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Challenge Roth Challenge Roth, “the world’s largest long distance triathlon” or as I’ll remember it, the race Jan Frodeno stole from me. It is an incredible event in a small town. In the days leading up, I met people from Canada, USA, Australia and New Zealand who had all flown across the world just to take part in Roth. Weather…
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Me, Myself and Triathlon: I’ve completed a few triathlons over the years with borrowed wetsuits/bikes and even runners but last year (2015) I finally bought a road bike and had signed up for the Dublin Half Iron and our very own Dublin City Tri (I hadn’t joined Piranha yet). I think the half went so well that I decided then…
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The fifth race on the Club Calendar has arrived. The Belfast Titanic Olympic distance race sees a large contingent of Piranhas, 40 at last count, race this Sunday 31st July. Go hard, take as many people as you can on the run and enjoy it. Also please don’t forget when you are finished to give as much support as you…
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Background Despite having only ever completed a couple of sprint triathlons in 2014, I got it into my head that I wanted to complete, or at least have a crack off completing, a full ironman. I had heard that Challenge were putting on a race in Galway and immediately warmed to the idea of doing my first ironman at home…
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There is no mention of a bike in the writing of this Report! So what is this Swim Run? Breca Buttermere is an epic swimrun race across some of the UK’s most stunning and rugged wilderness – the Western Fells of the Lake District. Over 17 consecutive legs, teams of two will complete a total of 6km of lake swimming…
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With 9 races completed in the National Series the rankings are starting to take shape. To date we have 75 men and 36 women who have completed at least one race. See full update [HERE] from coordinators Will and John.
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The fourth race on the Club Calendar has arrived. The Two Provinces Sprint distance race sees a large contingent of Piranhas, 45 in total, race this Saturday 16th July. This is the National Series Sprint Distance Championship race so the competition will be high but there will also be lots of National Series points on offer. Go hard, take as…
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The third race (and second away weekend) on the Club Calendar has arrived! The Kilkee Hell of the West (“HOTW”) Olympic distance race see’s a large contingent of Piranhas race this Saturday 25th June 2016. We are doing really well in the National Series with some amazing performances to date so hopefully we can build on that this weekend so…
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June – I’m an Ironman 70.3er. Before I knew it we were there. Race weekend was upon us and I was walking towards the Ironman Expo & Registration at the end of the beach. TI licence, passport and waiver in hand I got my race bags and hit the Expo. I didn’t want to buy anything until after the race…
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Dear Fellow Piranha members, As some of you may know a motion was passed at last year’s AGM to look into the creation of a Junior Section within Piranha. Our Chairman Bernard Hanratty sought expressions of interest from members regarding setting up a committee. Those that volunteered for the committee were as follows:- Nick Walsh Gordon Grant Mark…
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