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National Series 2017 Roundup

National Series 2017 – Roll of Honour In advance of the annual Awards Night on Saturday, where the biggest celebration will no doubt be Pulse winning CLUB OF THE YEAR, we just want to say well done to all those who took part in the National Series this season. Lots of us raced all around […]

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Dublin City Marathon – 29th November

With over 20,000 participants, this year’s Dublin City marathon was the biggest yet. As in previous years, a large contingent of Pulse members took part, and while they pounded the pavements another contingent of thirty Pulsers helped to marshal the event. Well done to all!            

Pulse Junior Training – 5th November

What a great turnout for our junior training session last Sunday in the Phoenix Park. Pulse coach, Dave Adams, and Triathlon Ireland’s Gary Crossan, focused on introducing the young triathletes to a selection of bike handling and run drills. A big thanks to all the adults who turned up to help out with the session. […]

Ironman Barcelona 2017 – Ché McGann

Ironman Barcelona For me it wasn’t the distances of an IRONMAN that were the most daunting or worrying but all of the little things that I had no control over. I knew that regardless of all the training and planning that had gone into the past days, weeks, months, there were still so many things […]

Ironman Barcelona 2017 – Dáire McNulty

Ironman Barcelona Race Report Ironman triathlon, a 3.8 km swim, 180 km bike and a 42 km marathon run, a huge undertaking. To get to the start line is a huge achievement, many hours of training, months. My Barcelona journey began when I entered in November even though I said never again after I had […]

Ironman Wales 2017 – Stephen Martin

Ironman Wales It wasn’t my first choice race but as soon as the plug was pulled on Ironman Mallorca it was my only choice because it fell on the time I had booked off from work. Training went great at the beginning. I settled on the Don Fink Competitive Plan and for the first few […]

Ironman Frankfurt 2017 – Carlos Nunes

Watching some Pulsers preparing and doing Frankfurt in 2016 got me the motivation and the inspiration I needed to sign in and do an Ironman. At the same time I’d like to do one before I turned 50!!! Seeing all comments about how Frankfurt is such a great race I decided to go for it. […]

Tri Summer Camp is a Big Success

Pulse Triathlon Club and Belpark Tri Club finished their summer triathlon camp by completing a mini event with kids aged 6 to 13 swimming, biking and running their way to their first ever triathlon! A special appearance by Dublin Fire Brigade added lots of excitement and water to the post event cool down. Congratulations to […]

Alpe D’Huez Triathlon 2017 – Richie Mills

Alpe D’Huez Triathlon “Two roads diverged in a wood, and I — I took the one going up, and that has made all the difference.” The alarm was set for 6.30am but as with most of these events I was awake long before, staring at the ceiling and running through the upcoming day. All the […]