Test Duathlon 5 FINAL

Below are the list of members taking part, and a list of members who are going to help out. If you are not racing and can give a hand, it would be greatly appreciated, we do need 1-2 more. Please text Karl to be included.

Provisional list (will be finalised at 1pm, no changes after 1pm)

Racing (and starting order): Helena Rothwell, Albert Culleton, Mark Neilon, Alan Hewison, John Keenan,
Kieran Hoey, Bernard Welden, Pawel Debakowski, Trish Nicholls, Alasdair McCann, Sinead Wearen, Dave Murphy, Willie Fitzpatrick, Shane Delaney

Helping: Sandra Furney, Mark Kelly, Taco Camphuijsen, Paul Brennan, Clement Herron.

Gait Analysis

For those people who run a lot, gait analysis may help.
A basic gait analysis service is currently being provided by Elvery's in Portlaoise for this week as part of an Asics promotion (therefore reduced prices).
It's worth checkin out.

European Triathlon Championships

Congrats to Paul Minahan for finishing 12th in his age group race in the euros.
Well done

Kilkee - Weekend Away **UPDATED**

**UPDATED**

• Some rooms were changed around, please re-check below


• Limerick Triathlon have released the race briefing - if you are racing, please read it here

Just 2 days now to the big weekend away. See the list of 38 members racing and the accommodation details for the 60 members staying over. A huge thanks to Willie for finding all the rooms and to the race entry team for getting everyone in, this is our biggest ever race and our biggest ever weekend away. at the following link: Kilkee 2011.

I will post up details of wave starts and the race briefing as they are released later in the week.

Report, Results and Photos from Dunmore East

Check out the report from last weekends 'mass-participation' race. We had a huge contingent, good racing conditions, and a beautiful location - its what Summer is all about.

Click to read the report

... And if you enjoy reading these reports and are taking part or spectating in Kilkee, perhaps you could write a report on the coming weekend? If you have a camera at Kilkee and want me to put up some of your pics, please try to get them to me while in Kilkee ...

European Triathlon Championships

As many members prepare for Hell of the West, one man has taken on a bigger challenge and will represent club and country this weekend. Best of luck to Paul Minahan as he heads off with Team Ireland to Pontevedra in Spain tomorrow to compete in the European Triathlon Championships at the weekend. Best of luck to everyone in Kilkee this weekend. No doubt the celebrations will last into the wee hours. Keep her lit.......

Report from TriAthy 2011

Johnathan Robinson was second placed in the junior event, beating off stiff local competition to claim two spots up from last years outing. Was it the new shoes, his new hairstyle, his laid-back approach? Johnathan answers some of these important questions in his excellent race report. Enjoy it here.

PS if Johnathan inspires you to write your own report, I am still missing one for TriAthy Olympic / Double Olympic, Portlaoise Try-athlon and Nenagh / North Tipp Sprint. Share your thoughts with the club and drop me a few words (karl@trilogy.ie).

Lots on this weekend!

Dunmore East / Hook or by Crook / Waterford Triathlon, the race with so many names for those of you racing (see below) is on Saturday - a classic race in a classic location.

Have you seen the race briefing? Download it here. Start lists will appear on Friday at Waterford-Triathlon.com

On Sunday, back home in Laois celebrate National Bike Week with a range of 'on yer bike' activities. Kevin Bracken is bringing his crew to Ballinakill to combine a family 14km bike with a swim afterwards in the outdoor pool. Why not join him? More details here and download a guide from here

Racing Dunmore East - who else? Alan Hewison, Maeve Bracken, William Fitzpatrick, Liam Byrne, Niall Kavanagh, Michael Dalton, Noel Territt, Caragh Munn, Martin Keane, Jane Keane, Roy Atkinson, Denise Murphy, Keith Galbraith, Anthony Brady, Karl McCann, Patrick Marshal, Alan Cussen, Taco Camphuijsen, Noel O'Reilly, Sinead Wearen, Alan Phelan, Susan Wall, Wesley Reilly and Shane Delaney.

Wednesday Swim

Due to a poor turnout at the Heath in recent weeks the swim has been cancelled until further notice. The Barrow swim in Athy continues on wednesdays at 7pm from the Rowing Club. Fridays also.

Swim in Mullingar

Dublin Bridge to Harbour Bridge Swim in Mullingar - 1km - Sunday 19th June, Registration at 1.15pm, entry fee €5.00.
If anyone interested give me a text on 086-3866046 and we can pool cars. Could help those sore bodies after Dunmore East.

Wed Swim - The Heath

As the few people who were doing The Heath Swim are opting to go to Athy there will be no more Club Swims in The Heath on Wed.
There will be Club Swims from Athy Rowing Club on Wed & Fri - in the water at 7pm

Speedy Recovery Dave

Our Chairman Dave Osburn took a tumble off his bike on the Wicklow 200k today - bad gash on forhead & superficial grazes. After a check up at Tallagh Hospital he has been sent home, that sounds good. As far as I know all other club members got home in one piece. GET WELL SOON DAVE.

TriAthy Marshall Survey

I would like to say a big thank you to all the members of Trilogy Triathlon, and the people they brought along, who together made the weekend such a huge success.

The great Roy Keane famously said 'Fail to Plan, and you can Plan to Fail'; this is true, but I am sure Captain Keane would agree that without a world-class team behind him, the best-made plan in the world would not succeed.

As you know I am involved with the race through the year, and a lot of the time I spend planning how the TriAthy weekend will go. That the race turned out to be an outstanding success is not because of my plans, it is because I had the right team to make the plan happen.

Your input has not gone unnoticed either - almost 95% of finishers who have answered the competitor survey for TriAthy reckon we are as good, or better than, marshalls at other races!

So - well done everyone, once again you have done the club proud.

As part of the plan for 2012, I would like to know what you made of it all. Your feedback, like your input, is crucial, and I would be grateful if you could share it with me by clicking into the short survey below.

Start the TriAthy Marshall Survey 2011

Thank You Everybody

Thank You to all the marshalls who helped out over the weekend. You made TriAthy a huge success yet again and delivered a great, safe, enjoyable race to over 2000 competitors. Well done to everyone, you did Trilogy proud again. Now lets relax and enjoy the season and roll on Hell of the West.

FINAL Marshall Postings - Now Available

The final marshall postings are now available.

Please note: about 1-in-3 people have had their times changes, whether by request, or in some cases, we needed to move some people around. Wherever possible we tried to keep the same times and similar duties, but in some cases this was not possible.

Please check them out by Clicking Here.

If you have a difficulty, please check with your lead marshall who will make alternative arrangements.

Roll on the weekend!