December 4, 2012
Duggan’s Dollies Annual Waterford Pilgrimage – Year One “Snow is falling all around me”, this is what Shakin’ Stevens promised me, the man’s pants are on fire. Back in October after a particularly horrible track session I agreed to cycle to Waterford rather than run the half marathon. I was safe in the knowledge that it being the first of…
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November 5, 2012
By Alan Duggan. To write my marathon report I thought it only fair to explain where I’ve come from in running terms. The secret running history of Alan Duggan When I ask people when they took up running and they say “oh just in the last few years” I never really believe them, it always turns out that they represented…
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September 27, 2012
By Darren Guy It’s been a long road but I’ve enjoyed the journey! First off I’ll caveat this report, and say that it will probably bore a large number of people but I like to look back at a race to figure out what went well and what went wrong, and what better way to do that than writing…
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September 24, 2012
By Ellen Shilling Hot potato, and it landed on my lap. After trying in vain to get one of the other lads to do this report my efforts were a bit like moodies cone head – cracked. So it is up to me to try to (briefly) sum up an epic weekend in one of the most beautiful places…
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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 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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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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August 16, 2012
By Paul Boyle. When most of Piranha were at CK, I was doing something a little more challenging in Copenhagen: The ‘Challenge Copenhagen’ Ironman distance race. There just happened to be an unfortunate clash of dates. I’d already committed to doing Copenhagen before CK was chosen as the Piranha race. What follows is a few words on my training leading…
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July 25, 2012
By Derek Leahy Switzerland Ironman 15TH July 2012 Having done Switzerland Ironman last year (July 2011) and finished in 10.14.23 I had my sights set high for this year’s event . Also finished off last season with a qualification slot to the half IM World Championships in Vegas ( Sept 2012) from the 2011 Galway 70.3 race. These factors…
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