September 13, 2019
Hard to believe but Summer is over and Season 2019 is wrapping up nicely with Pulse Port Beach Triathlon one of the last races of the season, almost heralding the wind down after a fairly frantic few months (If you think racing was hard try and do a Handbook for them!). Don’t take the foot off the gas yet… The…
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August 25, 2019
Missing the banter and motivation that came with training as part of a team I joined Piranha at the end of last summer. I enjoyed swimming but had only ever cycled to and from work and tried to avoid running at all costs, but I figured how hard could it be? My first week in the club was definitely a…
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August 1, 2019
The Bank Holiday approaches, but no rest for the wicked! Next Sunday (August 4th) marks race number 5 of our Piranha National Series race strategy – Loughrea Sprint Triathlon in Galway. With three weeks since Two Provinces hopefully most of you will have had time to relax and recover before we go hard at it again. The closed roads for…
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July 11, 2019
After a hard day of racing in Wicklow last Sunday, there is very little time to rinse off the wetsuit as 2 Provinces NS Sprint Triathlon is taking place next Saturday, 13th July. This is recognised as one of the best races on the calendar, both from a racing and setting perspective. The swim is in Lough Ree and is…
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July 3, 2019
Get your racing heads on, because just like buses the 3rd and 4th races in our Club National Series take place one week apart, with the Wicklow Triathlon Club hosted Harbourman Olympic on Sunday next (July 7th) and then 2 Provinces Sprint Triathlon the following Saturday (July 13th). First up is Harbourman in Wicklow town on Sunday 7th . This…
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June 5, 2019
Summer is (allegedly) here and so is the second club race -Westport held on Saturday next –June 9th. The Olympic distance race is National Series, but there are other races being held on the day including Sprint and Relay. This is a Club Weekend away with the majority of those racing staying in the Harbour Mill Apartments on the Westport…
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May 16, 2019
Hard to believe, but the first of our National Series Races is upon us and next Sunday Piranha members will get a chance to put the hard winter work and Dungarvan training camp efforts into action. As one of the first races of the season it will probably be a shock to the body, as the intensity of a race…
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January 17, 2019
As cold dark January trundles on, Pay Day seems as far away as those New Year’s Resolutions where you promised yourself that you would unleash a new fitter better triathlete on the world. Well, here is something to aim for – Start planning for the bright, warm sunny days of summer, and a National Series Race. It is time to…
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