Connemarathon Entry Open

For any of the hardcore runners in the club; the 2010 Connemara half-marathon/ marathon/ ultra-marathon set for April 11th next is open for entry. Details at: Connemarathon 2010

Tri Athlone 2010

Entry for the 2010 Athlone Sprint distance triathlon will be opening soon. The event will include the ITU european triathlon championships. Entry details can be found at TriAthlone Registration.

CHI Running report

The first of the clubs winter coaching courses took place this bank holiday Saturday. The course was given by former cross country world champion Catherina McKiernan who ran through a series of drills before giving club members feedback on their running technique. Chi running is a technique designed to help distance runners avoid injury -the course took about six hours to develop the technique, the main points of which are:

• Keep feet parallel.
• Straighten the upper body.
• Level the pelvis.
• Keep the pelvis aligned with shoulders and ankles and tilt slightly forward.

A video feedback session revealed some common technique problems among the club members that took part; many were heel striking (placing the foot down too early with the potential for injury) and not using their arms effecively. Thanks go to club coach Colm Casey for organising the training. The next winter coaching course will focus on developing swimming technique and take place during the last weekend of November.
Best of luck to Molua Donohoe who intends to apply some of the technique in mondays Dublin City Marathon.

Sligo athletic club training times:

For anyone looking to get in some winter running Sligo a/c have two midweek training sessions in town, times are as follows:

Training will be at the VEC pitch across the road from the Clarion at 6.30 on Tuesdays (park in Sligo IT and enter from the back entrance. Do not park in VEC park please).

Training will be at Smyths Toys at 6.30pm on Thursdays.Warm up on grass followed by hills.

More details at Sligo AC

2nd annual Try-Athlon Race Report

Congradulations to the field of over 70 competitors who took part in the race under what were challenging wet conditions, and also thanks to the large crowd who came out to cheer them on.

This year entrants varied in age from 16 to 63 years of age, with more females completing the course than males. Local Radio personality Francie Boylan was among those completing their first triathlon.

Things got underway with a 25 metre swim (10 lengths) with Paul Barr putting in a fast swim to take an early lead into the transition. The race then headed for a loop around the holy well.

The challenging hills on the bike route took their toll on some, but not Seamus Somers who set a blistering pace on the bike. Athletes finished up the race with a hilly 4k run around the racecource.

Cartron bay native Brian Kinsella took first place in the mens category having gained a lot of ground during the cycle and run. "I think that despite the rain everybody enjoyed it", said a delighted Brian Kinsella after crossing the line.

Ciaran Coyne did enough to see Seamus Sommers into third place in a thrilling sprint to the line.

Martha Van Der Mulen took the honours in the womens category holding onto the lead despite some stiff competition in the run. Senead Donnaghers swim (second fastest overall) gave her the momentum to secure second place. Una Mannion took third place honours among the ladies.

Honorable mentions go to Paul Leonard and John Heneghan who took part in the closest sprint of the day, with Paul edging the sprint by the narrowest of margins.

Prizegiving took place in Carraroe Community Centre, where Special Olympics Ireland were presented with a donation by Stephen Carty on behalf of Sligo City Triathlon Club.

We would like to thank the event sponsors for their generosity:
Garys Cycles
Voya Seaweed Baths
Gilroy Tiling
Mark Capilitan Photography
Sligo Regional Sports Complex
Sligo Sports and Recreation Partnership

Also thanks to all the volunteers and marshals who helped on the day. Thanks also to the Garda Traffic Unit for helping marshall the route, and also the Order of Malta ambulance crew.

CHI Running Reminder

For anyone who signed up for the CHI running this Saturday (24th):

-Meet in reception of Mercy College Gym@ 9:45am

-Bring shorts & t-shirt of a difft. colour to them (for video)

-Bring packed lunch

-Finishes @ 5pm

The course is mostly indoors but will include 2 runs.

CLUB AGM POSTPONED

The club AGM planned for this friday has been postponed untill Friday November 6th and will be held in Sligo Park Hotel, starting at 8:15pm. This is to give everyone a chance to forward on motions/ items for the agenda. If you have any mail them to trisligo@hotmail.com before Tuesday October 27th.

Club Swim Hats

The new club training hats have arrived. They are black silicone with the logo on both sides, as sported by Shane and Jason during recent training. We have 50 of these high fashion pieces of club gear and the cost is €5. Anyone interested in picking one up should chat to Shane at the Friday swim coaching session.

Photos From Sunday's 'Try'Athon

Below is a link to some photos from Sunday's event:
Sundays Race Photos

Thanks to Mark Capilitan Photography

CHI running coaching this weekend

The club is running a CHI running coaching day this Saturday 24th. The course is fully booked but if sucessfull may be re-run later in the year. CHI running is a technique invented by an ultra-marathon runner Danny Dreyer who applied the Eastern concept of energy as CHI to the sport of running -part philosophy, part evoloution running the technique is said to reduce an athletes potential for injury. The course will be given by former cross country world champion Catriona McKiernan. Anyone curious about whats involved might want to copy and paste the following link to an RTE profile of the course: http://www.rte.ie/news/2007/1025/capitald.html

SLIGO CITY TRY '09 RESULTS

Place	Bib	Wave	Name	AG	Hat	Sex	Swim	Rank	T1	Cycle	Rank	T2	Run	Rank	Total
1	26	3	Brian Kinsella	20-24	YELLOW	Male	07:06	(26)	00:50	19:45	(4)	00:31	16:56	(3)	0:45:08
2	61	1	Ciaran Coyne	25-29	GREEN	Male	08:12	(38)	00:58	18:47	(2)	00:22	18:20	(8)	0:46:39
3	74	1	Seamus Sommers	35-39	GREEN	Male	10:19	(54)	01:50	18:40	(1)	00:28	15:42	(2)	0:46:59
4	58	1	Eamonn McAndreew	30-34	GREEN	Male	06:31	(21)	01:36	20:10	(6)	01:27	17:43	(6)	0:47:27
5	17	3	Tom Cullen	60-64	YELLOW	Male	06:40	(23)	01:28	19:54	(5)	00:24	19:15	(11)	0:47:41
6	33	2	Damien Kennedy	30-34	BLUE	Male	07:33	(33)	01:58	20:29	(7)	01:21	17:11	(4)	0:48:32
7	30	2	Roy Kelly	30-34	BLUE	Male	07:15	(30)	02:25	21:11	(8)	00:21	17:28	(5)	0:48:40
8	32	2	Conal Sexton	30-34	BLUE	Male	06:07	(16)	01:28	21:46	(12)	01:02	18:20	(7)	0:48:43
9	11	3	Barry Duffy	40-44	YELLOW	Male	05:14	(7)	01:29	22:01	(16)	00:21	20:09	(19)	0:49:14
10	24	3	Cathal O'Hara	16-19	YELLOW	Male	05:16	(8)	01:15	24:02	(32)	00:22	18:21	(9)	0:49:16
11	1	3	Gary McSharry	30-34	YELLOW	Male	04:48	(4)	01:44	22:01	(15)	00:23	20:42	(26)	0:49:38
12	4	3	Paul Barr	25-29	YELLOW	Male	04:32	(1)	01:45	22:45	(24)	00:39	20:21	(22)	0:50:02
13	22	3	Martha van der Mulen	40-44	YELLOW	Female	05:37	(10)	01:42	21:29	(9)	00:23	20:59	(31)	0:50:10
14	63	1	Ronan Brennan	30-34	GREEN	Male	09:10	(45)	00:11	21:54	(14)	00:25	18:31	(10)	0:50:11
15	50	2	Paul Leonard	30-34	BLUE	Male	07:35	(34)	01:50	22:04	(17)	00:31	19:18	(12)	0:51:18
16	78	1	Brenda Morris	45-49	GREEN	Female	11:28	(62)	01:02	25:53	(42)	00:36	12:21	(1)	0:51:20
17	15	3	Barry Gallagher	35-39	YELLOW	Male	05:33	(9)	02:08	22:51	(25)	00:27	20:22	(23)	0:51:21
18	51	2	John Heneghan	25-29	BLUE	Male	06:58	(24)	02:03	21:31	(10)	00:59	19:52	(16)	0:51:23
19	3	3	Sinead Donagher	35-39	YELLOW	Female	04:44	(2)	01:51	24:44	(33)	00:31	19:34	(15)	0:51:24
20	16	3	Noel Hoey	40-44	YELLOW	Male	05:03	(5)	02:11	23:44	(31)	00:23	20:06	(17)	0:51:27
21	19	3	Mike Scott	35-39	YELLOW	Male	07:05	(25)	01:33	22:40	(22)	00:52	19:19	(13)	0:51:29
22	48	3	Una Mannion	40-44	BLUE	Female	05:44	(12)	01:19	22:10	(19)	00:45	22:25	(37)	0:52:24
23	18	3	Gavin Patton	40-44	YELLOW	Male	05:10	(6)	01:46	24:50	(34)	00:31	20:11	(21)	0:52:28
24	55	1	Czerke Kelly	35-39	GREEN	Female	07:28	(31)	01:53	22:42	(23)	00:27	20:06	(18)	0:52:36
25	14	3	Diarmaid Keon	40-44	YELLOW	Male	06:26	(19)	01:48	22:32	(21)	00:38	21:12	(32)	0:52:36
26	13	3	Donagh Keeon	40-44	YELLOW	Male	05:49	(13)	02:06	22:58	(27)	00:28	21:27	(34)	0:52:48
27	43	2	John Walsh	40-44	BLUE	Male	10:33	(55)	01:17	19:14	(3)	01:17	20:56	(30)	0:53:17
28	65	1	Killian Garth	25-29	GREEN	Male	08:02	(37)	01:46	22:08	(18)	00:42	20:39	(24)	0:53:17
29	42	2	Eamon McGauran	30-34	BLUE	Male	05:37	(11)	01:59	25:28	(37)	00:25	20:39	(25)	0:54:08
30	38	2	Tom Breen	20-24	BLUE	Male	07:07	(27)	01:32	25:30	(38)	00:39	19:21	(14)	0:54:09
31	25	3	Jan Canham	40-44	YELLOW	Female	06:17	(17)	01:53	21:51	(13)	00:37	23:35	(46)	0:54:13
32	5	3	Paula Roddy	30-34	YELLOW	Female	04:46	(3)	01:36	25:27	(36)	00:27	22:39	(41)	0:54:55
33	70	1	Alan Culkin	25-29	GREEN	Male	06:01	(15)	02:01	26:23	(47)	00:22	20:10	(20)	0:54:56
34	8	3	Neil Dwyer	30-34	YELLOW	Male	05:53	(14)	01:39	26:16	(45)	00:26	21:19	(33)	0:55:33
35	39	2	Shane Sweeney	25-29	BLUE	Male									0:56:16
36	34	2	Ronan Scott	16-19	BLUE	Male	06:26	(18)	01:39	23:21	(30)	00:32	24:30	(51)	0:56:28
37	10	2	Irma Mulvihill	40-44	BLUE	Female	09:52	(53)	01:13	23:06	(29)	00:42	22:19	(36)	0:57:12
38	20	3	Charline Greene	25-29	YELLOW	Female	06:30	(20)	01:56	25:48	(39)	00:42	22:35	(39)	0:57:31
39	7	3	Catherine McGlinchey	35-39	YELLOW	Female	07:57	(36)	00:23	26:03	(43)	00:26	22:58	(43)	0:57:47
40	31	2	James Gallagher		BLUE	Male	08:54	(42)	02:14	22:30	(20)	00:36	23:59	(48)	0:58:14
41	64	1	Aidan Carty	35-39	GREEN	Male	09:24	(48)	02:16	21:45	(11)	01:13	23:52	(47)	0:58:30
42	53	2	Cliona McPartlan	40-44	BLUE	Female	08:18	(40)	02:51	23:00	(28)	00:32	24:04	(49)	0:58:45
43	46	2	Francie Boylan	30-34	BLUE	Male	07:29	(32)	02:06	25:51	(41)	00:46	22:35	(40)	0:58:47
44	54	1	Gwen Hunter	30-34	GREEN	Female	06:33	(22)	03:08	25:51	(40)	00:49	22:32	(38)	0:58:53
45	40	2	Conor Feehily	20-24	BLUE	Male	09:31	(51)	01:08	26:59	(48)	00:47	20:46	(27)	0:59:10
46	79	1	Olivia Murphy	45-49	GREEN	Female	11:28	(63)	01:46	22:53	(26)	01:15	22:03	(35)	0:59:25
47	27	3	Emer Bussmann	20-24	YELLOW	Female	10:36	(56)	00:55	24:54	(35)	00:33	22:45	(42)	0:59:43
48	60	1	Niamh Fallon	30-34	GREEN	Female	10:41	(57)	01:32	27:07	(49)	00:38	20:52	(28)	1:00:50
49	52	2	Marie Aude Danguy	40-44	BLUE	Female				51:32		00:49	25:22	(56)	1:02:38
50	21	3	Ann White	35-39	YELLOW	Female	07:10	(28)	01:24	30:21	(57)	00:31	23:16	(45)	1:02:42
51	49	2	Mary Foley	35-39	BLUE	Female	07:14	(29)	01:11	26:23	(46)	00:27	28:19	(64)	1:03:34
52	71	1	Lesley Anne Culkin	25-29	GREEN	Female	10:58	(60)	01:14	30:06	(56)	00:26	20:52	(29)	1:03:36
53	44	2	Jo Lewis	45-49	BLUE	Female	08:17	(39)	01:17	27:16	(50)	00:31	26:21	(59)	1:03:42
54	35	2	Eimear Hardiman	30-34	BLUE	Female	09:17	(46)	00:59	26:04	(44)	00:31	27:07	(61)	1:03:58
55	45	2	Cathriona Fallon	30-34	BLUE	Female	09:06	(44)	01:37	28:10	(52)	00:37	24:40	(52)	1:04:10
56	47	2	Claire Murphy	35-39	BLUE	Female	09:21	(47)	01:27	27:37	(51)	00:52	25:14	(54)	1:04:32
57	59	1	Ronan Denyer	16-19	GREEN	Male	07:43	(35)	01:20	31:15	(62)	00:31	24:17	(50)	1:05:06
58	36	2	Mairin Laffey	50-54	BLUE	Female	11:02	(61)	02:06	29:48	(55)	00:39	23:08	(44)	1:06:43
59	23	3	Dirio Donadoni	30-34	YELLOW	Male	09:25	(49)	01:07	30:55	(60)	00:29	25:05	(53)	1:07:01
60	66	1	Aggie Flanagan	40-44	GREEN	Female	09:00	(43)	00:23	31:00	(61)	00:31	26:52	(60)	1:07:46
61	41	2	Ken Dunne	16-19	BLUE	Male	08:45	(41)	01:46	30:50	(59)	00:30	25:57	(57)	1:07:48
62	67	1	Ann McGill	50-54	GREEN	Female	10:48	(58)	00:39	29:04	(54)	00:42	27:32	(62)	1:08:44
63	68	1	Jill Womack	45-49	GREEN	Female	11:45	(65)	02:22	30:29	(58)	00:38	26:04	(58)	1:11:18
64	76	1	Anne Flanagan		GREEN	Female									1:11:19
65	28	2	Susie Carr	30-34	BLUE	Female	09:27	(50)	02:23	28:33	(53)	00:40	31:24	(65)	1:12:27
66	56	1	Mary Eglinton	40-44	GREEN	Female	09:51	(52)	02:44						1:14:29
67	75	1	Eithne Feeney	25-29	GREEN	Female	10:53	(59)	02:18	35:54	(63)	01:03	25:22	(55)	1:15:30
68	69	1	Niamh Mullaney	35-39	GREEN	Female	11:44	(64)	01:39	36:55	(64)		28:13	(63)	1:18:32

Winter Bike Training

WInter bicycle training has started in earnest with some hardcore bikers doing upwards on 90km on the Saturday morning spins. Meet at 9am on Saturday mornings at Markevich Park. There were 17 riders out last Saturday and the group does small (20k app.) loops from town so beginners can settle for a steady hour training. Note: The field might be smaller this weekend (Sat 24th) due to a combination of the club Chi running coaching and post AGM pinting.

2nd annual Sligo City 'try' Athon

The second annual Sligo City 'try' Athon took place yesterday with a field of 73 athletes braving the wet conditions. Despite three punctures and a broken chain all 73 crossed the line after completing the gruelling 250m swim /10k bike/ 4k run. Full results and a race report will follow.

Club AGM Friday 23rd

The club AGM will be held this Friday after the swim training in the Regional Sports complex. All members are asked to attend. The club would like to see as many members as possible become involved in an active commitee so if you can, please attend.