Decent turnout for first quality evening of the summer TT series, light north easterly breeze kept things cool. Big welcome to our comrades from the Wheelers, hope you enjoyed the course. Nice to see a few sub thirties. Course record 27:10 5th July 2012. Every Thursday now for the rest of the summer. Sign on …
Just a reminder that there will be a 20 km cycle TT on Thursdays at 7pm over the summer months of June, July and August. Sign-on at 6:45 in the McDonalds car park, first rider off at 7pm sharp. There is no charge for these sessions. There will be prizes for the fastest male and …
My experience as a ten year old. As a ten year old I haven’t been to very many triathlons. But this one was definitely the best (apart from our one of course!!). It was located in Cloghead in Co. Louth, on Saturday the 25th of May. It was a very long drive but worth it …
With six weeks to the Pikeman Triathlon we’re looking for helpers to make it as safe and well run as 2012. Last year competitors were full of praise for our volunteers, for their marshalling and shouts of encouragement along the way. So if you can blow a whistle, wave a flag and spare 3 or …
meet in Strand car park a 6:45pm. wetsuit and brightly coloured swim cap advised
Well done to Delcan Long who ventured over to Valentia Island triathlon the weeekend before last. Race report below: I was down in Kerry the weekend before last (11th May) for the Valentia Island Sprint Tri. Arriving at transition on the Saturday morning we discovered that the rumours of the past few weeks had come …
Wexford Triathlon Club was out in force at the weekend with eight members taking part in Tri an Mhí middle distance triathlon championship and two taking part in the Galway Triathlon. The weather was not kind to triathletes this weekend with wet roads and strong winds making for very tough conditions. Fran Traynor and his …
First club time-trial of the year yesterday evening provided great conditions for the two riders, Brendan and Declan. Lovely sunny, crisp evening, although that phantom tailwind on the return leg never seemed to show up! Good start to the season with two PB’s (times posted on the forum). Timekeeping and support by Neal, Tom and …
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Many thanks to Phil for sharing his words of wisdom on training plans. Another fantastic evening at the Boat Club. A credit to everybody for the delicious food they brought along. Nice to see lots of the junior members out for the evening.
May 5 km handicap will take place this Friday 10th May on Wexford Quay. Meet, ready to run at 18:15, in the Quay car park opposite the Talbot and to the south of the Tourist office. First runner off at 18:30. Fastest runners go off last according to handicap so that everybody comes in around …
The triathlon club committee are hosting another club social evening at Wexford Boat Club on Saturday 11th May from 18:30. Phil Murphy has kindly agreed to do a talk entitled “Training plans ……. How to?” Phil’s talk will start at 19:30. Please bring a small plate of food as a contribution to the evening. We …
Starting 30th April. Please use the sign-in sheet which will be on poolside.
Wexford Triathlon Club were out in force at the half marathon in Wexford town last weekend. Padraig Murphy was the first club member home in the race with a time of 1:39:28. He was closely followed by Fran Traynor (1:41:55) who took seven minutes off his half marathon time in the Connemara half marathon only …
A “short” swim. Wetsuit and brightly coloured hat strongly advised.
Check forum for details and to make sure they are going ahead
The National Duathlon Championship race was hosted by 3Rock triathlon club in Ashford, Co. Wicklow last weekend. Tom O’Reilly and Phil Murphy represented Wexford Triathlon Club in the race. The race began with a 10km run, followed by a 40km cycle and was finished off by a 5km run. Tom O’Reilly finished in an impressive …
This clinic is aimed at women who want to improve their technique in reducing resistance in Frontcrawl and using other propulsive methods, it will be theory & practical based. Topic: Reducing resistance and increasing propulsion in Frontcrawl Date: Friday 19th April 2013 Time: 7pm – 9:45pm Venue: Enniscorthy Swimming pool, Waterfront Car Park, Opposite Tracey’s …
Online entry closed on Friday 29th April at 10pm. Entries will be available on the day from 9am until 11am and will cost 15 EURO.
Swim sessions on fridays will continue as normal over the Easter period. There will be no swim session on Monday 1st and Tuesday 2nd April. Coached swimming will resume Monday 8th and Tuesday 9th April. Please let me know if you wish to swim in this block of 7 sessions.
We are planning to put in an order for club clothing in the next few weeks, so if anyone wants to buy anything for the upcoming season could you please let us know asap? Please email wexfordtriclub@gmail.com or contact Kate directly. We have a few items which are popular, and have been ordered in the …
The Monday session on 18th March will take place at the earlier time of 4-5pm. Tuesday 19th will be as normal at 8-9pm.
The turbo training sessions will now cease until next winter. Many thanks to Kate for putting together such great sessions. The club turbo trainer will be available for hire on a monthly basis for 10 euro per month. Please let me know if you are interested. Our 20 km time trial series will begin in …
Martin Mimnagh was a valued member of Racing795 and died following a road accident while out training on his bike 3 weeks ago. Martin had lost his father to Cancer 10 weeks prior to his own death and was planning, along with his family, a cycle from Ferns Co Wexford to Omagh in his native …
Well done to everybody who took part in the 1500 m swim time trial on Sunday. The absence of lane ropes may have been a bit disconcerting, but what great practice for open water swim races! Many thanks to James and his team of volunteers for lap counting and time-keeping, and to Stephen for being …
From our race correspondent, Brendan Sidney: Really good race yesterday in Kilkenny. In the morning the omens looked bad for the weather, but at 9.30 in Kilkenny it was lovely a little grey but no wind. I headed up early for registeration with Fran and Aoife in hot persuit in the Camper. We got registered, …
Kick-starting the triathlon season a little early, one of Wexford’s international jet-setting triathletes, Michael Stafford, took on the Abu Dhabi long distance triathlon yesterday. This is almost an iron0man distance race comprising a 3 km swim, 200 km cycle and 20 km run. Michael had an impressive bike split, completing the 200 km in under …
What a change from the last couple of months – no biting wind to fight against! We were very happy to welcome new member Declan. Nobody was feeling competitive, so our runners all sauntered around together . Fran and Brendan broke ranks on the final straight, leaving Neal and Declan reminiscing about Dublin’s Fair City …
This Thursday, at 7pm SHARP (we need to be finished for the turbo session to start at 7:30), Neal will give a demonstration on maintaining and replacing your drivetrain, something which many of you will be considering doing after the winter conditions have taken their toll. I hope many of you can attend, and please …
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