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Where have all the triathletes gone?

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  • 12-08-2011 1:49pm
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    bryangiggsy
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    Doing tri's about 4 years now and one thing i have noticed is a number of top triathlets seem to disappear after a yr or two at the top.

    Are they still involved in the sport or do they just retire as life gets in the way of the training? Or are they injured? Or have they emigrated?

    Examples

    Liam Dunne
    Art McManusa
    Barbara O hanrahan
    Kierva Eva Mooney
    Brian Jenkins
    John caffrey

    Can you name any others?


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    mloc123
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    bryangiggsy wrote: »
    Art McManusa
    Barbara O hanrahan
    John caffrey

    Pretty sure I have seen them pop up in results this year..


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    tunney
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    bryangiggsy wrote: »
    Doing tri's about 4 years now and one thing i have noticed is a number of top triathlets seem to disappear after a yr or two at the top.

    Are they still involved in the sport or do they just retire as life gets in the way of the training? Or are they injured? Or have they emigrated?

    Examples

    Liam Dunne
    Art McManusa
    Barbara O hanrahan
    Kierva Eva Mooney
    Brian Jenkins
    John caffrey

    Can you name any others?

    All Belpark bar Jenkins.

    Met Jenkins in Frankfurt, he finished a bit ahead of me.

    Dunne smashed his ankle surfing a few years back. AFAIK Art is cycling only now.


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    mloc123
    Registered Users Posts: 9,454 ✭✭✭mloc123


    tunney wrote: »
    Dunne smashed his ankle surfing a few years back.

    Is that him finished?


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    tunney
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    mloc123 wrote: »
    Is that him finished?

    Dunno, not as close as we once were.


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    bryangiggsy
    Registered Users Posts: 1,553 ✭✭✭bryangiggsy


    tunney wrote: »
    Dunno, not as close as we once were.

    Is there ever going to be a book about the goings on in Belpark? Id pay to read it.

    My first duathlon at the end of 07 i witnessed the race director who was also racing verbally abuse one of your iron buddies. I thought to myself what a dic* . I still maintain that opinion about that same guy today.

    Am eagerly awaiting the book


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    cantswim
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    It'd be like the gospels I'd say... Lots of different versions of the same story ...


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    tunney
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    bryangiggsy wrote: »
    Doing tri's about 4 years now and one thing i have noticed is a number of top triathlets seem to disappear after a yr or two at the top.

    Are they still involved in the sport or do they just retire as life gets in the way of the training? Or are they injured? Or have they emigrated?

    Examples

    Liam Dunne
    Art McManusa
    Barbara O hanrahan
    Kierva Eva Mooney
    Brian Jenkins
    John caffrey

    Can you name any others?

    Mark Gill
    Brian Crinion
    Tom Kelly
    Ciaran Cassidy
    Colm Cassidy
    Peter Kerns
    Anna Franklin(twins living in Oz admittedly)
    Eanna McGrath
    Bobby Behan

    Lots more - those who stay in the sport are few and far between.


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    nomadic
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    tunney wrote: »

    Bobby Behan
    Good article in Triathlete Europe on him last month. Working for Specialised and doing a bit of MTB apparently.


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    clubcard
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    I think art took up road biking ....


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    snack_ie
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    The life span of most triathletes I think is very short - 4-5 years for a lot of people.

    For most people it can take up a huge amount of time - both training/racing/weekends away...

    I did my first race in 2006 and havn't done a race this year. Been thinking about hanging up my boots to presue other things I want to achieve.
    Triathlon isn't the only thing!
    I guess similar applies to most others.

    Even I don't know (or care) what happened with Belpark. **** happens.


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    mloc123
    Registered Users Posts: 9,454 ✭✭✭mloc123


    snack_ie wrote: »
    The life span of most triathletes I think is very short - 4-5 years for a lot of people.

    I'd imagine alot of people 'burn out' after a couple of years alright... seems pretty common in tri.


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    Genghis
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    The Bolgers
    Mark Dowling?


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    Genghis
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    (Side point) On reading the title, I thought it was in reference to Boards.ie ....


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    cantswim
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    tunney wrote: »
    Anna Franklin(twins living in Oz admittedly)

    Anna is back - has set up a pilates studio in Blackrock...


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    mloc123
    Registered Users Posts: 9,454 ✭✭✭mloc123


    Genghis wrote: »
    The Bolgers

    Again, seen them pop up in results this year.


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    Nwm2
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    bryangiggsy wrote: »
    Doing tri's about 4 years now and one thing i have noticed is a number of top triathlets seem to disappear after a yr or two at the top.

    Are they still involved in the sport or do they just retire as life gets in the way of the training? Or are they injured? Or have they emigrated?

    Examples

    Liam Dunne
    Art McManusa
    Barbara O hanrahan
    Kierva Eva Mooney
    Brian Jenkins
    John caffrey

    Can you name any others?

    Brian Jenkins is UK based now AFAIK, and is coaching. Won the open race at the Euro Duathlon champs in Limerick this year, crushing the dreams of newbies from far and wide.

    See www.gotri.ie, he has a link there.


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    Nwm2
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    tunney wrote: »
    Mark Gill
    Brian Crinion
    Tom Kelly
    Ciaran Cassidy
    Colm Cassidy
    Peter Kerns
    Anna Franklin(twins living in Oz admittedly)
    Eanna McGrath
    Bobby Behan

    Lots more - those who stay in the sport are few and far between.


    Is that Peter Kern of www.pb3coaching.com?


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    El Director
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    tunney wrote: »
    Mark Gill
    Brian Crinion
    Tom Kelly
    Ciaran Cassidy
    Colm Cassidy
    Peter Kerns
    Anna Franklin(twins living in Oz admittedly)
    Eanna McGrath
    Bobby Behan

    Eanna works in base2race now. He is happy out and never intends to race again and doesn't miss it one bit. When racing with a French team he had bad knee problems-they never bothered trying to get to the root of it, just kept injecting a pain killing/numbing solution into it to mask the problem.

    The Bolgers-racing in the UK this year I think.


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    interested
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    from the little I know - Anna Franklin is back in Ireland and starting to coach the 2011/2012 season.


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    airscotty
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    Mr Colin Bolger had a stress fracture so was'nt running. He'll be back in the game next season tho!


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    Dutchie
    Registered Users Posts: 364 ✭✭Dutchie


    bryangiggsy wrote: »
    Doing tri's about 4 years now and one thing i have noticed is a number of top triathlets seem to disappear after a yr or two at the top.

    Are they still involved in the sport or do they just retire as life gets in the way of the training? Or are they injured? Or have they emigrated?

    Examples

    Liam Dunne
    Art McManusa
    Barbara O hanrahan
    Kierva Eva Mooney
    Brian Jenkins
    John caffrey

    Can you name any others?

    John is concentrating on his cycling this year. I go for a spin with him most weekends, the little guy is forever trying to hang on to my wheel ;)


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    bryangiggsy
    Registered Users Posts: 1,553 ✭✭✭bryangiggsy


    Genghis wrote: »
    The Bolgers
    Mark Dowling?

    The twins still racing although have not seen them in national series this yr

    Mark dowling....doing cycling now


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    clubcard
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    Mark Dowling doing very well cycling now.I think injury plays a large part in the sport due to the high volume.


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    #25
    kennyb3
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    Colm Cassidy another one flying on the bike!


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    #26
    dave04
    Registered Users Posts: 78 ✭✭dave04


    Interesting thread was only the other day wondering about Trevor Woods ??


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    insinkerator
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    ^Trevor woods won the Waterville Tri last week. Beat all the relay teams too!


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