Race Reports

Everyone has their stories about they got into triathlon. Having played GAA since I was 7 I found retirement a bit boring. In the summer of 2012 a friend a mine suggested that we do a triathlon to see what it was like and my first reaction was “are you mad? That’s a crazy sport”. […]

My target was around 10hours but anything would do, 25 years from my very first triathlon, and a lot of peer pressure I decided to do my first Ironman, Training over the year was a lot of hit and miss but with the backing of a great woman who kept me on the straight and […]

Race Your Shadow – Report from Longford TC’s Seamus Murtagh, who has been training with us since moving to Limerick.   Shadow Man Long Distance Triathlon, Athlone, Sunday 3rd August 2014 Shadow Man starts the day before . Spent most of Saturday packing and getting ready. Actually, it really started the day previously, for me. […]

Kilkee Hell of the West Triathlon kicked today in glorious sunshine. The town of Kilkee was groomed and welcomed the athletes with open arms – flags, banners & balloons adorning every lamppost and gateway. Revived from the destruction of the winter storms, the bandstand stood proud, restored and ready for the masses arriving to race […]

If you´re on for a challenge at the start of the triathlon season, pack you´re kit and head to Lanzarote for Tri122 – a relatively new triathlon on the Lanzarote triathlon scene. I decided to ´give it a lash ´ – this is my report. Well it seemed like a good idea at the time. […]

By Paul Mc Mahon: I know many have done reports on Ironman races and these have greatly helped me in my understanding of what was involved and required to complete a race and even convince myself that I might one day be able to compete and complete one of these crazy events. So here is […]

The horse shoe bay of Kilkee, Co. Clare was choppy and windy, but that did not put off over 900 athletes all taking on the challenge of Kilkee Hell of the West 2013. This being the 29th year of this race for the Limerick Triathlon Club – they pulled out all the stops. There were […]

Each long journey begins with the first step and so as I entered Ironman Austria in Klagenfurt in August 2011. I did not really believe I would finish. Completing the Dublin City Marathon on four weeks top up running after the Galway 70.3 seemed logical. Then do Christmas fun runs, but most of all keep […]

After a 3rd attempt at Ironman in Wales last weekend I finally feel that I have got a result which reflects the effort and sacrifice that goes into preparing for this huge challenge. Apart from the usual long hours of training, strict nutrition, flawless equipment and psychological interventions that go into making a successful race […]

By Sinead Walsh (Club Secretary) After completing my first Half Iron distance event in May, I barely had my bike unpacked when entries opened for the Lost Sheep in Kenmare. I didn’t have any plans beyond Kilkee as I would be supporting Fionnuala in her English Channel swim attempt and I didn’t know how much […]

Months of training culminated in my biggest race of the season last weekend – Galway 70.3. My parents and I left Limerick at 10:30 on Saturday morning and arrived at registration at noon, which was an easy process. I watched the race briefing on tv and received my goody bag, which was full of unfamiliar […]

So everyone had said enjoy the journey, the hard bit is getting to the start line fit & injury free. I did have one bout of injury but thanks to Emlyn Maher’s sports massage I kept everything in working order for race day. Insanely an ironman event sells out close to 12 months in advance […]