A very busy weekend of action for our members: if we missed anything/anyone news@limericktriathlon.com

IM Lanzarote – congratulations to Paul O’Connell, Liam Butler and Craig Butler on completing IM Lanzarote. This was Pauls 3^rd IM Lanzarote and his best time to date. While it was Liam & Craigs first trip here, Liam is a 13 time IM Austria finisher, with Craig having joined him there last year for the first time. Well done guys.

Super Series (Lough Cultra) – Limerick TC was well represented with 4 of the starters in this race from our club – Aaron O’Brien, Ross Higgins, Luke Lyons and Ronan Costelloe. This is a tactical race with a 1500M swim, followed by a draft legal closed road cycle, finishing in a 10km run. Aaron finished in 2^nd place (2:02) behind his HPC protégé Cillian Tierney. Ross came home 6^th (2:08), Luke in 7^th (2:09) and Ronan in 12^th (2:15)

Sprint –Continuing her run of great results Alex Stewart came home in 4^th, while Peter Hunt raced his first OW triathlon.

Mixed Relay – Limerick TC again made the podium at this event! Having already raced in the morning, Aaron, Alex & Ross were joined by Kathyn Fahy in Team 1, with Team 2 made up of Colm Turner, Hilkka Kontro, Bryan Nolan and last minute call up Sinéad Walsh. This is a fast and fun race, with each member in Female/Male/Female/Male order, doing a 300M swim, 5km bike and 1.5km run(or really 2.3 on the day), before tagging their team mate. Team 1 came home in 3^rd position, while Team 2 managed a respectable 9^th of 30 teams on the day. (just don’t mention transition practice to anyone on Team 1)

The Gauntlet Middle Distance – a challenging middle distance event, the 1.9km swim was followed by a scenic (but bone rattling) 96km bike and a 21km mixed terrain run. Second out of the water, Garron Mosley finished in 6^th (4:48:19), followed by Pádraig O’Sullivan in 7^th (4:53:09) with a smoking bike split of 2:38, with Stephen Cunneen and Ian Moore also finishing well. On the girls side, Sinéad Walsh came out of the water first female, and home in 12^th (6:10:55) to get the 3^rd in the V40 category while Angela Robertson was 24^th

Olympic distance – We had a great turn out for the Standard distance, with Liam Liddy first LTC man home to claim AG gold. Ed Fahy also won his Age Group, with Mary Ryan 3^rd in hers. Great racing from Dermot Hanrahan, Ger Benson, Bob McNamara, Richard Roche, Aoibhe Reidy, Greg Baxter, Rosie Clarke & Christian Jones.

And to finish the day well done to Hannah & Emma Robertson and Cillian & Aoife Chawke who all did the event for 8-10 Year olds  – following after Mams & Dads.

Next up: HoTW specific training day on Saturday,  Kilrush ‘Up the Creek’ on Sunday

Castleconnell Mid Summer Run