September 18, 2012
With Catriona McKiernan Nick Walsh has very kindly organised a chi running workshop with Catriona McKiernan for Sunday the 21st of October from 10am until 4:30/5pm. Location will either be Castleknock or Blackrock. Below is an outline of what will be covered during this course. There are 12 places up for grabs on a first come first serve basis.…
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September 18, 2012
As 1/2 of PR & Marketing, Sharon looks after the piranha website, is responsible for promoting the club, getting people to join, updating fb, twitter, getting people involved in the website and soo much more. She’s leaving the committee this year (sniff, sniff) so if any of you would like to replace her the vacant positions will be put up…
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September 14, 2012
By Steven Moody Qualifying for Vegas had always been a secret goal of mine for 2012 – even though, it was with a sense of surprise and shock that I looked at the fabled registration letter in my hand post Antwerp 70.3 back in July. My attempt at qualification had ironically almost failed on the run leg in Belgium…
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September 7, 2012
From Triathlon Ireland: Dear Club Secretaries, Chairpersons and club members, As another successful Triathlon Season draws to a close, it is time to recognise the achievements of our athletes, volunteers, races and all those involved. This year’s Vodafone awards dinner is being held on Saturday 3rd November and is set to be bigger and better than ever. For full…
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September 5, 2012
8 Week Course with Tara Fallon Overview Are you looking for a way to improve your performance in 2013 without the risk of overtraining and injury? Reform Pilates Instructor and Physical Therapist, Tara Fallon, is presenting an 8 week Core Conditioning Course commencing on the evening of Wednesday 26th September at 7.30pm at Reform Pilates (founded by…
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September 4, 2012
What a difference a year makes. By Gavin McAllister ( http://dublinsportsfan.blogspot.com/) One day makes such a difference. One year makes such a difference. As I left registration on Saturday afternoon, Memories of last year’s Ironman Ireland 70.3 were coming back to haunt me. The wind was picking up, the waves were high in Galway Bay, and the thoughts…
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September 4, 2012
As well as being a kick ass runner, as Training officer, Rory O’Sullivan is the man responsible for organising WWT, all our training sessions and much much more. Here he shares with us the secrets of his success, how he got into Triathlon and why he hates sprinting! So Rory….. 1. How did you get into triathlon?My now wife…
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August 29, 2012
DCT 2012 THANK YOU ! Well it’s over for another year and it seems like we have given the triathlon community an enjoyable, competitive and rewarding event. DCT’s reputation had been damaged slightly with the water quality issues in the past couple of years but it looks like we covered everything very well this year and hopefully we will…
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August 29, 2012
By Mark McInerney “Join a Triathlon Club!” they said. “Meet lot’s of new people!” they said. “Help out at Dublin City Triathlon!” they said. “It will begreat fun!” they said. And do you know what??? IT WAS!!! Dublin City Triathlon was the first event I’ve been involved with at the ground level. It was amazing to see the dedication and…
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August 22, 2012
By Steven Moody. The day had finally arrived – I was nervous as it had been a long time in coming – it seemed like months that the official (unofficial) Piranha aquathon championships were announced. I had adjusted my training completely and had shamelessly printed off pics of Piranhas I needed to beat on the day and would shout…
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