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Ironman Austria 2017 – Miriam Staunton

Austria 2017 Race Report 2016 was the tea and ham sandwiches tour of Ireland, so 2017 called for a bigger goal. I signed up for Austria when it opened and put it to the back of my mind til November, post DCM recovery. Time is in short supply for me, so I knew I wanted […]

Barcelona Marathon 2017 – Stephen Martin

Barcelona Marathon I could have picked any marathon but when a friend mentioned to me that flights to Barcelona with Aer Lingus were going for next to nothing I signed up straight away. I booked it for just my wife and I. That way we could both have a little break away from the kids […]

Junior Tri Summer Camp

We’re delighted to introduce our first Juniors Tri Summer Camp in conjunction with Belpark TC and Triathlon Ireland. It will take place Westpark Fitness, Tallaght, from the 15th-17th of August. Open to Triathlon Ireland junior members, it will cater for 7-13yr olds and run from 9:30-14:00 each day. The cost is €32 per child for […]

Blessington Triathlon 2017 – Céline Le Berre

What a Mess ! Here it is, tomorrow morning I will race my first Irish triathlon, which will also be by the way the second one in my life ! I am super excited, feeling well, I’ve trained as much as I could. Let’s see the result on the finish line, my secret goal is […]

Ironman Lanzarote 2017 – Ciat Joyce

SCORCHIO!! – The journey of how the boy in the striped pyjamas went from being a Lanzarote Gobshite to a Lanzarote Legend. I would like to thank all the people who made this journey possible but especially my wife Linda who went above and beyond making it so much easier to train for it. It […]

Lough Cutra 2017 – Jo Lynch

A bad case of nerves and a Justin Bieber earworm…..my first half Iron distance race. Ever since I signed up (i.e. talked into it) for Ironman Barcelona last October, I had been very conscious of my short triathlon career to date. One tri a try, two sprints and two olympics since I started all this last June […]

Challenge Lisboa 2017 – Niall Connaughton

Challenge Lisboa – 8th May 2017 I started writing this report on the flight home, the next morning after the race. Still full of the joie de vivre of a great race and great company from my fellow Pulsers. The idea of doing Lisboa had taken hold after Dublin 70.3 last year. We had a […]

Photo of Michaela and Yvonne at Pulse Junior Duathlon 2017.

Carlow Sprint Triathlon 2017 – Dee Needham

A Tribute to Michaela Gonda So race season 2017 is underway, and after doing reasonably well in my age category during my first season last Summer, I decided I would give the National Series a shot this year. Unfortunately, it didn’t get off to a great start in the North Tipp Sprint in mid April, […]

Photo of Michaela and Yvonne at Pulse Junior Duathlon 2017.

Michaela Gonda

Words seem inadequate to express the sadness we feel on the loss of Michaela Gonda, a junior member of our Club and the beloved daughter of Mike and Yvonne. Michaela loved being a member of Pulse Triathlon Club, and she will remain in our hearts forever – ar dheis Dé go raibh a h-anam.   […]

Ironman Texas 2017 – Ian Farrell

A quick catch up of the previous month’s training prior to race day. I upped Swimming and running a little bit, added in a bit of threshold run work and maintained my Strength and Conditioning program throughout. Swimming was going well, biking was strong with a 20km PB on power and time at the Pulse […]