Training

The start of Sunday’s Hilly Aerobic Run led by Liam Liddy & Mike Lane has been postponed by 1 week to the 9th of Nov meeting at 10am Cratloe Playground car-park. Thursday’s Run-Tech led by Athletics Coach Kevin Grant has also been postponed by 1 week and is due to start Thursday 13th of Nov […]

Our Wednesday night Winter Turbo sessions are in full swing, with both Vinny and Lynne putting participants through their paces. Vinny has been your  monitoring progress, UL_Tri_Turbo_Results_14 As well as giving valuable advice on safety – see here for a great article on Truck blind spots

After a break for many of us, its time to get back to doing what we enjoy  and the Coaching team led by Lynne Algar, have been busy putting together some new sessions and trying to improve existing ones. Full details and time table here on the ‘Training’ tab of the Club website.   Back for the […]

Question 1: Ideally when buying a car, what kind of engine do you want?   A big one! 1.5, 2L, 3L! One with low emissions. It’s got to be economical. Throw in a Power-Turbocharger whilst at it. Athletic physiology is similar to a car engine in a number of ways. I am going to use […]

Thanks to Coach Lynne Algar for this article reminding us of the importance of taking a break  and the ‘off season’ End of Season Doc

Starting this Thursday  and continuing each Thursday to August 21st running up to the Worlds End Triathlon. The session will start with a 300m swim followed  by  a 20 min turbo session and finishing with a 2 km run. Arrival and set up from 6:30 pm, start at 7 pm. turbo session will be indoors […]

With the Hell of the West behind us, we still have plenty more to look forward to in the season. Open water swimming continues on Monday nights at Castleconnell BC, and in addition to this we are also running a series of Aquathlon training sessions –swim run format on Thursdays (6:30 sign on and warm […]

Plans have been finalised for our annual Kilkee training weekend, May 31st/ June 1st 2104. Led by our Club Head Coach Lynne Algar, the weekend will be of interest and benefit to anyone participating in HOTW itself, but will also be a valuable training for all members in the run into the season. All abilities […]

Our Open Water swim sessions at Casleconnell BC return from next from Monday 12th May (in the water for 6.30pm) For many, this will be their first outdoor swim of the year and with water temperature still low, its best practice to build up time spent in cold water, so the initial plan will be […]

Joey Hannan Training Day on Saturday 19th April for Juniors and Beginner Try-a-tri adults. This is invaluable to anyone who would like to do a practice run before the big day. Swim at UL 1.30 with tips on Joey Swim, 1hr approx Followed by cycling the Joey try-a-tri course Finishing with the 3k run course. […]

As more of us are getting back on the saddle, we would appreciate if you could read through this Guide to Group Cycling with reminders to us all on how to make our spins safer and more rewarding. Before setting off on any cycle each cyclist should go through the following basic checklist to make […]

Spring is in the air and from Saturday March 8th we are revamping our Novice Saturday cycles. Meeting at the UL East gate car park at the earlier time of 10am, we will be running an 8 week programme, building for Joey Hannan Triathlons on April 27th. Our cycle sessions will include: Bike safety, Maintenance, […]