Club News

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 […]

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 […]