If YOU help US marshal the elite event in the afternoon of 12th july you can race triAthlone for FREE.

Once you have completed your race, we will give you lunch, your official ZOOT pack and then you get to be part of the event
that will host the European Champs in 2010!

Check out poster attached for full details.

After a long winter of very hard training around 30 hours per week for the last 7 months it was great to wake up to such a bright sunny day for Joey. Nerves were really kicking in on the drive over to UL
and were only added to to when I saw the competition. The race standard was really raised with the entry of Brian Campbell and the Irish Development squad. It was great for me to have world class coach Chris Jones there to talk me through the warm up, and watching the novice athletes going so well and seeing the event running so smoothly helped to settle the nerves.
 
Once the race started it was great to have the crowd cheering at the end of the swim and out onto the bike. It often gets lonely out on the bike so it was great to have the marshals cheering us on as we went passed.

Joey sent the sunshine (and a little wind!) for a fantastic event at UL on Sunday last, the 4th of May. The club played host to 400 athletes from all over the country including the Elite development squad.

The main contenders in the mens race all finished the swim in a time around the 20 minute mark but Eoghan Considine (Galway) shot off on the bike creating a two minute lead for himself which he maintained, throughout the bike. Brian Campbell (Hi Elbow) and our own Brian Jenkins chased him down on the run, catching him early on. Campbell and Jenkins ran together for a bit but eventually Campbell pushed through and beat Jenkins to win in a time of 2 hours and 19 seconds. Colin Bolger (Pulse) was third in a time of 2.02.51.

Please see results of Sundays races enclosed, race report to follow.

Thanks to Gordon Thomson for taking some great photo's

http://www.flickr.com/photos/25839245@N02/sets/72157604908814184/

Hi All, Race results should be available here by this evening.  

I wonder if you could let your members know to be on the look out for a light blue Speacilized alli comp bike stolen from Doonbeg area today, monday 28th march. it has a 9 speed block onthe back carbon forks and mavic pro wheels titanium seat supports.

need bike to train for hell of the west thanks.

David hartley

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Please see enclosed race briefing for Novice Tryathlon and Standard Distance Triathlon taking place this Sunday May 4th 2008.

Please read carefully, even if you think you know the course already, as there are significant changes from last years event.

The last places for the Kilkee Hell of the West are being released today.  Simply click on the following link to be directed to the online registration process.  Best of luck, Alison.

http://activeeurope.com/events/index.cfm?AC=EventDetails&E=53184&EDPreview=1

To all our fellow club members racing in Lisbon half ironman the very best of luck to you and your supporters. I'm sure there will be stories to recant at leisure when you get home.