Waterford (Dunmore East) Briefing

The Waterford Triathlon takes place this Saturday, July 7 in Dunmore East, which is eight miles or 20 minutes drive outside Waterford City.
Registration takes place at the Strand Hotel from 8am to 9.30am on the Saturday morning.

There is parking for only 100 cars at the transition area which overlooks the bay although parking in the town is as handy.

There will be two swim starts; Wave one consisting of all male participants between the ages of 20 and 39 and Wave two which heads into the water 12 minutes later consisting of all the ladies, veterans and juniors. The sea swim is 750 metres and conditions during the summer are said to be very calm. The 20 km cycle route is an out and back course on undulating but smooth roads while the six km looped run begins with a challenging climb and finishes with a gallop through the heart of Dunmore East to the finish line alongside the town park.

With bananas in hand and bottles of water to boot, results should be available at 2.30pm the same afternoon.

Trilogy are again hoping to travel in convoy so all those heading down are being asked to meet at the train station in Portlaoise at 7am. For more information consult their website at www.waterford-triathlon.com (also see the front page of TriathlonIreland.com for a race info pack to download).