Club News

Housekeeping After a busy year for Limerick Triathlon Club, we are ready relax… but first we want to run through the year. Look at our races, review our finances, our coaching and training. Define our 2015 committee (retirees & appointees)and outline the Strategy for 2015 for the club. Join us for this at 8pm in […]

A reminder our AGM and awards evening will take place at 8pm on Saturday next, November 22nd, at The Absolute Hotel, Sir Harrys Mall, Limerick. We look forward to seeing all members there, and value your input in the running of your club.  After the meeting we will announce the winners of this years awards for […]

Limerick Triathlon Club had plenty to celebrate as we attended the Triathlon Ireland Awards dinner in Dublin on November 1st. With standards across all age groups getting higher, our members have done us proud. In the National Series, Aaron O’Brien finished in Third place overall, and took Age group Silver. Also awarded Age Group NS […]

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

Limerick Triathlon Club are running an Open Day for Juniors October 25th in UL. This is being run by Club Coach Lynne Algar, on behalf of Limerick Triathlon Club. Depending on the success of this training day, we hope to run more training days during the year for different age groups and race distances. So […]

Everyone has their stories about they got into triathlon. Having played GAA since I was 7 I found retirement a bit boring. In the summer of 2012 a friend a mine suggested that we do a triathlon to see what it was like and my first reaction was “are you mad? That’s a crazy sport”. […]

The Annual General Meeting of Limerick Triathlon Club will take place at 8pm on Saturday November 22nd 2014, at the Absolute Hotel, Sir Harrys Mall, Limerick Agenda for the meeting : 1. Chairperson’s report 2. Treasurers report 3. Election of the Committee 2015 4. Strategies and Objectives 2015 5. Any other business. As per the […]

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 […]

What a great turn out for the LTC Junior Aquathon today in UL Sport, with over 70 Junior Athletes attending. Hosted last year with Predator, this was the first time Limerick hosted this race solo, and it was a huge success. We had great support from Predator with over 25 athletes travelling from Loughrea. Also […]

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 […]

The Limerick Triathlon Club Aquathon is open to all Kids & Juniors. Distances are age appropriate but the shortest swimming distance is 50m (one length). Kids will need Swimming Togs, Goggles, Swim Hat, a T-shirt & Runners. Your child does not have to be a member of Triathlon Ireland to enter, but those who are […]