Weekly Update

That is officially a wrap for the 2017 season…..topped off by a choppy but successful End of Year swim and AGM. Thanks to everyone who attended the swim and for the input during the AGM. We will post an update on the main points from the meeting in due course and will get working on these for the coming season.

For now it is time to take a well earned break. There will be unofficial sessions ongoing during the month of September so keep an eye on the Viber group for this.

The 2 morning swims will continue and the Masters swimming resumes this week and as mentioned at the AGM we would encourage members to attend these swim sessions and get involved with the club.

We will return for Winter training in October and will put up the new training timetable when we have it finalised!

In the meantime if you are bored for an event you can take a look at the flier below for the “Trip to Tipp” charity event at the start of next month.

Have a good week out there!

Weekly Update

The final week of the current training season is here and will be topped off by a few events at the weekend. Try a tri 2 took place over the weekend down at the leisure centre was very well received. We hope that a number of ye will be able to attend the final events this weekend before we take an official break in preparation for next years season!!!!

Saturday 9th September: Tri Leader Course

Tri Leader Course: starts at 9am in Nenagh Abbey Court hotel

To date we have 1 confirmed club member who is willing to attend this one day session for the club that was specifically organised in town so that no travelling time was needed. As a club with both Senior and Junior elements and a small membership pool it is important that we have a number of members who have this qualification to cover the club for Indemnity and insurance purposes.

If there is anyone else who is available to take part on this could you let a member of the committee know as soon as possible so that this course will be able to go ahead.

More information can be found on the TI link below:

http://www.triathlonireland.com/Events/Events-Calendar-Non-Race-/TRI-Leader-Course-Tipperary.html

Saturday 2nd September: Try a tri 2

Around 40 people were up bright and early on Saturday morning for the second Try a tri offering. Weather conditions were almost ideal, apart from a bit of a headwind on the way out on the bike but no complaints were made on that one! Well done to all who took part and overall the event was very well received. As ever this event could not have taken place without the help of the few club members who were available on the day to marshal and help with the smooth running of the event. The “try a tri” format is an essential element for development of both the junior and senior clubs and is a starting point for many potential members so we thank all who were able to make this event possible and will again be looking to arrange similar events in the future.

Saturday 9th September: End of Year Swim

End of Year Swim: starts at 5:30 in Youghal.

We are expecting around 10-15 swimmers at this +/- IronMan Barcelona candidates?? As ever there are 2 swimming options with the overall finish at Garrykennedy. There will be people there in cars to drop your gear over to Garrykennedy. All you have to do is swim over, jump in the shower, get changed and back .

If anyone is not intending taking part in the swim but is willing to help out we have a spare kayak that requires a Kayak Captain to provide cover for the swimmers…..let a committee member know and come down and join in with us.

Saturday 9th September: Triathlon Club AGM

End of Year AGM: starts at 8pm: venue Una Powells

Following the swim we will be having our annual AGM. This year we will be having the AGM back in town in Una Powells in order to make it easier for members not taking part in the swim to attend.

We would hope that as many members as possible can attend this event as there have been a number of developments within the club over the past year and as ever we would like as many members as possible to come and play a role in the determining the aims and objectives of the club for the upcoming year. This is a pretty informal meeting and will not take too long but it is important that if you are free that you attend.

The club is more than just the committee and at committee level we would like to get the views and opinions of as many members as possible on further club development for the 2018 season.

In Triathlon terms we are a small club and so rely more heavily than other clubs on our members having an active role within the club so leaving the running of the club to the few on the committee is not a long-term viable option for us so we hope that the club will support this meeting! And as ever if you wish to have a more formal role within the club at committee level we are sure we can find something for you!!!!

As with our previous AGMs following the meeting there will be some food and a few drinks on offer for anyone interested…..another good reason to attend!!!!!

Any suggestions or issues that you may want to discuss regarding the club at this meeting then just let a member of the committee know. 

Weekly training

Swimming sessions: 2 morning sessions this week and in the run-up to the end of year swim we will be focusing on increasing distance swims.

Shorter versions for the novice lane will be supplied on the morning and will cover 1-1.5k.

Running sessions: 2 The hill running sessions continue on Monday evenings meeting at Coum at 6.30pm and covering 8-10k.

The full weekly schedule:

 Have a good week out there!

Try a tri 2 – The Results

Hello All Try a tri doers!!

Weekly Update

Only 2 weeks left in the official season before we all can take a well deserved break….apart from the Barcelona crew…….We know that we have not being going mad with the reports on the actions and feats of our members over the last 2 months but this is something we will rectify in the final reports of the year never fear!!!!!

Again a reminder about the forthcoming events over the next few weeks so if you are free to help out, attend or take part in any or all then please do……ask not what your triathlon club can do for you but what you can do for your triathlon club and all that!!!!!

Saturday 2nd September: Try a tri 2

Try a tri 2: starts at 9am in Nenagh Leisure Centre

For our novice and junior members we will be running “Try a tri 2”. This will be starting at Nenagh Leisure centre at 9am and is free to enter for anyone who wishes to take part.

For those who took part in the “try a tri” event in June an application form was included with the pack and this can be dropped to the Leisure centre or to any committee member.

If you do not have an application form all you need to do is send on the relevant details (Name; Address; DOB; Mobile; Estimated swim time for 250m) and send this on the our email at nenaghtriathlonclub@gmail.com

As ever we will need the help of a few marshals on the day to help with the Juniors on the course and for traffic etc. so if anyone is free for about 90min on Saturday morning to help out it would be really appreciated and you can let a member of the committee know or put your name on the Viber group.

Saturday 9th September: Tri Leader Course

Tri Leader Course: starts at 9am in Nenagh Abbey Court hotel

As part of the ongoing club development the club have been awarded a Coaching and development grant from Tipperary Sports Partnership and this has been allocated in order to provide a Tri Leader course that will be held in Nenagh. The TRI Leader course is the first step on the TI coaching ladder but it is also aimed at those who help out at sessions and events. At the moment the club have very few members with sufficient qualifications to organise sessions and so this course is vital for the development of both the club and Junior club.

This qualification is the first step in the process of becoming a qualified triathlon coach (to date the club only has one TI qualified coach) and is required for those helping running the club in general.

The cost of the course is covered and it is all undertaken in one day, so with it on our own doorstep we would hope that a number of members  will take the opportunity to attend and help further club development (we are hoping a minimum 6-8 will come or the course will not be able to go ahead).

More information can be found on the TI link below and just let a member of the committee know if you can attend.

http://www.triathlonireland.com/Events/Events-Calendar-Non-Race-/TRI-Leader-Course-Tipperary.html

Saturday 9th September: End of Year Swim

End of Year Swim: starts at 5:30 in Youghal.

We are expecting around 10-15 swimmers at this +/- IronMan Barcelona candidates?? As ever there are 2 swimming options with the overall finish at Garrykennedy. There will be people there in cars to drop your gear over to Garrykennedy. All you have to do is swim over, jump in the shower, get changed and head into the pub for pints.

If someone has a kayak or boat available on the day to provide cover for the swimmers then let a committee member know and come down and join in with us.

Saturday 9th September: Triathlon Club AGM

End of Year AGM: starts at 8pm: venue TBC

Following the swim we will be having our annual AGM and will get back when we have confirmed a venue for this. We would hope that as many members as possible can attend this event as there have been a number of developments within the club over the past year and as ever we would like as many members as possible to come and play a role in the determining the aims and objectives of the club for the upcoming year. This is a pretty informal meeting and will not take too long but it is important that if you are free that you attend.

The club is more than just the committee and at committee level we would like to get the views and opinions of as many members as possible on further club development for the 2018 season.

In Triathlon terms we are a small club and so rely more heavily than other clubs on our members having an active role within the club so leaving the running of the club to the few on the committee is not a long-term viable option for us so we hope that the club will support this meeting! And as ever if you wish to have a more formal role within the club at committee level we are sure we can find something for you!!!!

As with our previous AGMs following the meeting there will be some food and a few drinks on offer for anyone interested…..another good reason to attend!!!!!

Any suggestions or issues that you may want to discuss regarding the club at this meeting then just let a member of the committee know. 

Weekly training

Swimming sessions: 2 morning sessions this week and in the run-up to the end of year swim we will be focusing on increasing distance swims.

Shorter versions for the novice lane will be supplied on the morning and will cover 1-1.5k.

Running sessions: 2 The hill running sessions continue on Monday evenings meeting at Coum at 6.30pm and covering 8-10k.

The full weekly schedule:

 Have a good week out there!

It is that time of year when we begin to pack up shop and take a few well earned weeks rest before starting up again for next season. As ever we will mark this with our AGM and the infamous end of year swim. In addition, again for our junior and novice members we will be running “Try a tri 2” and details on all these can be found below.

Saturday 2nd September: Try a tri 2

Try a tri 2: starts at 9am in Nenagh Leisure Centre

For our novice and junior members we will be running “Try a tri 2”. This will be starting at Nenagh Leisure centre at 9am and is free to enter for anyone who wishes to take part.

For those who took part in the “try a tri” event in June an application form was included with the pack and this can be dropped to the Leisure centre or to any committee member.

If you do not have an application form all you need to do is send on the relevant details (Name; Address; DOB; Mobile; Estimated swim time for 250m) and send this on the our email at info@nenaghtriathlonclub.com.

As ever we will need the help of a few marshals on the day to help with the Juniors on the course and for traffic etc. so if anyone is free for about 90min on Saturday morning to help out it would be really appreciated and you can let a member of the committee know or put your name on the Viber group.

Saturday 9th September: Tri Leader Course

Tri Leader Course: starts at 9am in Nenagh Abbey Court hotel

As part of the ongoing club development the club have been awarded a Coaching and development grant from Tipperary Sports Partnership and this has been allocated in order to provide a Tri Leader course that will be held in Nenagh. The TRI Leader course is the first step on the TI coaching ladder but it is also aimed at those who help out at sessions and events. At the moment the club have very few members with sufficient qualifications to organise sessions and so this course is vital for the development of both the club and Junior club.

This qualification is the first step in the process of becoming a qualified triathlon coach (to date the club only has one TI qualified coach) and is required for those helping running the club in general.

The cost of the course is covered and it is all undertaken in one day, so with it on our own doorstep we would hope that a number of members  will take the opportunity to attend and help further club development (we are hoping a minimum 6-8 will come or the course will not be able to go ahead).

More information can be found on the TI link below and just let a member of the committee know if you can attend.

http://www.triathlonireland.com/Events/Events-Calendar-Non-Race-/TRI-Leader-Course-Tipperary.html

Saturday 9th September: End of Year Swim

End of Year Swim: starts at 5:30 in Youghal.

We are expecting around 10-15 swimmers at this +/- IronMan Barcelona candidates?? As ever there are 2 swimming options with the overall finish at Garrykennedy. There will be people there in cars to drop your gear over to Garrykennedy. All you have to do is swim over, jump in the shower, get changed and head into the pub for pints.

If someone has a kayak or boat available on the day to provide cover for the swimmers then let a committee member know and come down and join in with us.

Saturday 9th September: Triathlon Club AGM

End of Year AGM: starts at 8pm: venue TBC

Following the swim we will be having our annual AGM and will get back when we have confirmed a venue for this. We would hope that as many members as possible can attend this event as there have been a number of developments within the club over the past year and as ever we would like as many members as possible to come and play a role in the determining the aims and objectives of the club for the upcoming year. This is a pretty informal meeting and will not take too long but it is important that if you are free that you attend.

The club is more than just the committee and at committee level we would like to get the views and opinions of as many members as possible on further club development for the 2018 season.

In Triathlon terms we are a small club and so rely more heavily than other clubs on our members having an active role within the club so leaving the running of the club to the few on the committee is not a long-term viable option for us so we hope that the club will support this meeting! And as ever if you wish to have a more formal role within the club at committee level we are sure we can find something for you!!!!

As with our previous AGMs following the meeting there will be some food and a few drinks on offer for anyone interested…..another good reason to attend!!!!!

Any suggestions or issues that you may want to discuss regarding the club at this meeting then just let a member of the committee know. 

Weekly Update

The official sessions are beginning to tail off and a well deserved break is now well on the horizon!!

Weekly training

Swimming sessions: 2 morning sessions this week.  Tuesday morning will be a technique set while Thursday is a high intensity short interval set.

Shorter versions for the novice lane will be supplied on the morning and will cover 1-1.5k.

Running sessions: 2 The hill running sessions continue on Monday evenings meeting at Coum at 6.30pm and covering 8-10k.

The full weekly schedule:

 Have a good week out there!

This will be the final Nenagh CC post on the Nenagh Triathlon Club website. It has been great while it lasted but we have been asked to move on to pastures new so that’s just what we did. We have built a brand new Nenagh CC branded website, so if you want to keep up to date with what is happening with our cycling club then pop over to the URL shown below.

On a more personal note……… between the old website and the current Nenagh Triathlon Club website I have written close on 1600 updates spanning over 10 years. I have enjoyed my time doing this and like to think that I have led the way in how club websites can communicate with members (club websites weren’t always like this especially back in 2007 when very few clubs had a website and Facebook wasn’t an option). I always put in the effort to make each update readable and entertaining and made sure to highlight the many achievements of our club members over the years. It takes up an extraordinary amount of time for very little appreciation. I think the struggles of the current triathlon committee with the website reflect how tough a job it is. I will continue writing for the Nenagh CC website but my time on this website has come to an end.

Seeing thousands of people reading our race blogs and reports was always the payback. Having some random guy coming up and saying they enjoy reading the website, even though they have nothing to do with the club, was always cool. Giving everyone in the club their few minutes of fame in a race report was rewarding too as well as watching the club expand from nothing to something.

All good things come to and end and we wish the Tri Club all the best in the future.

Word of advice in the future: you need to give people a reason to read a website.

Keep up to date with Nenagh CC @ http://www.nenaghcc.com/

Just two weeks left of official club training before we take our end of season break. We hope everyone can try to make themselves available to attend the End of Year Cycle on Saturday week – details of that are below. This week we hope to have a brand new club website going live. We are just in the process of making it all pretty at the moment (takes a lot of photoshopping with yere ugly mugs!). Will Killackey was the only one in racing action over the weekend and he almost got up into the points in Navan. This coming week is also a big one for two club members who are heading to Ironman Copenhagen. Best of luck to both lads in Denmark.

Training

• Tuesday: club cycle at 6:30 from Stereame
• Thursday: club cycle at 6:30 from Stereame
• Saturday: club cycle at 9:00 from the hotel
  • Racing – Wexford 2 Day – Big 2 days for Will Rymer – no excuses!
• Sunday: club cycle at 8:00 from Tescos
  • Racing: Club Rothaíochta Classic, Shannon – separate A3 and A4 races.

Late training updates – are posted to our Nenagh CC Facebook

End of Year Cycle

Date: Saturday, August 26th

Meet: at the Abbey Court Hotel at 8:00

Route: we are going to finish the year with what has become the classic Nenagh CC training route – the Lake. This route has traditionally been where all the hard effort has been put in on the bike that has brought us quite a bit of success in a few short years. We will only be taking it handy on this spin though; nobody will be left behind so come out and try it with us. One group will be heading home early via Killaloe while another will head for a few extra miles over to Daly’s Cross – building up a thirst for the Club Night Out!

Coffee Stop: the food is on us! As a thank you from the club for all the effort put in throughout the year we will be picking up the bill at the foodstop in Tuamgraney.

Also that evening – we have our Club AGM and Club Night Out. We will give further details of this next week.

Thinking of joining the club?

Tip: Use the next 6 weeks to get yourself up to speed. Build up the distance and speed you travel gradually each week and come join us when we return to action in October. It will be much easier for you if you have a little ground work done first. It will also make you more confident and with that, more likely to succeed.

Club Website

Check back during the week to see our brand new website. It will focused specifically on Nenagh CC activities and branded as such. It has been great to be part of the Nenagh Triathlon Club website for the last 3 years but I think we are grown up enough now to go it alone, we have no doubt outstayed our welcome. I blame Kenneth who turned the place into a pigsty.

Weekend Racing

Will Killackey raced up in Navan on Saturday and Sunday. It’s great to see such enthusiasm and he was almost rewarded for his efforts. The weekend didn’t get off to a great start with a puncture on Saturday forcing him to retire from the race early. On Sunday things went much better. Here is how Will thought it went “Had a good race, legs felt good, sat about half way back for first few laps and moved up front for the last lap, was in the front 4 or 5 bikes for the last few km, was well positioned, sprint came early and found myself with no wheel in front of me for last 500m, rolled in about 11th…very disappointed” So close, yet so far. The big result is only around the corner though so keep plugging away. You could yet be promoted before the season is over!

Tri Tyrone Half Ironman: Also, a belated well done to club member Eoin Buckley on completing the Tri Tyrone Half Ironman race. Eoin has improved hugely over the last few years and finished well up in the results. He looks quite relieved to be crossing the finish line!

Weekly Update

The official sessions are beginning to tail off and a well deserved break is now well on the horizon!!

Weekly training

Swimming sessions: 2 morning sessions this week.  Tuesday morning will be a distance swim while Thursday is a short interval set.

Shorter versions for the novice lane will be supplied on the morning and will cover 1-1.5k.

Running sessions: 2 The hill running sessions continue on Monday evenings meeting at Coum at 6.30pm and covering 8-10k.

The full weekly schedule:

 Have a good week out there!

The weather looks pretty decent for this weekend so we hope to see everyone back out and about on their bikes. There isn’t too much on in relation to racing this weekend with no Munster race on the calendar. Navan seems to be the place to go on Saturday and Sunday if you want to win some points. The usual Saturday and Sunday cycles will be on in Nenagh but we will change the route for Sunday and head for Tipperary Town instead.

Gear Payment: club members can give the gear payment to either Kenneth or Shane on Saturday or Sunday.

Saturday Spin: meet at 9:00 at the hotel.

Route: we will be doing the Broadford route. Split will occur in Birdhill. Racing group will go up the ramp. Both groups will go towards Daly’s Cross before turning for O’Brien’s Bridge.

Sunday Spin: meet at 7:00 at Tescos.

Route: we will mix it up a little bit this week and head for Tipp town instead. It’s a bit longer than usual so we will hit the road at 7:00am. The groups will split after about 40km and meet up again at the coffee stop.