Mullagmore and Salmon Run Ballina

The very popular Mullagmore Triathlon and The Salmon run Triathlon (Ballina) are opening for registration in the next couple of days. Both are national series events and both will sell out within a few hours. If you want to particpate in either event enter within a few minutes of their launch or prepare to be disapointed.

Ballina - Thursday April 1st @ 2pm (dont be a fool)

Mullagmore - Tuesday the 6th of April at midday.

Check their websites to make sure.

Rosses Point Sprint - July 31st

Just a quick update on the event. Entries are flying in at the moment and we are on target for capacity (250 limit). Just looking at the entry list we have particpants from all over Ireland, however, presently very few club members have entered. Please dont leave it until the last minute. Once capacity is reached entry closes and we are closed for good. We are making a push on national advertising on TI website and with the other clubs next week. So please get your enter before its too late.

Tri Suits

Just an up date on the Tri-suits. Can everyone who is ordering please come back to John Hanley jnaz@eircom.net or 0861733498 by the 9th April as we need to know. The more suits ordered the bigger the discount. We can only confirm the final price once the total order is known. If you e-mail John with your size and requirement he will organise to get the payment off you after we have the total order numbers. Size Chart is below.We will want orders and payment in by the 9th of april.

The preferred tri suit for everyone to go for is: 2XU endurance Tri-suit. This has the best seat cushion built in. The all in one suit is €112.00 - €95 with discount

Mens Seperates -
Singlet = €55.00
Shorts= €61.00

Womens Separates
Singlet = €66
Shorts = €83.00 (I have an enquiry in about these costs!! -seems very high)

The second preferred Tri-suit is: 2XU competition Trisuit.

This suit is the same weight but doesn't have a pocket in the back. The all in one costs €94.00 - €80 with discount

Mens Separates
Singlet = €55.00
Shorts= €50

Womens Separates
Singlet = €55
Shorts = €50 (the women option is substantially cheaper. There are two other option an Orca suit and a craft suit. Please email John for prices

GLOBAL SIZE CHART

Mens - Small Medium Large X-Large XX-Large
Chest 34-37 38-40 41-43 44-47 47-50
Waist 28-31 32-34 35-38 39-42 43-45

Womens Small Medium Large X-Large
Chest 32-34 34.5-36.5 37-39 39.5-42
Waist 24-26 26.5-28.5 29-31 31.5-34

ROUND 2 DUATHLON RESULTS

Congratulations to all that took part in the 2nd duathlon of the season - a combined training event with MSC Tri Club on Sunday 28th March. A great crowd of almost 60 took part in this round, 2.5k run / 22k cycle / 2.5k run in the spring sunshine but strong winds! First home was Neil Walton followed by Gary Higgins, both from Sligo Tri Club - as were the first eight finishers! First in from MSC was John McSharry.
Huge thanks to all competitors and marshals.

Club	Name	Time
Sligo Tri	Neil Walton	00:53:22
Sligo Tri	Gary Higgins	00:54:02
Sligo Tri	Niall Melvin	00:55:42
Sligo Tri	Sean Flanery	00:56:30
Sligo Tri	Stuart Mc Kenna	00:56:45
Sligo Tri	Jason Mc Morrow	00:56:58
Sligo Tri	Mark Capilitan	00:57:05
Sligo Tri	Eamon Mc Andrew	00:57:10
MSC tri	John Mc Sharry	00:57:36
U/A	Kieran Mc Grory	00:59:20
u/a	Kevin Mc Glynn	01:00:11
MSC tri	Mel Casserley	01:00:14
Sligo Tri	Stephen Carty	01:01:35
	Damien Reid	01:02:07
	John Mulrooney	01:02:21
Sligo Tri	Paul Burns	01:02:25
	Conor Mc Cann	01:02:37
	Declan Byrne	01:02:45
Sligo Tri	Micka Walton	01:02:53
	Rory Connor	01:03:02
	Ciaran Coyne	01:03:17
Sligotri	Charke Kelly	01:03:25
Sligo Tri/Msc	Leo Donlon	01:03:37
Chain Driven	Stephen Mullane	01:03:56
	John Walsh	01:04:04
MSC tri	Paul Mc Devitt	01:04:10
Sligo Tri	Tommy Sheirden	01:04:15
	Kieran Clancy	01:04:42
Sligo Tri	Phelim O Connor	01:05:44
	Niall Clancy	01:06:01
	Canice Nichloas	1:06:45
	Shane Mc Donald	01:06:50
Sligo Tri	Gareth Killian	01:07:00
Sligo Tri	Ronan Scott	01:08:30
Sligo Tri	Cecilia Mc Guiness	01:09:20
Sligo Tri	Saoirse O Dohonoue	01:09:53
Sligo Tri	Mathew Mc Garrigle	01:10:02
	Andrea Kennedy	01:10:19
Sligo Tri	Gerry Devins	01:10:35
	David Gunning	01:10:43
	Lisa Quinn	01:11:00
	James Hardiman	01:11:03
Sligo Tri	Dermot Cunnigham	01:11:14
	Kevin O Donnell	01:11:21
Sligo Tri	Adrian O Connor	01:11:37
Sligo Tri	Una Mannion	01:13:15
	Armen Philips	01:14:02
MSC tri	Jane Mc Devitt	01:14:18
Sligo Tri	Cathrine Mc Glinchy	01:14:51
	Elenor Rooney	01:15:46
Sligo Tri	Irma Mullvihill	01:16:47
	Brian Mc Mullen	01:17:22
	Micheal Shanley	01:17:29
	Cathriona Fallon	01:21:12
Sligo Tri	Marin Laffey	01:26:20
	Pat Bishop	01:27:32
	Aisling	????
	Andrea Kennedy	????

ROUND 2 DUATHLON PICTURES

Some images from the 2nd duathlon, courtesy of Mark Capilitan Photography.

ATTENTION SPORTSFANS...

The 2010 Rosses Point Sprint Triathlon is open for entry via the Active Europe link on the race homepage -this years race will be run over the international sprint distance and takes place on Saturday 31st July.

Swim Video Analysis

The video footage will be taken place Tuesday 30th March at the sports complex from 9:30pm Sharp.

The sit down review of the footage will take place at 8:30pm on Tuesday 6th April in the Carraroe Community Hall.
10pm swim session will follow as usual afterwards.

The club swim training officer Shane O'Doherty will be doing a 30 min presentation on open water swimming (sea/lake) the same night in the hall from 8pm. This covers basics on equipment, safety, sighting, questions etc….
It’s the basics and is intended for people who have not swum in open water before and are not sure what to expect or what type of wetsuit to get etc.
This is something well worth attending for new swimmers to the club as the countdown to getting into the sea gets underway.

Sundays club duathlon

Round two of the duathlon series takes place this Sunday (28th) in Rosses Point. The distance is a 2.5k run, 20k cycle and 2.5k run.
Registeration is from 9am with the race start time at 10am sharp.
For anyone who missed the post below, we are currently seeking additional marshals to give a hand on the day so if you have a friend/spouse/child/parent/granny etc. lend a hand on the morning please make contact with sligotriathlon@gmail.com or contact Colm on 0876811197. We need people to volunteer as marshalls in order for the event to go ahead and all members will need to take their turn throughout the season. Thanks go to those marshalls who helped out with the bike races last weekend.

Duathlon in Boyle set for 2nd May

For anyone who missed the report in todays Sligo Champion, Boyle Fire and Rescue are organising a charity duathlon on the 2nd of May.

Lough Key Forest Park, Boyle, Co. Roscommon
2nd May 2010 at 12 noon
5k run 20k cycle 5k run

Entry is via the Runireland website.

New Contact Details

For anyone looking to contact the club we have a new gmail address at: sligotriathlon@gmail.com
The club website (http://sligotriathlon.ie/) has also been updated to include information about this year's Rosses Point event:
Rosses Point Sprint Homepage

This Weekends Duathlon

We will need an organising crew for next weekends duathlon. We will need a timekeeper and a minimum of six marshals. The only people who are expmpt are the crew that are organising the summers sprint event i.e. Colm Casey, Shane O Doherty, John Hanley, David Downes, Adrian O Connor, Tommy Shierdan. So please volunteer your name or volunteer a mature marshal in your place. If we dont get enough marshals Sligo Tri competitors will have to marshal the race.

Swim Video Analysis...

It's time for another swim video analysis session. This will take place on Tuesday 30th March in Sligo Regional Sports Complex.

Anyone wishing to take part must be there at 9:30pm sharp so we can get everyone organised since we're tight on time.

All tri club swimmers (including friday night swimmers) are welcome to come along and take part. The cost of this is covered already in the swim fee so there's no extra charge.

This is well worth doing since to get it done elsewhere is very expensive. Thanks to Mark Capillitan again for helping out with video.

Swimmers will have video shot from mulitiple angles both above and below the water. It's an invaluable tool in improving technique.

A review session will be set up same as last term to go through the videos with each swimmer. Everyone will get a CD with their own footage on it.

For more information speak to Shane or Colm at the swim training sessions.

Calling all marshalls...

Two local bike races; the Mooney Trophy and Markievicz Cup take place this Saturday and Sunday (20th & 21st March). Details of the races can be found on the Eire Og Website. There is a 30 mile category A4 race on Saturday which might suit anyone looking to sharpen up the bike split on an olympic distance event.

For anyone not competing the club is looking for marshalls to help out on either day. Eire Og are strong supporters of our club and have played a big part in helping to run the annual Rosses Point triathlon, and have also set up an annual time trial series which most Sligo Tri Club members take part in. As these type of events are run on a voluntary basis it goes without saying that the more people that get involved, the bigger and better they become -so if you have a couple of hours to spare on either Saturday or Sunday grab the tea and ham sandwiches and check out the racing. Contact club cycle officer Colm Casey on 0876811197 if you can attend.

Carna (Galway) Tri Open for entry

The Galway triathlon, which takes place in Carna on the 17th July is open for entry on the runireland website . Although a bit of a drive from town (~2hrs) the event had a small Sligo contingent last year and would be good preperation for the annual Rosses Point race. It is run over the international Olympic distance and the run leg takes in a couple of severe climbs.

2010 Swim Series dates announced...

The dates for the 2010 Sligo Tri Club swim series have been announced. The races take place on the 23rd May, 6th, 13th & 23rd June.

Details and updates can be found on the Swim Series Homepage.

We had over 50 swimmers take part in what was a very successful series last year (see the newspaper report on the 2009 races).

The club would ask all swimmers to support the series by taking part, for another open water race like this you have to go to Galway!

The races are time handicapped so the slower swimmers go first meaning everyone's in with a chance of winning. Handicaps are recalculated each week based on previous weeks results.

Distances start off at a very manageable 750m (Sprint Tri Swim) up to 1500m for the last one.

Points are awarded each week for your position with prizes given out at the end based on total points in the league at bbq in Harry's bar.

It's your best 3 from 4 races that count for points.

The club would encourage improving swimmers to take part as the races will help you get used to open water swimming at the start of the tri season. 750m is 30 lengths of the sports complex pool so it's very doable.

If you're interested in taking part Contact – Shane, sligocitytriathlon@gmail.com, cost will be in the region of €20 which includes all four races.

Triathlon in Lovely Leitrim

For anyone wanting a race colser to home there is an event schedulad fro the next day (see post below, i.e. 30th May) in Drumshanbo. Details are up on the RunIreland website.

SLANE CASTLE TRIATHLON

The Slane Sprint Individual and Relay Triathlon opened for registeration today on Aliveoutside.ie. The event consists of 750metre river swim, 20km bike and 5km run and takes place on Saturday 29th May in the grounds of Slane Castle. Entry is on the expensive side at 65euro

This Triathlon gives competitors an alternative to race without a pool swim early in the season.

Mullaghmore duathlon race report...

Over seventy local multi-sport athletes turned up in Mullagmore for the first race in the interclub Duathlon series jointly hosted by Mullagmore Tri Club and Sligo Tri Club. Due to the promised frost a later than advertised start of 11am gave participants a couple of extra hours sleep. Unusually for this time of year a bright sunny day with a biting easterly breeze greeted the athletes for the season opener. The race consisted of a 2.5 k run out and back run passing some breathtaking views of Mullagmore headland. The run was followed by a 23k cycle from Mullagmore to Bundoran and finished with an identical leg sapping 2.5k out and back run.

The first race of the season always brings out the jitters, as racers are eager to test out their conditioning after a long dark winters training. One thing was clear from the line up was that the Gary’s cycles and chain driven cycle shops are doing very well from the rising popularity of triathlon and multi-sport by the array of new bikes on display.

In the male event Neill Walton (Sligo Tri) was clear favourite on the day with the absence of the big guns Ross mc Lynn (Sligo Tri) and Pat Thouy (MSC tri). The main contenders from Sligo Tri club were Colm Casey, Mark Capilitan, Wayne mc Nulty, Sean Flanery fresh from a top ten finish in Limerick two weeks ago, and newcomer Eamon Mc Andrew who has showed outstanding promise over the last couple of months in training. John Mc Sharry and Oliver White from MSC tri carried their best hopes of a podium place. In the women’s event Cecilia Mc Guinness (Sligo Tri) and Caoimhe Ni Mhurchu (Sligo tri) were clear favourites to take the women’s event, after a long hard winters training .

Walton set a impressive pace from the gun posting 8.30s for the first 2.5k with Flannery, John Mc Sharry, Fergus Scott and newcomer Mc Andrew. After a quick transition Walton had a sizeable lead starting the bike section. Colm Casey (Sligo Tri) starting the bike section in fifth place quickly reeled in the chasers and set of in pursuit of Walton. At the turnaround it looked like Casey would reel in the leader but Walton managed to hold on to the finish of the bike section maintaining small gap of about 15 seconds. Next of the bike was Mc Andrew a further three minutes behind closely followed by Sean Flanery, John Mc Sharry, Mark Capilitan, Stephen Carty and Mc Nulty. Walton was not going to be caught and pushed hard on the run to extend his lead completing the course in a time of 0:59:23, Casey chased hard but could not close the gap and finished in a time of (1:00:48), with newcomer Eamon Mc Andrew (1:03:12) completing a clean sweep of the podium for Sligo Tri. This was a phenomenal performance for a first timer and definitely one to watch closely for the future. Next few athletes across the line included Sean Flanery (1:04:00), John Mc Sharry (1:04:10) the first MSC tri man home, closely followed by clubman Oliver White (1:05:10) in sixth place. The remainder of the top ten included Sligo tri members Mark Capiltan (1:05:30), Wayne Mc Nulty (1:06:52), Stephen Carty (1:07:24) and Fergus Scott (1:07:27)

In the women’s event as predicted Caoimhe Ni Mhurchu lead the first run form Cecilia Mc Guinness. Mc Guinness (1:11:33) showed her prowess on the bike and opened up a strong lead entering transition, which she held onto over the 2nd run leg. The fast advancing Ni Mhurchu (1:13:02) was in 2nd position with Una Mannion (1:15:03) posting an impressive third position in her first event. The top 3 were closely followed by Enna mc Hale, Saoirse O Donohue and Jackuline O Connor.

Click here to download the full result sheet

The next event in the series will take place in Rosses Point. The meeting point will be the car park The event will consist of a 2.5k run – 20k cycle -2.5k run.

10k on Achill Island

For anyone interested in heading west on Saturday 1st May, Achill island is hosting a 10k race. This is part of the Achill Mountain Marathon weekend. The10k race will see runners following the roads around Keel, the Deserted Village and Dookinelly before finishing along the sands of Keel Strand. The entry fee is relatively high at €22 for a 6 mile run, anyone interested can follow this link for more details...

Large turnout for today's duathlon

Neil Walton took first from a large field of competitors in round one of the Mullaghmore and Sligo triathlon club series. This was the first in a series of four races (timetable in post below). Full race report to follow...

TIME CHANGE FOR SUNDAY

Sundays duathlon will kick off at 11am. Meet at the Pier Head Hotel in Mullaghmore at 10am for registration. This a change from the 9am start advertised in the papers.

Sligo Fit4Life spring league 2010

The dates for Sligo ACs spring league have been announced. The races are geared to suit all Fitness levels and are handicapped. The start time is 6.30pm each evening, visit the Sligo AC blogspot for more information.

Race 1 Tues Mar 23rd Sligo Racecourse 2miles on grass

Race 2 Tues April 6^th Sligo Racecourse 1 mile on grass

(two races starting at 6.30 and 6.45 faster runners first)

Race 3 Tues April 20^th Sligo Racecourse 2miles on grass

Race 4 Tues May 4^th Hazelwood 2mile on forest path

Race 5 Tues May 18^th Riverside 3 miles road and along riverside.

(Start at Smyths Toys)

Race 6 Tues May 25^th Cairns Hill 2miles of hilly terrain

(good practise for Warriors Run)

Meet at Racecourse at 6pm

Weekend Racing

This weekend is a busy one for multisport racing in the county, this Saturday (6th March) the Dominic O'Hara 9 mile Road Race takes place in Calry, meet at the community Pitch at 11am. On Sunday the action moves to Mullaghmore with the opening event in the duathlon series, kicking off at 9am from Mullaghmore Car Park. The events are run by this club in association with Mullaghmore triathlon club. The full timetable for the series is as follows:

• Sunday March 7th, 9 a.m - Mullaghmore Car Park 2.5k run 22k cycle 2.5k run


• Sun March 28th - Rosses Pt Car Park 2.5k run 20k cycle 2.5k run


• Sun April 11th - Rosses Pt Car Park 5k run 20k cycle 5k run


• Sun April 25th -Mullaghmore Car Park 5krun 22k cycle 5k run

Club training timetable:

For anyone new to the sport with an eye on competing in this summer’s Rosses Point triathlon, below is a list of training sessions that the club is running:

Tuesday: Pool swim, 10pm, Regional Sports Complex
Wednesday: Run, 6:30pm, Institute of Technology Car Park
Thursday: Turbo Session and core fitness, 7pm, Carraroe Hall
Friday: Run: 6pm, Regional Sports Complex
Friday: Pool swim, 7pm, Regional Sports Complex
Saturday: Bike session, 9am, Markevicz Park entrance
Sunday: Bike session, 9am, Markevicz park entrance*

*race one of the duathlon series takes place this Sunday (7th), see post below.
The sessions are geared towards all ages and levels of ability but please make contact in advance if you intend to join the pool swim or turbo sessions as places are limited. Contact sligocitytraithlon@gmail.com for more information