Tri Laois 21/04/2012

elvis jones

Hi all,

Just to let you know that the date for Tri Laois has been changed from April 7 to Aptil 21. This has been done for club reasons.

Website will be updated soon and i will let you know when registration opens for it.

www.trilaois.ie

Here's a link to last years thread http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=69855488

If you have any question on the race post them here and i'll try to answer them as its my club race !

elvis jones

Entry is open !

https://www.triathlonireland-newserver.com/local-races.html

New site will go love later today. Hope i see a few faces at it !

jim_bob

I am getting an error on your homepage when i select enter the race

Page not found

The requested page "/Entry.html" could not be found.

elvis jones

Sorry the new site is being uploaded at the moment and whouldn't take too long !

elvis jones

All is up ans should be working fine now.

door handles

Hi,just need to know if each member of a relay team needs a triathlon ireland/one day licence?

elvis jones

Yes each member does need one for insurance reasons. You will be asked to produce tham at registration the morning of the race.

Any more questions just let me know.

airscotty

door handles & elvis jones - Only 1 member of the relay team needs an OLD or if 1 members of the team holds full/student/junior membership the whole team is also covered

Daz1214

must try and organise a day off for this, seems a nice race to get back into the swing of things

door handles

elvis jones wrote: »

Yes each member does need one for insurance reasons. You will be asked to produce tham at registration the morning of the race.

Any more questions just let me know.

Hi elvis jones,are you sure of this as airscotty says only one member needs to have one

griffin100

door handles wrote: »

Hi elvis jones,are you sure of this as airscotty says only one member needs to have one

Have a look at the FAQ section on the website, only one ODL is needed by a relay team but all the team members must register together.

This will be my 4th TriLaois in a row if I can move things around and do this. One of my favourite races. Good chance my 7 yo will do the junior race if her swim teacher says she can so the 100m comfortably.

elvis jones

griffin100 wrote: »

Have a look at the FAQ section on the website, only one ODL is needed by a relay team but all the team members must register together.

This will be my 4th TriLaois in a row if I can move things around and do this. One of my favourite races. Good chance my 7 yo will do the junior race if her swim teacher says she can so the 100m comfortably.

Hi,

My bad but i've contacted the race director and she says just one.


The race director has run lot of jr races and they are always lots of fun !

Adrock-aka

Cool. Myself and 5 friends have signed up!

shotgunmcos

Nenagh out for me now unfortunately so I may give this a whirl as my first tri of the year. Do entries usually sell out?

elvis jones

Ya the last 3 yrs have sold out.

griffin100

Aaagghhhh I'm out!! Its the same weekend my wife and oldest will be feckin swanning around Zurich so I'm babysitting for the weekend. I tried to persuade my daughter that her first tri in Portlaois would be a better option that a weekend in Switerland but no joy.

MCOS, I see a podium in your near future if you take this one on

shotgunmcos

I'm in for this. It will tick the 'do a sprint you haven't done before' box off my goal list this year

connundrum

Grrrrr. Waiting on my TI license to be renewed before I can sign up.

It has been days now

shotgunmcos

connundrum wrote: »

Grrrrr. Waiting on my TI license to be renewed before I can sign up.

It has been days now

Hey connundrum, I entered without my TI number as I am too waiting on the licence. I think the entry went through the TI website at some stage of the process so just fire away and check that you haven't been charged a one day rate etc... Reminds me that I must check my statement to ensure same

eoglyn

I entered this at the start of the week and didn't need/wasn't asked for my TI license number, which i had just received in the post, - i think you just have to present it on the day.

Anyway - i have to get cracking on the pool swimming now - i suppose learning how to do flip turns would be a bonus for this triathlon, i don't knbow what it is but i always end up sideways with them.

elvis jones

You'll need your ti membership with photo id on the day when registering.

I'll have to check but not all pool based tri allow tumble turns.

griffin100

Pretty sure TI banned tumble turns last year in pool tris but I could have imagined that......

elvis jones

I do believe your right. 1st I remember of it was at a jr event last yr.

eoglyn

well it would save me from learning how to do them properly, which is no bad thing but it would also slow things down - i suppose the logic must be that there is a lot more potential for collisions if the lanes are full of competitors?

clubwelly

Hey,don't mean to go off topic here and prob an obvious answers to these
I've only done open water tri's but not pool based tri's. How does the pool tri work? Do they put certain times on lanes or are swimmers assigned lanes?
Does it get messy at times with people passing each other out?

elvis jones

clubwelly wrote: »

Hey,don't mean to go off topic here and prob an obvious answers to these
I've only done open water tri's but not pool based tri's. How does the pool tri work? Do they put certain times on lanes or are swimmers assigned lanes?
Does it get messy at times with people passing each other out?

They normally put the slowest in first ( est swim time given when entering ) and go from there. Its 6 per lane and if you catch up with someone you tap them on the leg and they let you past at the end of the length

connundrum

Signed up today! Didn't cop that my renewal had been processed till now.

I put down 12 mins for the swim, so I'll see how we go

elvis jones

connundrum wrote: »

Signed up today! Didn't cop that my renewal had been processed till now.

I put down 12 mins for the swim, so I'll see how we go

You can e mail and change that, you'd be one of the last into the pool and pool swims are slower because of all the others in the lane with you.

connundrum

Fook, what are people putting down as the faster times? I'll time myself again tonight and see what I'm at.

elvis jones

Average seems 15 to 18 i believe.

eoglyn

I think i did something similar - i estimated 13 and a half minutes for the swim, this was based on similar times in the open water last year, actually a bit slower - i timed myself at lunchtime there and got just over 17 minutes for a 30 length set at a moderate intensity. I know i'll be a bit faster on the day but not by 3 and a half minutes, certainly not on a maximum of 2 swims a week

shotgunmcos

elvis jones wrote: »

, you'd be one of the last into the pool and pool swims are slower because of all the others in the lane with you.

What does this mean? You'd be one of the last into the pool? How many faster times than 12 minutes have you got?

elvis jones

shotgunmcos wrote: »

What does this mean? You'd be one of the last into the pool? How many faster times than 12 minutes have you got?

The faster your projected swim time the later wave you'll be in, i'm trying to find last years result to see the swim times.

The site has been changed so i'll ask this evening at out spinning class and report later !

eoglyn

i'm trying to find last years result to see the swim times

Previous year's results here:
http://www.irishtriathlon.com/index.php/2011/04/try-laois-pool-triathlon/

Its also got it in excel format on that page - which is handy for sorting the reults by swim times

elvis jones

eoglyn wrote: »

Previous year's results here:
http://www.irishtriathlon.com/index.php/2011/04/try-laois-pool-triathlon/

Its also got it in excel format on that page - which is handy for sorting the reults by swim times

I counted 7 people sub 12 min...........

elvis jones

We have over 100 entries so far and its filling fast so if your taking the plunge for your 1st tri this is ideal as over 50% of last years enteries where from 1st timers..............including me:D

phkk

Signed up for this last night, looking forward to it!

elvis jones

phkk wrote: »

Signed up for this last night, looking forward to it!

Great to hear !

Half the places are gone so if your interested get signed up !!!

I'll be the annoying one on the mic !

elvis jones

Only 25 places left, this will sell out so if your looking and still haven't signed up you should do so fast !!!!!

gorgo

All signed up.... TriLaois for my 1st triathlon...get in!

elvis jones

Just to let you all know, TriLaois is

sold out !

Bambaata

Flip! Meant to check on this!

elvis jones

Ala mcd with a concert 20 final places will go on salefingers crossed on Monday so if you've missed out keep an eye on www.trilaois.ie

ray o

I've been hoping this would happen. Would it be from 08:00 on Monday?

elvis jones

ray o wrote: »

I've been hoping this would happen. Would it be from 08:00 on Monday?

Not sure but info will appear !

elvis jones

As of 12:30 there are 15 places left.

elvis jones

Sold out.................again:p

elvis jones

Anyone racing don't forget your one day licence if you need it. They are availble on www.triathlonireland.com

elvis jones

Race briefing is now on the website

http://www.trilaois.ie/node/57

connundrum

I've a feeling I'll be taking this verrrrry slowwwwly.

Just about managed 5km on the treadmill last night.

I hope that P'Laoise will be a solid start to a decent season!

elvis jones

connundrum wrote: »

I've a feeling I'll be taking this verrrrry slowwwwly.

Just about managed 5km on the treadmill last night.

I hope that P'Laoise will be a solid start to a decent season!

Feck the treadmill, got out on the road !!!

Come over and say hello, i'll be the one making all the noise;)