Tinahely Duathlon

trinib

Hi,

Does anybody know the route for the Tinahely duathlon on the 1st of May? It will be my first duathlon so would like to know what I'm letting myself in for.

Slogger Jogger

Tinahely.ie says its a 3k run, 20k cycle, 3k run. No route posted but I reckon the run would be on the railway way (could be wrong)... A Tinahely Shillelagh out and back would probably be 20k?

griffin100

Some of the tinahely lads were at our club tri recently but weren't too sure of the route. I'd give them a call or a mail.

Tinahely to Shillelagh would be a tough enough bike me thinks.

trinib

Great, thanks for that.

Slogger Jogger

griffin100 wrote: »

Some of the tinahely lads were at our club tri recently but weren't too sure of the route. I'd give them a call or a mail.

Tinahely to Shillelagh would be a tough enough bike me thinks.

They could always to an MTB version and use the Wicklow way. Now that would be tough.:)

tin.tri

Hi Trinib,

The transition area is at the Railway Walk carpark. The run route is an out and back on the new Tougher Walk extension of the railway walk, its 2.8km long. The surface is all gravel, and is pretty flat throughout.

The bike route is then from the carpark take a right and left into Tinahely village and on to Shilellagh, keeping left for Coollattin and then back in to the Railway carpark. Its 19.9km in total.

We will have full details & maps for the routes on www.tinahelytriclub.com very very soon. If you need anymore details mail us on tinahelytriclub@gmail.com

Hope to see you there!

Slogger Jogger

Sounds good. I've ran and cycled that before. Its a date clash for me I'm afraid. That day I'll probably be spectating at a mountain race on Mweelrea unless by some miracle I'm fit to run it.

tin.tri wrote: »

Hi Trinib,

The transition area is at the Railway Walk carpark. The run route is an out and back on the new Tougher Walk extension of the railway walk, its 2.8km long. The surface is all gravel, and is pretty flat throughout.

The bike route is then from the carpark take a right and left into Tinahely village and on to Shilellagh, keeping left for Coollattin and then back in to the Railway carpark. Its 19.9km in total.

We will have full details & maps for the routes on www.tinahelytriclub.com very very soon. If you need anymore details mail us on tinahelytriclub@gmail.com

Hope to see you there!

donothoponpop

Fair play to you for organizing a local duathlon, best of luck with it!

tin.tri wrote: »

Hi Trinib,

The transition area is at the Railway Walk carpark. The run route is an out and back on the new Tougher Walk extension of the railway walk, its 2.8km long. The surface is all gravel, and is pretty flat throughout.

Is this not a bit tight for an out-and-back race? Very narrow most of the way (being two abreast).

trinib

Thanks a mil, lookin forward to it

nmblinkers

Hi Guys,

As far as I know the races can be started in 2 phases if the width of the running course is going to be a problem..This will enable the field to be spread out a little before entering the narrow areas. Also for the person that mentioned that the cycle route might be tough I have to say that while there are parts that will test you a bit but overall it;s a relatively easy cycle. Good luck to all and see you there...............

donothoponpop wrote: »

Fair play to you for organizing a local duathlon, best of luck with it!



Is this not a bit tight for an out-and-back race? Very narrow most of the way (being two abreast).

trinib

Well done today lads a great event. Very well marshalled along the whole way. Roll on next year..... Any word on when times will be up on web?