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Carlingford
Triathlon Ulster Triathlon
Championships, Castlewellan [--read
more--] Salmon Leap Race
Results Tri-Athlone Ironman France Connemara Triathlon
Carrick-On-Suir
Triathlon Irish
Sprint Title for Morrison [--read
more--] Crooked Lake
Triathlon Garadice Triathlon Inishowen 100
Cycle World
Duathlon Championships Well Done Brian!
Liam Ball Triathlon [--read
more--] Ulster Sprint
Triathlon Championship Ironman
Lanzarote Campbell and
Connor win Northwest Sprint Triathlon [--read
more--] Club Aquathon
Championship Titanic Duathlon
Series - Race 1 Strong showing by
Northwest Triathlon Club at Buncrana Duathlon
Thursby-Pelham
wins Northwest Duathlon
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The
Ulster Olympic distance triathlon championships were held in Castlewellan,
Co Down on Sat 4th Aug. As one of the more picturesque locations
on the triathlon circuit, it is also one of the more challenging
races. Meaning the 280 athletes racing didn’t much of a chance
to admire their surroundings. Consisting of a single loop of the
lake for the 1500m swim, and two laps of tough undulating cycling
totalling 40km, and finishing off will a challenging 10km forest
trail run.
4am
and the 3 alarm clocks I’d set go off together, closely followed
by a text message from Sean Doherty down the hall making sure that
I was awake. Not that I needed them, as I’d hardly slept all
night worrying about the rough seas we’d swum in yesterday,
and would have to swim in again in a few hours. Me and “Big
Doc” had planned to swim a lap of the swim course the previous
day after we had checked the bikes into transition. It took us about
3 attempts to actually get into the water, as each time we tried
to wade in a big breaker would dump us back on to the beach along
with the other swimmers who had the same idea as us! Once we got
past these breakers the swells were that big that sighting buoys
was impossible, so we gave up and just swam parallel to the beach
for awhile. There was a lot of hoping and praying that things would
settle down before tomorrow morning!
Carna,
in Co. Galway was the venue this weekend for the Connemara Triathlon,
which many believe is one of the toughest races on the Irish circuit.
The tier 1 Olympic distance triathlon consisted of a 1.5km swim,
40km bike, and 10km run to finish off with.
On
the 16th of June, the normally tranquil headland of Mullaghmore
was turned into a buzzing triathlon hub as it staged the Irish Sprint
Distance Triathlon Championships. The 750m swim was held in the
choppy waters of Mullaghmore harbour, with the 20km bike section
held on the flat fast main road out to Grange, and back. The final
5km run leg was a single hilly lap of the headland to zap the last
of the energy out of those legs!
The
Northwest Triathlon Club would like to congratulate Letterkenny
AC athlete Brian Thursby-Pelham on winning a Silver medal at the
World Duathlon Championships Gyor recently. Brian finished 7th overall
and 2nd in the 35-40 section.
The field at the recent Liam Ball Triathlon, on in its 22nd consecutive
year, was made up of 16 Northwest Tri Club members. Although the
result sheet may not have been as full this year, there were enough
big names taking part to ensure a quality race. As usual the 1.2
km swim took place in the Templemore Sports Complex, with the 32
km bike section of the race this year going out the Letterkenny
road due to road works on the usual Buncrana road. Four laps round
the playing pitches (thankfully dry this year!) made up the 8 km
run section of the race.
On a morning when most sane people looked out their window and decided
to go back to their beds and pull the duvet over their heads, 17
athletes from the Northwest Triathlon Club (NWTC) made the trip
up to Limavady for the Ulster Sprint Triathlon Championships. The
19th May trip was worthwhile though as 5 members took home medals,
and 3 Ulster titles. Facing a 750m pool swim, 20km bike and 5km
run, athletes also had to battle with heavy downpours, and a “sporting”
crosswind during the race.
The
Northwest Triathlon Club recently held their club Aquathon Championship,
which consisted of a continuous 500m swim, and 2 mile run.
The
near prefect weather conditions attracted a large crowd of athletes
to Buncrana for the 4th annual running of the Buncrana Duathlon
on Sunday the 1st of April. The race consisted of a continuous 2
mile run, 10 mile cycle, and another 2 mile run, and was also held
as a relay event. 
The
Northwest Triathlon Club got its racing session off to a very successful
start on Sunday the 4th March, when it hosted the Northwest Duathlon
at the Templemore Sports Complex. The event consisted of a continuous
2 mile run, 10 mile cycle, 1.5 mile run. Heavy rain and storm force
winds were not enough to put off the brave athletes who toed the
line....
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