Instant Interview: Craig Doyle

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Posted on: Friday 4th May 2007

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Welcome to our regular Friday lunchtime feature: the Instant Interview. A little something lighthearted to make the work week end just that little bit quicker.

Triathlon isn’t just about the triathletes. There’s a whole army of people in the background from volunteers, organisers, officials, shop owners, facility managers and the whole sports infrastructure as well. We thought it would be fun to mix them in with famous, and some not so famous, athletes and get them to answer our 21 Question Instant Interview.

This week’s interviewee is Craig Doyle who, for the past couple of years has been the BBC’s "voice of triathlon". We’ve bumped into to him on many an occasion while he has been interviewing athletes in transition and when we heard that he was actually taking up the sport and would be competing over the full distance at London this year we thought he would be an ideal candidate for an Instant Interview. But that’s only the start, because we have also got him to contribute a regular column which will cover his progress as he trains for London and then, if he’s fortunate enough, an age group slot representing Ireland at the World Championships in Hamburg. If he is successful in that goal we’ll be getting one of the triathlon stars to interview him on camera as he finishes...could be an interesting twist!

Name?	Craig Doyle
Do you have a nickname?	Doyley, Duckboy (because of my run) Doylenator (given to me by English Rugby international Mr Haskell)
What’s your favourite/most enjoyable race?	My local race, The King of Greystones
What race/goal/personal achievement would you most like to win/attain?	Reach the World Championships in my age group
What achievement would you most like to be remembered for?	The first man with absolutely no natural sporting ability to race triathlon
What’s your most embarrassing moment?	Every time I run it’s humiliating, I run like a duck; it’s not good!
Are you a member of any club?	Wicklow Tri, Ireland. The greatest little club on the island.
What’s your favourite racing distance?	Sprint…obviously!
Who is your sporting or cultural inspiration?	As a child I loved Serge Blanco, one of the most gifted athletes I have ever seen play rugby. I really admired Marc Jenkins at the Olympics, I think the way he carried his bike epitomised what tri is all about and he has since overcome DVT to compete again…amazing fella!
Within the sport, who would you most like to meet?	I have been lucky enough to meet them all as the BBC’s triathlon presenter…although I would love to meet someone who could make training less painful!
What book/magazine/comic are you reading at the moment?	A book about Irish travellers bare knuckle boxing…it’s my next sporting goal
What’s currently playing most on your stereo/radio/iPod?	The Hours and Snow Patrol
What is your favourite training session?	Pool swimming
What is your favourite food or drink?	Curry, very good for athletes
What’s your favourite animal?	Dog or a Pig…let’s combine them, a Pog...brilliant!
Tyres or tubulars?	Don’t know what that actually means, is it anything to do with Mike Oldfield’s famous 80s album?
Tattoos or transfers?	Neither
Shave or wax?	Hair!
Trisuit or two-piece?	Tri suit
Talc or Vaseline?	Both, I love the clotting effect
Shades or hat?	Shades

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Re: Instant Interview: Craig Doyle

Posted by KQA
Posted at 00:12:56 17th May 2012
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Good luck to the gorgeous Mr Doyle. If you want to to do another practice race at Crystal Palace we'd love to have you. Please get in touch for details!