| It's raining … again. It has rained up here in the Wicklow hills for the last four months - I think I'm going mad. There is something particularly painful about sweating my buns off on a turbo trainer inside my office during the summer months. It doesn't help that I haven't actually raced this season for a variety of rather dull and self-absorbed reasons! So, as my club mates (who I have not seen for months), share tales of times and transitions, smugly wearing their new "I've conquered blah blah blah" T-shirts, I have been going through an early … a very early … an... Posted on: Monday, Sep 15, 2008 at 13:45 |
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| Every now and again a race comes along that shakes up the triathlon community and gets people talking. I'm delighted to say that my club, Wicklow Tri, has released such a beast - The Beast of the East in fact. It has become fashionable of late to sell events as 'The fastest course ever' and 'A... Posted on: Wednesday, Jul 30, 2008 at 14:30 | Starting a story with "it wasn't actually my fault" usually means you are guilty, but in this case it wasn't really my fault. It seems I have started a Formula 1 driver's triathlon race off!
Let... Posted on: Tuesday, Jul 22, 2008 at 08:51 |
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| So how did it come to this? It’s the weekend of what was meant to be my first race of the season yet I am at home minding the kids whilst my wife runs a 10 k race in Dublin! It’s fair to say that the weekend and season has not turned out as planned.
I remember interviewing Canada’s... Posted on: Thursday, Jun 5, 2008 at 22:18 | There is a look in professional sportsperson’s eyes when they discuss their latest challenge, be it an ironman, an FA Cup final or baking a lemon soufflé. It’s a look that says “I might be playing this down, but I am going to nail it and leave nothing on the pitch”... Posted on: Thursday, Apr 10, 2008 at 07:08 |
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| | “Triathletes are swimming coaches’ pensions”, or so says a chlorine-clad coach I know. He says we... Posted on: Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 07:04 Greetings, happy New Year and all that! So, "Where the hell have you been?", I hear you ask. No, I have... Posted on: Tue, Jan 15, 2008 at 07:19 Let me start by putting something straight, it may have looked like Graham Bell beat me in the... Posted on: Thu, Aug 9, 2007 at 07:32 |
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| Hello strangers, nice to be in touch again. Sorry it’s been... Posted on: Tue, Jul 17, 2007 at 11:30 | This time last year I was standing in the visitor’s... Posted on: Wed, Jun 6, 2007 at 11:38 |
| I am lying in bed with the curtains open, it’s a beautiful sunny morning on the east coast of... Posted on: Fri, May 18, 2007 at 11:40 | A chance meeting in a transition area or two, the lure of a cup of coffee and we had him! Probably the... Posted on: Wed, May 9, 2007 at 07:17 |
