Austria 2017 Race Report 2016 was the tea and ham sandwiches tour of Ireland, so 2017 called for a bigger goal. I signed up for Austria when it opened and put it to the back of my mind til November, post DCM recovery. Time is in short supply for me, so I knew I wanted […]
Barcelona Marathon I could have picked any marathon but when a friend mentioned to me that flights to Barcelona with Aer Lingus were going for next to nothing I signed up straight away. I booked it for just my wife and I. That way we could both have a little break away from the kids […]
What a Mess ! Here it is, tomorrow morning I will race my first Irish triathlon, which will also be by the way the second one in my life ! I am super excited, feeling well, I’ve trained as much as I could. Let’s see the result on the finish line, my secret goal is […]
SCORCHIO!! – The journey of how the boy in the striped pyjamas went from being a Lanzarote Gobshite to a Lanzarote Legend. I would like to thank all the people who made this journey possible but especially my wife Linda who went above and beyond making it so much easier to train for it. It […]
A bad case of nerves and a Justin Bieber earworm…..my first half Iron distance race. Ever since I signed up (i.e. talked into it) for Ironman Barcelona last October, I had been very conscious of my short triathlon career to date. One tri a try, two sprints and two olympics since I started all this last June […]
Challenge Lisboa – 8th May 2017 I started writing this report on the flight home, the next morning after the race. Still full of the joie de vivre of a great race and great company from my fellow Pulsers. The idea of doing Lisboa had taken hold after Dublin 70.3 last year. We had a […]
A Tribute to Michaela Gonda So race season 2017 is underway, and after doing reasonably well in my age category during my first season last Summer, I decided I would give the National Series a shot this year. Unfortunately, it didn’t get off to a great start in the North Tipp Sprint in mid April, […]
A quick catch up of the previous month’s training prior to race day. I upped Swimming and running a little bit, added in a bit of threshold run work and maintained my Strength and Conditioning program throughout. Swimming was going well, biking was strong with a 20km PB on power and time at the Pulse […]
Pulse Mallorca Training Camp 2017 Having done a training camp in Alicante last year I had an idea as to what to expect in Mallorca this year: an escape from work, sunshine, training with like-minded people, working with new coaches, lots of food, fun & (some) drink, plenty of hours in the saddle, on the […]
The Accidental Ironman Journey. I sit here on the couch at home in Limerick a few days after coming home from Frankfurt with a glass of red in one hand, my dog beside me and wearing my massive IRONMAN medal (for inspiration like) attempting to write this but I’m trying to think of why I […]