Okay, so it started about 2 years ago, when my sister in law, Marie, accidentally on purpose left me a copy of Don Fink’s ‘Iron Fit’. Both she and my brother in law John had completed a couple of ironmen each and had been trying to get me to sign up. The book got me […]

Ironman Lanzarote started for me with a conversation with Alan Carolan about doing Ironman again in Austria early last summer but for me Austria was always a logistical nightmare as my wife & myself would want to bring our little boy to the race & getting there on trains planes & automobiles is not my […]

Almost 200 exponents descended upon Templemore Sports Complex in Derry in what was the 28th instalment of the North West Triathlon Club’s signature event the Liam Ball Sprint (NS) – the second oldest running Triathlon in Ireland. You usually get 2 or 3 Pulse affiliates representing the club every year at this event but this […]

Ok so it’s 7am,I’ve just had 5 doughnuts and a can of redbull for breakfast.Im in Limerick for my 1st Olympic triathlon.This year my plan was to do only sprints and maybe an Olympic at the end of the season.But after signing up for The hell of the west triathlon in Kilkee,I was advised to […]

2013 was going to be about doing races I had never done before. Ironic then, how I said I’d do Joey Hannon again to see if winter training had made a difference this time round. It is a pool triathlon with the swim in the 50m pool in UL, with Try-A-Tri, Sprint and Olympic distance […]

If you’ve been in Pulse for any amount of time then you’ve probably come across Paul O’Callaghan. Paul is one of the better athletes in the club and is regularly putting in great performances all around the country in road races and triathlons. Paul is deaf but has never let that get in the way […]

So there I was lying in my bed having a wee cry. I had done the Dublin Marathon a couple of months before and had a brilliant day with lots of familiar faces in Pulse colours lining the streets of Dublin to cheer us on. A big gang of Pulsers had done the race that […]

I was asked to write this report about my first ever triathlon and to share the experience with other Triathletes that are new to our club! I hope it might give some insight into some of the things that might concern you (like they did for me!) and dispel any fears. My first triathlon was […]