By admin on 03/09/2005

The alarm went off at 4:45 and as Jo and I looked at each other, the nervous giggles started. We went out onto our spectacular balcony which overlooked the harbour to check the weather conditions... nope, no chance of a freak storm forcing them to cancel the race. Breakfast was a sombre event with the main discussion revolving around how we could manage to take on as much fluid as we would need without having to stop for a comfort break every 30 mins. "Dropping the kids off at the pool" and "making space" all new expressions we used as the nerves built up. You gotta love triathlon... all social graces and boundaries go out the window! We thought we'd be the only people in wetsuits but turns out these ironmen aren't as hard as they appear because most had them on. The start consisted of all 1,100 competitors starting on the beach together en masse and charging 300m to the first buoy. There were scuba divers underneath us clapping us on and taking action photos which was an interesting spot for spectators to choose....

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By admin on 03/09/2005

They came, they raced and they looted the prizes! Ful-On Tri picked up seven prizes: Conan Gibney 2nd in age group; Emily Reynolds 4th lady and 3rd in age group; Elizabeth Fernando 5th lady and age group winner; Siobhan Brownlow age group winner; Heidi Page 2nd in age group; Katrina Crosse 2nd in age group - with 15 people in all competing. The weekend started in Dublin on Friday evening, with those of us staying at Trinity College in the centre of town heading to a great little Italian serving up quality food at a fair price (makes the place sound like Waitrose!). After getting all carb'd up we headed back to our rooms and went through the usual ritual of building bikes and preparing for the early start. For some this was the moment of truth, with David realising he'd forgotten his cycle shoes and various others fixing punctures late in the evening! Saturday morning started with a 20 minute cycle to the race venue from the centre of town, where we registered, got body marked and collected the world's most enormous...

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