Training

The last block of Swim Technique sessions for 2018  is now open for registration. This will be a 7-week block and will run from Monday 26th Feb – Monday April 23rd ( bank holidays March 19th & April 2nd excluded). Register at the link below: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/ltc-technique-improvement-spring-block-2-tickets-42860690479

Back by popular demand, our Thursday Night Running sessions will begin next week, Thursday February 8. Sessions will once again be led by Mike Carmody and held at the UL Track.  Sessions will begin at 7pm and last approximately an hour. Cost to members is €5 per session on a pay-as-you-go basis, or€30 for the […]

So you have entered Joey Hannan or Hell of the West, it’s your first Triathlon and you really don’t know where to start….. There is a wealth of information out there, so much that it can be confusing! We will be hosting a beginners training day the 25th March. The day will consist of a […]

Limerick Triathlon Club January Training Day  Recap by Mark Dempsey Limerick Triathlon Club held the first of our monthly training days in UL arena on Sunday 14th of January. On the day 18 members of the club of all levels showed up for the swim, bike and run sessions.  Everyone completed a triathlon-specific warm up […]

Dust off those holiday cobwebs!  Join us at the first of our monthly training days, this Sunday 14 January in and around UL. The day starts in the pool at 8:00am.  We have four lanes, which will be used as follows: Lane 1 – individual swim, pace of sub 1.45 per 100m Lane 2 – […]

Monday night swimming will return in January for two 6-week blocks.  Registration for the first block, running from 8 January – 12 February is now open through the following link: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/ltc-technique-improvement-tickets-41493228363 Questions or comments, email secretary@limericktriathlon.com.

Monday Night Swimming and Thursday Night Run Sessions are now open for registration to all members.  All sessions will begin the week of November 6 and run for 6 consecutive weeks (ending December 14).   Swimming session focus is on Technique Improvement and will take place on Mondays from 8-9pm at UL.  Places are limited […]

Sunset tonight is 19:58, so tonight Monday 11th September will be the last evening of OW swimming at OBB, in the water at 18:30 SHARP. Wednesday Night spin from the Hub – for anyone interested rolling at the earlier time of 17:30 The committee are working on Winter Sessions  starting after October.

At swim sessions in the last 6 months, you will have seen a big increase in the number of guys wearing neoprene shorts, and you may be wondering how they work and are they for you – here’s a nice article from Triathlete magazine explaining all and how best to use them http://www.triathlete.com/2015/12/training/how-to-use-neoprene-swim-shorts_127012  

This coming Thursday August 24th we are hosting our first ever mixed relay training event, at UL Boathouse. Suitable for all, each team member will do a short triathlon (Swim~300M, bike 5km & run 1.5km) before passing over to the next team member. Each team has 4 members and we hope to run the female/male/female/male format […]

Monday – Open Water swim Session at OBB, arrive 1830 to be in the water at 1845. This week Mark also has an Aquathlon planned- 300M swim & 1km run, so wear a trisuit and bring your runners. Wednesday – the final night of our TT series, even if you haven’t participated yet, you can still […]

It was breezier and a little cooler this evening for Round 2 of our cycle TT – this only seemed to have a marginal effect of the times. Garron was only 14sec down on last weeks time, while series director Diarmaid was second fastest in 31:29, Eoin Jackson’s winter training saw him flying in only […]