Open water swim training

General Beginners Triathlon advise with training and gear advise is available on Irish Triathlon’s Beginners section.  Plus Tri-Planet’s coach Rich Cattle has put together “Top 10 tips for Open Water Swimming” to help both beginners and those looking to improve their open water swim skills.

We’ll be running a series a free training sessions for competiors on the Spiddal course, with the help of Tri-Planet.

The free Galway Triathlon training sessions are

• April 22nd - run, cycle and transition session on the course  (fill in the free form below).
• May 13th swim session on the course  (fill in the free form below).

 Coach: Richard Cattle

In 2007 Richard was selected to represent Ireland in the World Triathlon Championships Age Group in Hamburg and has also been selected for The European Championships in Athlone and for the World Championships in Budapest 2010. Richard is a BTF level 1 certified Triathlon coach.