*Go to sligotriathlon.ie*

This blog is no longer being updated, please go to www.sligotriathlon.ie for the latest news from Sligo Triathlon Club.

Training Days

Beginners/Newcomers - Saturday 24th of February

Basic bike fit, transition practice, tri programme, cycling skills, cycling session, running session, basic sports nutrition & strength and conditioning

Focus on practical sessions

Intermediates/Advanced - Sunday 25th of February

strength & conditioning, hill running session, running form & drills, coached cycling session, identifying training zones, interval training, quick transitions and season planning.

Focus on practical sessions

Venue- Sligo Sports Complex

10-4pm
Bring you own lunch
€10 for club members
€20 for non club members
Level 2 Tri Coaches - Colm & Ronan
Bring all relevant equipment and gear changes (Shower available)

Book a place by emailing

Colm or Ronan

Rosses Point Olympic & Sprint Triathlons open for entry

One of Ireland's original Triathlon events takes place once again in Rosses Point, County Sligo on the weekend of 4 - 5 August with the Olympic event taking place on the Saturday and the Sprint event on the Sunday. Entry prices for both events are a very reasonable €45 for individual entries and €60 for relay teams. Entry is now open on www.triathlonireland.

Be Careful at Hazlewood

If you're running at hazlewood please be careful.
Two people have broken bones out there this week having slipped
It's very wet and muddy with lots of tree roots exposed so is dangerous.
So either find somewhere a bit grippier or be very careful
We had a club member break bones there last year as well.
It's a lovely route but as you can see needs caution.

The great Sligo Tri Quiz

This blog will shortly be winding up and will no longer be updated, we are running a quiz on the new site to mark the change; it's a season opener with a fitting test of local tri sport knowledge, visit the club site for more information -if you are a club member just register a username and log in to be in with achance of winning.
Note; for the 2012 racing season to find the latest club news visit:
The club website
or bookmark
www.sligotriathlon.ie/rss.xml
or register for mail updates on the club website.

I think i need to replenish my electrolytes....

Brian posted this in the forums but just in case anyone hasn't signed up here it is.
Too good to miss, hilarious
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KTEgLKhjIw&feature=player_embedded

Boyle Charity Duathlon

The Boyle Charity Duathlon takes place on Sunday 6th May in Lough Key Forest Park, Boyle. The race is a sprint distance 5k run 20k cycle 2.5k run and follows the same route as previous years. The charity supported this year is The Ciara Grehan Foundation in association with Ability West. No race licence required and entry cost 25 euro.

For more information and to register please log onto www.runireland.com, places filling up quickly.

All club members are encourages to support this worthy cause and great event that is being organised by club members David Gunning and Tommy Sheridan.

Saturday Coached Swim Session

The 7-8pm saturday evening session remains coached but is now a "casual" one.
Doesn't mean its going to be easy though!

Drop in on the night, as often or as little as you please.
No obligation to go certain weeks and no sign up. The charge is a very reasonable €7 considering a member of the public pays €6 to get in the water without any tuition.
You do of course need to be a member of Sligo Triathlon Club.

For further information contact Kevin O'Donnell.

Running Session Thurs moved to Sports Complex

the club running session has been moved to the sports complex this Thursday evening @1900 to coincide with the meeting.

Sun 22 Jan Cycle Route

Approx 60km Around Carney and Mullaghmore, great scenery and company

9am Sligo IT meet up,

No one gets left behind.

Club Coached Running Session 7pm Tonight

At Sligo IT, meeting at Knocknarae Arena 7pm, all members welcome.

Club Turbo Sessions

Turbo for this term starts this coming Wednesday Jan 18th at Sligo IT from 7pm. Please get there at least 15minutes early in order to set yourself up.
Payment for the 11 week term is 35 euro and you can pay on pay pal (below).
The format for the class is:

30 minutes circuit class with club coach Sean Flannery.
1 hour turbo with club coach Colm Casey and then a cool down.
It's a great mid-week work out so be sure to come along if you can. You won't regret it next summer!!!!

Couple these sessions with the club Sunday cyles and you'll really see the results in 11 weeks.

Pay here via PayPal:

How To Avoid Punctures on The Bike

Stephen from Chain Driven has kindly agreed to post a series of articles on bike equipment on our new website (which will shortly be taking over from this blog).

The info is brand neutral and will always give a range of the options out there.
The purpose of them is to keep people up to speed on things in the world of bike equipment. With this in mind you can find the first article here. This info can always be found by clicking the sponsors logo or navigating to the 'Stephen Mullanes bike info' page in the menu (on the left).

Swimming update

The new swim term began last week. The link to PayPal to pay in advance for the sessions is on the left of this blog (apologies for the delay!). The numbers seem to be down on Wednesday/Saturday session from last term. The sessions are very good value for money in comparsion to the sligo swim club, leisure centres, sports complex or any other tri clubs. We are just covering the costs of the pool/coaches. It would be a shame to lose hours so spread the word if you know anyone who is interest in participating.

The term will be 12 weeks commencing Tue 10th Jan 8am session. The price is €95. Same times as last term Tue 8am, Wed 10pm, Thur 8am, Fri 7pm, Sat 7pm & Sun 7:50pm. The Wednesday sessions have 2 coaches so there will be a specific lane for beginners to work on technique. So if you are struggling in the water that session might be a little be more benificial. The other lanes in the session will cater for more experienced swimmers. The same as last term.

For insurance purposes All swimmers must be a club member (you can join by downloading the membership form, paying the €40 annual fee & bringing it along to the session -to the left of this blog). You must also be at least an associate member of Triathlon Ireland (€5.00) ( see the TI website for details ).

Rosses Point - Duathlon 2012

Sligo Triathlon Club starts off the club race season with the Rosses Point Duathlon on Saturday, 10^th March at 12pm. This race will be great performance tester for those of you preparing for the upcoming season, and to see if the winter training has paid off. The course will be based on a similar course to Rosses Point Sprint Triathlon, so it is definitely recommended for those of you giving that a go this year.

Race Route:

The race will start with a 5km run following a circular route from the transition at the beach car park around Rosses Point village. Very similar to the Rosses Point sprint course. Competitors will then return to transition for the cycle leg. The cycle route leaves transition towards Sligo taking a left at Cregg. Then taking the right along the lower Rosses Point road. Followed by another right which will take competitors towards Sligo again. A sharp descent will lead back onto the main Rosses Point road where, taking another right, the route travels straight back to transition. The same route as the sprint race minus the trip to Cartron. The final 2.5km run will be an out and back of the 2^nd beach.

Race Details:

Competitors can register for the race on the Triathlon Ireland web site http://www.triathlonireland.com/. Entry will cost €20. As usual, a one day licence (€10) or full membership (€50) of triathlon Ireland will be required to compete. Just waiting on TI to put the link on their website and the event is open. Please pass the word around.

On the day, sign on will take place in the Yacht Club from 9am-11am. Race briefing will take place at 11.30am. Race start 12.00pm. Showers & refreshments will be available in the Yacht Club after the event. Entry will include a customary technical t-shirt. The club will also be holding a social on the saturday vening in our club sponsors Mc Hughs bar. We will be awarding the prize for club duathletes of the year.

Hope to see you there!

Try A Tri Event 15th April

Sligo Triathlon Club - Try a Tri

The Race
Sligo Triathlon Club are proud to announce the launch of their annual Try a Tri super sprint. As most of you know the race is designed to encourage people who are new to the world of Triathlon to get out there and give it a go. To give them that added incentive to get involved, the club organises a pool based triathlon allowing the triathletes to get used to swimming longer distances with other people in the safe warm environment of a swimming pool. The overall distances are shorter than a usual sprint distance race. The swim will be 250m or 10 lengths of the pool, followed by a short but tough 10km cycle and finishes with a refreshing 4km run on the race course tarmac path (2 laps). The race is open to anyone over 16 years of age. (parental consent will be required for 16-18yrs)

The Where:
Below we have shown a course maps of the event which will take place at the Regional Sports and Leisure Centre where the 25m pool will be used. Followed by the cycle route which will take you out of the leisure centre, past the Grave Yard, toward the Carraroe Roundabout, onto Aughamore, then the Holy Well Rd and back to the Leisure Centre where you begin the 4km run around the race course and finish back at the leisure centre. Phew! Transition area is located in the carpark of the leisure centre.

The When:
The Race will be held on Sunday the 15th April, registration will commence at 8:30 on the day, followed by the race briefing at 9:30 and the race will commence at 10:00am sharp. The swim will be run in waves of 25 people, 5 to a lane, so donʼt worry it will be a very civilized affair. Triathletes will be allocated a lane based on their swim ability.

The How:
The race can be entered by logging onto the Triathlon Ireland web site, click on the Race entry Tab and follow the instructions. The following is very important: if you are not a full Triathlon member you will have to take out a one day license in order to enter the event, the entry system will walk you through this. This costs €15 per race or you can become a full member and enter as many races in 2012 as you like for €50. These costs are outside our control and Sligo Triathlon club have no say in this matter. If you donʼt have a one day license or full membership you canʼt enter the race. For this reason we cannot accept entries on the day so please donʼt ask. Entry will open for the race on Monday the 16th January and will close on Monday the 2nd April. The places are limited so please donʼt be disappointed and book your place as soon as possible.

The How Much:
We make every effort to keep the cost low given the current economic situation, entry will therefore be a flat €25 (plus your one day license fee to Triathlon Ireland). In return you will receive your entry to the race, your time splits, a small goody bag, a t-shirt, a cuppa tea
and a sticky bun after the race! Hope youʼll join us on the day and come along to cheer on the competitors! Thank you!

Carrick 10k road run 2012

The 4th Annual Carrick-On- Shannon 10K Road Race and Walk will be held on Sunday 4th March 2012. Proceeds go to the Irish Cancer Society.

Start and Finish at Aura Leisure, race start is at 11am.
Parking available at Bank of America, Entry on the day €10 or online via the runireland website.

Post Race Refreshments will be provided, for further information contact Chris on 0868423610 or Graham on 0868400296, or E-mail finlayscottage@yahoo.com.

Good turn out for club spin yesterday

Great turn out at yesterdays club cycle, over 20 people took part, after the intitial loop of the lake (40km) some more continued on for a longer spin. No one was or will be left behind in these cycles, the group leaves sligo IT at 9am sharp sunday mornings with our cycling co ordinator stephen heading up the bunch.

Cycle Route 8th Jan 2012

Tomorrow's club cycle will kick off as usual at sligo IT leaving at 9am. first lap will be 36km round the lake then onwards for a total of 113km
Good option to do lap one and end up back at the IT. No one will be left behind, you will not end up on your own regardless of pace so don't worry about that.
here's the route thanks to our cycling officer stephen

New swim coaching term

The new swim term begins next week. The link to PayPal to pay in advance for the sessions is on the left of this blog (apologies for the delay!). The numbers seem to be down on Wednesday/Saturday/Sunday session from last term. The sessions are very good value for money in comparsion to the sligo swim club, leisure centres, sports complex or any other tri clubs. We are just covering the costs of the pool/coaches. It would be a shame to lose hours so spread the word if you know anyone who is interest in participating.

The term will be 12 weeks commencing Tue 10th Jan 8am session. The price is €95. Same times as last term Tue 8am, Wed 10pm, Thur 8am, Fri 7pm, Sat 7pm & Sun 8pm. The Wednesday & Sunday sessions have 2 coachs so there will be a specific lane for beginners to work on technique. So if you are struggling in the water that session will be a little easier. The other lanes in the session will cater for more experienced swimmers. The same as last term. For insurance purposes All swimmers must be a club member (you can join by downloading the membership form, paying the €40 annual fee & bringing it along to the session -to the left of this blog). You must also be at least an associate member of Triathlon Ireland (€5.00) ( see the TI website for details ).