Club News

Swimming for triathlon encompasses 3 key elements  – technique, fitness & open water. Many of us fall into the trap of covering distance, often drafting behind those ahead of us in the lane, counting out lengths without taking into account our pace, just swimming. Or maybe you have been working on your technique and do […]

The metabolic response of carbohydrate ingestion within the body By Ronan Costelloe MSc. BA (Hons) Never before have there been as many low fat or fat free products available to consumers, and yet Western society is more obese than ever. Much of this has to do with a lack of understanding of our bodies metabolic […]

Philip Manuel did a great job in organising the ParaTriathlon National Championships at the Worldsend Triathlon. Not only did Philip work with the organisers of the event to ensure it’s safe running suitability of the course, he also guided our own Aron O’Dowd, and organised Richard Chapman and Ronan Costelloe to guide so that other […]

How many have you got Liam? “I’ve only lost one so far”, I think was the reply. I was the same really, just half of one gone. What are we talking about?! Toenails, and the lost art of not losing them during a long endurance event. These are the silly thoughts and questions that run […]

Ballybunion Sprint – 17 July 21 Swim: Maybe more of a run/swim. The start time was 11am and it was already pretty hot. Start times were set around tide times. We started on the ladies beach (for those familiar with Ballyb) in front of the sea rescue. As the water was quite shallow, we were running […]

Event name: Celtic Warrior  Distance 70.3/ Middle Like everyone else my plans for 2020 and 2021 were all up in the air. I signed up in 2019 to compete in what would have been my first Ironman 70.30 in Staffordshire England but due to Covid-19 restrictions I had no option but to push it out to […]

Congratulations to Dan Shanahan who recently undertook a full Iron distance  – 3.8km swim, 180km Bike and a 42km marathon, locally here in Limerick to raise funds for Milford Hospice. Dan took on the challenge of a solo self supported swim, bike & run following the postponement of IM Cork 2 years running. A totally […]

The clue is in the name – it is a hard race. Unlike its branded counterparts, it’s quite basic – you are almost on your own out there, without the luxury of closed roads and aid stations every 20km, but you are also in Kerry,so there’s no plane, bike transport or language issues. No drafting, […]

The 2021 season has a jam packed Calender of races right through September and into October, and now that restrictions are easing, we are hosting Open water swim sessions for both experienced and novice swimmers – practice drills, sightings and turns with on water support. Worlds End Castleconnell, 5 to 6pm Sundays (Sept 5th / […]

For our final round of the TT series we were treated a fabulous summer sunshine. TT 30.06.21 Thanks to our Marshalls on the evening, and to Philip Manuel & committee for pulling it all together  

We are thrilled to hear that Carolyn Hayes has today been officially announced as a member of Team Ireland for the upcoming Tokyo Olympics! She will line out on the pontoon at 0630 local time on July 26th 2021 Carolyn, from Newcastle West, dabbled in triathlon while a student at TCD, but in 2012 when […]

After a short break our TT was back last night for round 4. A warm evening, there was a NW breeze which added to the challenge on the return leg. Congratulations to Kathryn Fahy, who lowered here own course record to 30:25. TT 23.06.21 Thanks to Philip M and our Marshalls without whom we couldn’t […]