Club News

As cyclists, we are very vulnerable road users. It’s vital that you practice good road safety and take personal responsibility for keeping yourself, pedestrians and other road users safe on our roads. We’ve been made aware of a number of cyclists coming off their bikes recently at the railway crossing on the Dublin Rd, Lisnagry. […]

Entries open on 0900 Tuesday February 8th 2022, for our challenging Olympic distance race in Kilkee on Saturday July 2nd 2022 https://app.triathlonireland.com/race-calendar/ Athletes who deferred entries in 2020 or 2021 have been contacted by email. If you have not received a message from us please get in touch here or via email:  kilkee_race_secretary@limericktriathlon.com    

Entries open for the Joey Hannan Memorial triathlons, scheduled to take place on Sunday April 24th 2022,  today January 10th 2022 from 0900 Here on Sportstiming Entries have been rolled over from previous years, any queries can be directed to joey_race_secretary@limericktriathlon.com

It’s time to join or renew for 2022 – we are hoping for a busy and fun season ahead. Club membership is handled via  Triathlon Ireland here Membership to Limerick Triathlon Club for 2022 is €52 for Adults (Student, Junior & associate memberships are also available)  – This does not include your Triathlon Ireland license […]

We would like to sincerely thank our outgoing Committee members Richard Chapman (Chair),  Martin O’Connell (Treasurer)  & Brenda Cosgrove for their time, effort and commitment to the club. Following our ‘Virtual’ AGM in December, we welcome Dan Shanahan as Chairperson and Patrick Anderson as Treasurer. Our club is run by our members, and we always […]

Although there is still some uncertainty, we are very much hoping to get to doing what we love most trying and racing together. The club very much hopes that event will go ahead after 2 interrupted years, so here are our planned dates: Duathlon The Duathlon is set for the 27th February at the new […]

Sunday February 27th we hope to see a return to racing when we will host our popular Duathlon. The event which will be run from The Maguires Pitches at the University of Limerick, is now open for entry, with Earlybird prices available until the end of January https://limericktriathlon.niftyentries.com/Limerick-Duathlon-2022 Further details on our Duathlon page  – […]

Triathlon Ireland have to day announced the Major events calendar for 2022. The National Series comprises 27 races across the country – with 14 Sprint, 7 Olympic & 7 Middle distance events. The best 4 races will score, 1 of which must be sprint and 1 Olympic. For more see here Our own ‘Hell of […]

It was a difficult year for racing and training – well done to our members who completed their goal and smashed the Iron distance

Due to current restrictions we are unable to hold our AGM in person again this year. We have decided to run our AGM virtually on Wednesday 15th December @  19:00. Please click on this Microsoft teams link to Join the AGM. LTC Virtual AGM 2021   If you have anything you would like discussed at […]

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 […]