Ironman & Half IronMan Archive

Ironman Austria - A Big Club Day Out

Posting Date: 23 Aug 2009

Congratulations to the five members of Galway Triathlon Club (four of whom were first time IM attempters) who travelled to Ironman Austria in July. Here is Fergus' report.

You can see some more pictures if you go into the gallery on the left hand side of the website main page and select 2009/ IM Austria. Gerry has declared his finishing photo as 'the worst Ironman finish photo ever' - but wha ....

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Reilly Dibner & John Cunniffe IronMan NZ 2008
Posting Date: 14 Apr 2008 Race: Ironman New Zealand, Lake Taupo Date: April 1, 2008 OK, it’s time I got the race report out. I figure I should probably give the full picture anyhow, before John posts his technical description of how to complete a sub 13:30 Ironman on essentially no training. On March 1, John and I raced Ironman New Zealand after about five weeks of travel and some scattered training. I hadn’t initially planned to race IM, but thought it would be fun to be support ....
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Deirdre Hassett - Tauranga Half Ironman
Posting Date: 15 Feb 2008 Race Report Port of Tauranga Half Ironman Deirdre Hassett Port of Tauranga/ Mount Manganui Half Ironman (New Zealand) Jan 05th 2008 2km/ 90km/ 21km Swim: 00:43:42 T1: 00:03:32 Bike: 03:14:19 T2: 00:03:41 Run 01:54:39 Total 05:59:53 I’ll admit it – I might be relatively clean living, but I’m fond of a good chemical hi ....
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Chris Burke Ironman Austria 2007

Posting Date: 30 Jan 2008

Imagine me writing a race report!! And the only reason I am doing so is that Andrew asked me and considering all the training sessions he dragged me on, I think it would be rude to say no!!!!

Race:- Klagenfurt Austria

2319 Burke Chris, Ms IRL Cork Tri Club W-35

swim 01:14:10
T1 00:09:20
bike 07:51:00
T2 00:13:44
Run 04:36:00
Finish 14:05:44

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Aidan Currie - Half Ironman - The Lost Sheep 07
Posting Date: 14 Sep 2007 They said it was Ireland's toughest race, and they said it was the toughest half marathon around...and they were right. After a season of two sprint and two Olympic distance races, it was time to face up to Kenmare '07. Little did I know I'd have Batman for company ... Base training - winter / spring -------------------------------------- I've being doing triathlon for about 5 years, and had been considering a half- ironman for some time. After the 05/06 season ended, I deci ....
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Ray Glynn - IMUK 2007 - The Report

Posting Date: 30 Aug 2007

IM Acknowledgements

First let me thank everyone that helped me getting to the finish line of this race. It’s not a task undertaken lightly and impossible to do by one’s self.

Thanks to Siobhan for putting up with the cranky “Ironman in Training” for the year, and for the support at the race. Nothing but candlelit dinners and housework for me from now on.

Thanks to my Family for telling me I looked too skinny and force feeding me at ....

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Andrew Parkinson - From Supermacs to Ironman

Posting Date: 13 Jul 2007

By Andrew Parkinson

A six month journey of BPMs, KPHs, SPLs, LSDs, Cadence, Calories, Chlorine, Vaseline, Bodyglide, Bullfrog & a whole lot of emotionless sweat, pain & boredom, But my God, ooh my god, it was all worth it!!!

But before we get to the “Andrew Parkinson you are an …..” part, we have to go back to the start, a freezing cold morning in Jan, the New years eve’s vodka & red bull fest had finally drained f ....

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More Kenmare Photos....

Posting Date: 12 Oct 2006

Thanks to the Parkinson's for these.

No comment on enda's nipples!

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Claire Mullen - Kenmare Half Iron Man - GTC 2006

Posting Date: 28 Sep 2006

By: Claire Mullan

The Kenmare half ironman is currently the only long distance triathlon held in Ireland. This year's race had a shorter cycle than last year and a less demanding run course but was still a big undertaking, especially for those of us who were attempting it for the first time. The 1.2 mile swim was fast on flat water with the help of a current but things got harder from there. The 52 mile cycle included three big climbs to e ....

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Ray Gylnn Wildflower 2006 1/2 IM Race Report
Posting Date: 15 Jun 2006 I know, I know, where's the race report? Well its here, finally a month and a bit after the race. We just had the small matter of getting married and then celebrating a fine honeymoon which sidelined any race reporting activity! The Build-up: Suffice to say there was none. We enjoyed our first week in California immensely, recovering from the trip over and the dreaded jet-lag while soaking up the atmosphere of San Francisco. We went for a couple ....
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