Club News

It was another busy weekend of racing for LTC. Lanesboro Two Provinces Triathlon hosted the third round of the 2017 Super Series. In this very tight race, Kirsten Huysamen missed the podium by only 4 seconds finishing 4th in 1:08:44, while Ross Higgins finished in 14th in 1:01:40. Great to see Kathryn Fahy back after […]

RACE 6 – ENNIS I-TRI RACE DETAILS   Race Date: 22nd July 2017 Race Venue: Ballyalla lake (just off the Gort Road (R-458) north of Ennis town) Race registration, prize giving, and after party will be held at the Auburn Lodge Hotel on the Gort Road. Parking and post-race showers are also provided by the Auburn […]

JUNE 2017 As the final weeks approached I opted for a test and confidence session a ‘Metric IM’ 2.6km swim, 112km Bike and 26km run. This was an opportunity to put all 3 disiplines together, to practice my nutrition and ensure my gear was comfortable to wear for the day. I chose to do it […]

There were a number of events on this weekend, so let us know if we missed anyone news@limericktriathlon.com TriAthlone on Saturday saw John Deegan take the 50+ AG in 01:11, while up the road at Sligo TC’s National Series Hazelwood  Olympic Richard Chapman came home in 28th overall in 2:19 to win his AG and […]

Well done to our members and and friends at IM Austria on Sunday –

This year Lorcan Byrne completed HOTW for the first time. Lorcan told us that HOTW had beaten him before – in 2015 his calf cramped on swim and popped running up beach, in 2016 shoulder slipped in and out on the swim, had to be pulled from the water. So in 2017 he was back […]

A link to this year’s results can be found here: http://www.sportsplits.com/Home/QuickResults?clientId=74&raceId=298&culture=en-US Well done to all of our finishers!  

As a National Series race, we award prizes in each of the Age groups. well done to all our winners:

Not only is Hell of the West logistically our biggest event, we also had over 80 members racing this year! For some like Rebecca Holland, John Culleton, Evan O’Sullivan Glynn, Billy Quinn, Sean Lane, Paddy Rowsome, Olga O’Mahony, Mary Ryan and Greg Baxter it was their first time. While at the other end Noel Guinane completed […]

Congratulations to all the finishers of Hell of the West 2017, and  a huge thanks to our members, supporters, sponsors and friends for making it happen. Well done to our winners Rory Sexton and Carolyn Hayes. Rory has previously featured on the podium of this race, but this was his first win, coming home in […]

Best wishes to our club mate Michael Ryan who competes at the the ETU Sprint Distance championships in Dusseldorf, Germany on Sunday. This is Mikes 12th competition in the Irish strip for ITU/ETU competition.    

On Sunday July 2nd Liam Butler is competing in his 12th successive Ironman Austria. Starting out with triathlons in 2000, he completed his first Ironman Austria event in 2005. With eleven Ironman events completed todate, totaling 2489.41 kilometers – or the equivalent of travelling from Limerick to Warsaw – Liam has a best time in […]