Ironman Nice 24th June 2012 – Race Report I’m writing this race report for a couple of different reasons, the first is, as an Ironman virgin I gathered a lot of valuable information and inspiration from other peoples race reports so hopefully this may be of some help to others, either contemplating their first ironman […]

The Long Way Around by Deirdre Hassett Written in capitals on the front of the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy is “DON’T PANIC”. I always think this might be a good starting reference point for endurance events. When I entered Ironman, the plan started like this, and morphed over time, depending on the level of […]

Aidan Hanley What was the high point of IM Frankfurt 2011 for you? Watching John Flannery get his bucket of German porridge. ….and the low point? Was when my IT band acted up with 20 km to go on run. Swim, bike, run – which split/ performance made you most proud on the day? Run […]

An awesome adventure in Antwerp A race report by Miriam Wall and Team Antwerp Ironman 70.3 Antwerp (1.9km swimᆊkm cycle, and half marathon run) In the 3 weeks before Antwerp I rested as much as possible and stopped racing. It felt like the more I rested the more tired I got. I began to miss […]

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. […]

Race: Ironman New Zealand, Lake Taupo Date: April 1, 2008 OK, its 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 […]

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 Ill admit it I might be relatively clean living, but Im fond of a good chemical high. I like […]

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 […]

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 / […]

IM Acknowledgements First let me thank everyone that helped me getting to the finish line of this race. Its not a task undertaken lightly and impossible to do by ones 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 […]