike with some villages to navigate through ( 2 laps) and an undulating run.…

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Piranha National Series Strategy – Race 2

June 9, 2015 Leave your thoughts

The second race on the Club Calendar has arrived! Saturday, 13th June sees at least 50 Piranha’s participate in By Hook or by Crook in Dunmore East, Co. Waterford.   This note has the following sections: Who’s racing? Race briefing Belpark Piranha Face Off Car Pooling – how to arrange a lift Getting there Post-Race Dinner and Drinks in the…

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Piranhas in Westwood

June 2, 2015 Leave your thoughts

Fellow Piranhas,   On behalf of the committee I would like to re-emphasise some of the key points that we should all observe when using the facilities of Westwood Clontarf.   We are very privileged to have the use of Westwood. In addition to the pool, Piranha makes extensive use of the facility for social gatherings, committee meetings, general meetings,…

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Piranha National Series Strategy – Race 1

May 27, 2015 Leave your thoughts

The first race on the Club Calendar has arrived! The TriAthy Sprint race also happens to be our Club Champs so the best of the best will be decided this Saturday!  There will also be many Piranha’s racing across the other distances (Try-a-Tri, Olympic and Double Oympic).  Saturday is what we train for so make sure to leave it all…

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You club needs you – Interclub TT Series

March 24, 2015 Leave your thoughts

Hi folks, It’s time to dust off the TT and get ready to go head to head with Belpark over the coming few weeks! What is it? This is a series of 3 TT training events held on open roads over three venues, in the months of March, April and May. The aim is to help participants prepare for the…

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