Galway Triathlon - Spiddal

Green Goodie Bags

admin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:09:13 +0000

www.IrishTriathlon.com is committed to reducing its impact on the environment; in 2012 Galway Triathlon – Spiddal will attain the same certification as the London Olympics, BS 8901,

What will my Green Goodie Bag Contain ?

Items Confirmed so far (more to follow)

• Technical T-Shirts, each is made from 100% recycled polyester. A green technology first demonstrated at the 2010 world Cup. Removing approx 5 Plastic bottles from Landfill.

• Race belts, reducing the amount of paper, Race number, and pin’s required for each competitor. (RRP€10)

example of Triathlon Racing belt

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2002 – The 1st ever Galway Triathlon

admin — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:12:26 +0000

Does anybody remember this? The first ever Galway Triathlon, back in 2002. I remember fruitlessly trying to run down the Galway Tri Club’s president; Donal Mahon on Salthill promenade.

Thanks to Seb for making it happen.

Poster for the Galway Triathlon 2002

Free training session on the course

admin — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:25:19 +0000

We’re running free training session on the Spiddal Triathlon course.

triathlon-training-galway

So whether you’re an absolute beginner who’s never swam in the open water or someone looking to shave a few more seconds off your transition times, we’ve got training sessions for you.

Coach: Rich Cattle from Tri-Planet coaching.

Bike, Run & Transition Training on the Spiddal Cycle and Run courses. April 22nd.
Open-water swim training on the Spiddal swim course. 13th of May.

Just pop your details in the box below, so that we can get an idea of numbers and ensure we have enough coaches for each session.

100 Early Bird Triathlon entries

admin — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 17:38:58 +0000

There’s 100 early bird entries for the Galway Triathlon – Spiddal on the 26th of May.

That’s €38 for the Sprint and €45 for the Olympic triathlon.

Online Race Entry
by Irish Triathlon

earlybird triathlon entry special

Spiddal Triathlon 2012

admin — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 09:16:00 +0000

Plans are afoot for the 2012 Galway Triathlon in Spiddal. The 26th of May is the date (tides have dictated this).

Start your season in the clear blue waters of Galway Bay or use the sheltered swim and closed road cycle as your very first triathlon. There’s a Technical T-Shirt, Goodie Bag, Post race food, Chip timing, race Photos and everything you expect from a quality event.

€10 off for the first 100 early bird entries. (opening early November).

Photos from Spiddal

admin — Thu, 26 May 2011 21:11:42 +0000

There’s a few different photo galleries available online

SportCam - professional photos where you can search by name and number.

Spideal Photography Group – photos of the swim start taken by Caroline Walsh.

Picasa Gallery – photos by Derek Patterson.

Facebook gallery – thanks to Tri Lakes Tiathlon club.

Hotel deal for Triathlon Competitors

admin — Thu, 19 May 2011 11:58:59 +0000

“Connemara Coast Hotel are offering a special rate of Euro 65 per person sharing bed and breakfast and 80 Euro single, this is normally 90 per person and 120 single. Connemara Coast Hotel have also organised a package for 2 nights bed and breakfast and 1 dinner @ Euro 165 per person and single @ Euro 195 normally Euro 179 and Euro 239. If you have any questions at this stage please do not hesitate to contact me.

Full details at this link.

With Kind Regards

Siobhan Doyle

Reservations

Connemara Coast Hotel

T: 00353 (0)91 592108

F: 00353(0)91 592065

info@connemaracoast.ie
www.sinnotthotels.com

Race Briefing Document

admin — Wed, 18 May 2011 23:02:34 +0000

Please do take the time to download and read the Spiddal Triathlon Race Briefing Document.

It details the finalized course and two points in particular.

The modified run course, 3 laps sprint, 5 laps olympic
The netralized zone.

Sign-on has started in Nigel’s Cycles

admin — Sun, 15 May 2011 23:26:02 +0000

Sign-on Monday-Friday

Sign-on will start in Nigel’s Cycles on Monday morning, the 16th of May at 9:30am. Sign-on will remain open (9:30am to 5:30pm) in Nigel’s Cycles until Friday at 2pm. See map below for directions to Nigel’s Cycles.

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Sign-on Friday evening

There will also be sign-on from 6pm-9pm in Boluisce Restaurant, Spiddal.

Limited sign-on Saturday morning

There will also be sign-on from 7am-7:45am in Boluisce Restaurant, Spiddal. Email richard@tri-planet.ie to arrange sign-on on Saturday morning.

What to bring to sign-on.

Yourself. We’re not messing, you need to sign-on in person. You can’t get your friend, brother, mother to sign on your behalf.

Triathlon Ireland members should bring their membership card.

Non-Triathlon Ireland members should bring a receipt of their €13 one-day-insurance purchased through RunIreland.com

Start list will go live tonight.

admin — Fri, 13 May 2011 16:39:19 +0000

In advance of the full start list, here are a few of the men to look out for in the Olympic

Stephen Early Team TSC
Ruaidhri Geraghty Galway Triathlon Club
Donal Mahon Galway Tri Club
Tom O Dowd Liquid Motion (www.exposuresports.ie)
Nigel Forde Nigels Cycles

Stephen Early hasn’t actually won a triathlon, but having swam the english channel last summer, he should be the first out of the water. He’s also got a killer run, so he’ll start as favorite.

The local favorites of Ruaidhri Geraghty and Tom O’Dowd will chase hard on the bike and may take the lead on the bike.

The winner of the first ever Galway Triathlon; Donal Mahon is better known as a DJ on Galway Bay FM is strong across all three disciplines, so it will be interesting to watch.

Nigel Forde of Nigel’s cycles should post the fastest bike split. If he gets a reasonable swim time, he’ll be a contender.