Well lads with the well earned camping trip to France and the ferry into Cherbourg booked I spotted a race that happened to be in the 2nd week of the hols. So with ten days of sunbathing and wine drinking as preparation I was going to kick ass in this one! Weather was warm but […]
Average HR 148 Max HR 170 Total Calories 3,800 Kevin’s Garmin Log for the event This was my third time doing Gaelforce West, being from Mayo I’m always interested in doing races back west and dont think there is anyway I can now leave this out of my list of must-do races every year. My […]
Well folks as the call didn’t come from London i headed up north to Rostrevor Co down, the beautiful Kilbroney park was the venue for this one, as the camp site was already full when we arrived friday we were allowed to park up in the large car park less than 1k from transition, happy […]
I had always wondered if many southerners, or even southern northerners, venture this far north during marching season and the entries list, packed full of Peninsula TC, Olympic TC and QUB TC and local entries, answered that question for this year, but I’ll give you five good reasons to venture to the shores of Ballywalter next year for […]
Baltimore, West Cork was the venue for this race. It was a long drive; we headed off in our camper on Friday evening as usual it was raining and very windy. We hit a bit of traffic in Cork city so decided to stop for a bite to eat. It was on then from Bandon […]
This was the ill fated Howth Challenge seriesTriathlon that got converted to an Aquathon at the 11th hour. But what an Aquathon it was. Swim from Irelands eye (Olympic plus 1900M) then a 10 Km… Billed as ‘for competent sea swimmers only’, my own personal challenge was simply not to die. Everyone around me seemed […]
So there we were…finally at the big one! The early morning alarm call in February to register was a distant memory…one that rang like ‘what the hell were you thinking?!!’ around my head! It felt a bit like was 6th year again and I was facing into the Leaving! Only this time had studied a […]
Crossing the finish line in Austria on 2nd July 2012 at the end of a gruelling Ironman race stands out as one of the defining moments of the last year. YOU – ARE – AN IRONMAN screamed from the announcer’s microphone as I mustered a sprint finish to show off in front of the crowd. […]
Given the lack of up-to-date race reports on the website I have had a rush of blood to the fingers. Good news, it was a sprint so less scope for waffle!! June 9th saw the Crooked Lake triathlon take place in Camlough just outside Newry. The first plus to this race is that it started […]
In the somewhat challenging conditions that was Galway last year, I remember seeing Maeve Cloke wrapped up for the elements in her role as supporter, and thinking how much smarter she was to have done Barcelona for her HIM. Then of course once the swim was cut short in Galway, I knew that there would […]