“Hulk Hogan is fighting for his life here, put on the Sheriff hat and Man Up Mark !”
I was a little disappointed by cyclists today in my surf around the net - “I do get phone calls from cyclists in the middle of the night,” laughs Peters. “But at the end of the day, that’s [...]

As I sat on the bridge watching Triathlone this year I learnt something. I realised what could be done to get the other members of ‘the pack’ to run quicker off the bike.

In the next edition of Irish Runner ….

Irish National Series Champions Bryan Mc Crystal and Elena Maslova

During the biggest bowl of porridge ever made I read about Steve Jones, my Monday Morning Hero - “a steelworker’s son whose racing philosophy was “always to devastate the opposition”, who was fuelled by Coke, Mars bars and meat pies when he broke the world marathon record in Chicago and by 10 pints of cider [...]

Wallace Monument
Gottaloverunninginthedark. From the days training I was at the letter L on the mp3, so with Lil Wayne and Lupe Fiasco I hit the streets.

ITU ” The iconic capitals of Sydney, Seoul and Budapest have been added to the Dextro Energy Triathlon - ITU World Championship Series calendar for 2010, joining existing world class events in Madrid, London, Kitzbühel and Hamburg” 

2010 Dextro Energy Triathlon - ITU World Championship Series Calendar
April 11 - Sydney, Australia
May 08-09 - Seoul, South Korea
June 05-06 [...]

 Saturdays training was simple - go up and come back - Sherpa Mc Namee and I spent just under 3hrs on Ben Nevis

SINI caught up with Chris Jones to find out how the three SINI athletes in the Irish squad are progressing and to find out a bit more about Chris
“It is clear to see across Ireland we have talent, it will take time to nurture, but the culture in Ireland is right, triathlon is a hard sport [...]

Halloween is coming up and so TriathlonTeam is making me an outfit . . .  I also have a wedding coming up and so I’m thinking I could use the suit for both occasions.
My last post on Hawaii created some reaction - that’s not a bad thing  . . . . if there was no discussion life would [...]

The last 2 Nobles to grow up, little Louie now 21 and the nugget who may never grow up
I drove past Quinns pub at 12.30 am and asked my brother was there a Gaelic match on this evening ?
“No” he replied, “all the girls wear Gaelic jerseys on a night out”
“seriously !? thats f£$kin wild”

 
 
 HAWAII 2009
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
Triathlon Team Ironman Dejan Patrcevic is ready for the get go this weekend in Hawaii -  SRETNO !! (I think ?!).  So too Igor Nastic . . . Bonne Chance, Viel Gluck,  buona fortuna, dobra sre (he will understand them all!)
Also in Hawaii

“ A win in the Rock duathlon and a second in Valentia (eventhough I was freezing my nuts off and couldnt get my shoes on in T2) wass probably the best start I could have asked for . . .

“The season, overall had its ups and downs.  Mostly good performances and some not so good. I learned more from the bad ones

I spent the last few days in Monte Gordo, Portugal. I was there as a guest of Irish event management company Sports Academy International - the same company which recently brought Muhammad Ali to Ennis in County Clare  !!
We studied maps,  checked out hotels, the quality of chocolate mousse, gelato, wildlife and nightlife. On the day we visited [...]