TriAthy 2013

elvis jones · 23-09-2012 10:22pm #1

Well guys it opens tomorrow and here is a sneaky code for 10% off...........don't know hoe long it lasts but its something !

GATHER4TRIATHY

miller82 · 24-09-2012 10:24am

dont have the moo for it yet, but will be signing up for the double. It'll be my last race before IM Austria den den den

RacoonQueen · 25-09-2012 9:37am

Considering the double but also considering Tri and Mhi in May so the two might be a bit close together. Maybe the olympic, was a pain in the foot going down on Sunday for the sprint when most people were there the day before this year.

elvis jones · 25-09-2012 9:54am

I won't get to race Athy ( ever ) so its Tri an Mhi for me !

miller82 · 25-09-2012 10:00am

going to fit Tri an Mhi in as well. how far apart are they (too lazy to look it up) ?

elvis jones · 25-09-2012 10:01am

miller82 wrote: »

going to fit Tri an Mhi in as well. how far apart are they (too lazy to look it up) ?

Roughly 3 weeks.

RacoonQueen · 28-09-2012 9:42am

The 50% deposit thing makes entering now very tempting

sconhome · 28-09-2012 10:23am

RacoonQueen wrote: »

The 50% deposit thing makes entering now very tempting

Almost too easy to commit..

Finger was hovering over the submit button for a while. Haven't pulled the trigger yet.

tunney · 28-09-2012 11:06am

Going to wait for the TI calendar before committing to anything. Are dates final before that is out? (Rhetorical question)

couerdelion · 28-09-2012 12:41pm

Going to wait to find out which one (if either) are part of the NS.

Oryx · 28-09-2012 1:12pm

Not on my 2013 calendar, it doesnt fit in with other commitments. Which is a pity. I like the race.

Claude Harmon · 28-09-2012 1:26pm

Whats the swim like? Is the river fast moving or deep?
Thanks

couerdelion · 28-09-2012 1:33pm

Claude Harmon wrote: »

Whats the swim like? Is the river fast moving or deep?
Thanks

No, there's a bit of a current but nothing too bad (last two years) If you are reasonably tall you could probably wade nearly all the swim.

Oryx · 28-09-2012 1:44pm

couerdelion wrote: »

No, there's a bit of a current but nothing too bad (last two years) If you are reasonably tall you could probably wade nearly all the swim.

Which some have done, I believe.

Claude Harmon · 28-09-2012 2:47pm

couerdelion wrote: »

No, there's a bit of a current but nothing too bad (last two years) If you are reasonably tall you could probably wade nearly all the swim.

Happy days, no need to learn to swim now

Brick Session · 28-09-2012 7:11pm

What if any changes are to take place based on the suggestions and feedback of the competitors regarding the route and Transition security? Maybe it is too early to say yet?

Also, is it just me but €55 without the T-shirt for an Olympic race and a half dozen eggs in these hard times :eek:

elvis jones · 29-09-2012 2:32pm

Brick Session wrote: »

What if any changes are to take place based on the suggestions and feedback of the competitors regarding the route and Transition security? Maybe it is too early to say yet?

Also, is it just me but €55 without the T-shirt for an Olympic race and a half dozen eggs in these hard times :eek:

A big portion goes on closing the roads, very few races do it because of the costs involved. I'm not standing up for the price just trying to show one of the reasons for it.

mak78 · 25-01-2013 10:34am

anyone know what the race weekend schedule is likely to be for 2013? The TI calendar list all races as being on the saturday - wasn't the Sprint on the sunday last year? Also, whats the story if your race is later in the day - do you still have to get your stuff into transition early and then have lots of hanging around until your start ....?

elvis jones · 25-01-2013 10:50am

mak78 wrote: »

anyone know what the race weekend schedule is likely to be for 2013? The TI calendar list all races as being on the saturday - wasn't the Sprint on the sunday last year? Also, whats the story if your race is later in the day - do you still have to get your stuff into transition early and then have lots of hanging around until your start ....?

Everything is on the Sat this year.

Double Oly and Oly will be in the morning and Sprint and Try a Tri in the afternoon. If your racing in the afternoon you'll have to be there in the afternoon !

dario28 · 30-01-2013 11:01am

Did this sell out last year - Id like to do the Olympic but cant commit until nearer the date

ray o · 30-01-2013 1:20pm

I don't think it sold out last year but might be different this year as the Olympic is the only National Series race that weekend. The Sprint is not a NS race.

mossym · 04-02-2013 10:35am

right, registration done. will be my first triathlon. I haven't been swimming in the last 3 months (prioritized other stuff, MBA, running, Cycling, but a strong swimmer so should be okay) or running in the last month (toe injury, xray tomorrow morning to see if it is stress fracture or tendinitis) , so this should bring a bit more focus to training. Went for the sprint for my first, so even with a crocked foot i should be able to run that

Runner2012 · 07-05-2013 7:03am

Does anyone have contact details for the organisers? The website query form doesn't seem to be working. I have tried emailing twice but no response...

adamski8 · 07-05-2013 7:32am

Runner2012 wrote: »

Does anyone have contact details for the organisers? The website query form doesn't seem to be working. I have tried emailing twice but no response...

same here, but they responed through fb to me

littlemsfickle · 07-05-2013 1:52pm

adamski8 wrote: »

same here, but they responed through fb to me

+ 1. Sent 3 emails and tried calling but it was engaged....poor form.

boodiebhoy · 08-05-2013 11:23pm

Doing the sprint as first ever tri, thought the swim was all down river but heard otherwise now, can anyone confirm that please ?

RacoonQueen · 09-05-2013 7:13am

boodiebhoy wrote: »

Doing the sprint as first ever tri, thought the swim was all down river but heard otherwise now, can anyone confirm that please ?

About 150 upstream the rest downstream

Oryx · 09-05-2013 7:29am

The flow is not strong. You'll be fine.

TheFatMan · 09-05-2013 8:24pm

boodiebhoy wrote: »

Doing the sprint as first ever tri, thought the swim was all down river but heard otherwise now, can anyone confirm that please ?

Flow is strong enough in the centre of river but slower at edge just out from reeds. Cross over as you turn at buoy and then swim down stream in centre did the sprint distance in 17 mins with breast stroke this way last year.

boodiebhoy · 09-05-2013 9:11pm

TheFatMan wrote: »

Flow is strong enough in the centre of river but slower at edge just out from reeds. Cross over as you turn at buoy and then swim down stream in centre did the sprint distance in 17 mins with breast stroke this way last year.

Thanks for the tip, I will be mixing a bit between FC and BS

elvis jones · 10-05-2013 7:31am

Olympic is all but sold out, a few places left in the sprint and the try.

I know the race director has just gone beyond being up to his eye balls and will reply to any question as he gets them ( as in date order ) but May is a very very very busy month for him !

Once again i'll be there on the day talking rubbish on the mic.

altercor · 10-05-2013 1:47pm

Any idea what the bike surface/gradient is like? Is the course as fast as they make it out to be? I certainly hope so!

Signed up for the double oly.. Last prep race before IM Zurich late July (my first) :eek:

tunney · 10-05-2013 1:50pm

altercor wrote: »

Any idea what the bike surface/gradient is like? Is the course as fast as they make it out to be? I certainly hope so!

Signed up for the double oly.. Last prep race before IM Zurich late July (my first) :eek:

When the original organiser came up with the idea for "Ireland's fastest Olympic distance" this was a euphemism for "shortest".

Its not that fast but the bike course is nice and mostly flat. Surface is typically Irish. Its fine./

altercor · 10-05-2013 2:21pm

Shortest? So... How shortest?

Great stuff. Really looking forward to it. Dreading the swim a bit but sure what doesn't kill you will only horribly or debilitatingly injure you.. ahem..

tunney · 10-05-2013 2:22pm

altercor wrote: »

Shortest? So... How shortest?

Great stuff. Really looking forward to it. Dreading the swim a bit but sure what doesn't kill you will only horribly or debilitatingly injure you.. ahem..

Its not now as far as I know.

Runner2012 · 14-05-2013 9:00pm

Anyone have any luck in getting a response from the organisers? Several unanswered emails at this stage.

RacoonQueen · 14-05-2013 9:04pm

Runner2012 wrote: »

Anyone have any luck in getting a response from the organisers? Several unanswered emails at this stage.

What are you trying to contact them about?

boodiebhoy · 14-05-2013 10:18pm

Runner2012 wrote: »

Anyone have any luck in getting a response from the organisers? Several unanswered emails at this stage.

They answered my Facebook message tonight.

altercor · 15-05-2013 3:48pm

I'm intrigued. What are we contacting them about?

Surely not another potential swim cancellation possibility?!!!

:D

Really looking forward to this one now. Long long swim for me (Double Oly) but if I don't drown, a great confidence boost!

Too much to ask for some nice weather??!

tunney · 15-05-2013 3:55pm

AFAIK some of the organisers are out of the country at the minute.

RacoonQueen · 15-05-2013 7:28pm

Elvis any ideas of the entries left? Thinking of Olympic/Double(very expensive :eek:)

What's the bike like on the Double folks? Is it two laps of the Olympic? Is it boring?

3K OW may very well kill me but sure I might give it a whack...

Oryx · 15-05-2013 8:28pm

RacoonQueen wrote: »

Elvis any ideas of the entries left? Thinking of Olympic/Double(very expensive :eek:)

What's the bike like on the Double folks? Is it two laps of the Olympic? Is it boring?

3K OW may very well kill me but sure I might give it a whack...

Youre well able for that swim. Bike is 2 laps, its ok. Couple of 180 degree turns. Boring? Just the usual country roads.

elvis jones · 16-05-2013 7:57am

RacoonQueen wrote: »

Elvis any ideas of the entries left? Thinking of Olympic/Double(very expensive :eek:)

What's the bike like on the Double folks? Is it two laps of the Olympic? Is it boring?

3K OW may very well kill me but sure I might give it a whack...

Olympic is all but sold out i believe, double i don't know and about 80 places left between sprint & tri !

Runner2012 · 16-05-2013 9:01pm

I need to contact them re changing my entry from oly to sprint. Do we reckon this will be problematic?

elvis jones · 16-05-2013 9:02pm

Runner2012 wrote: »

I need to contact them re changing my entry from oly to sprint. Do we reckon this will be problematic?

No, there's just a major backlog as there is every year with people contacting them.

Runner2012 · 16-05-2013 9:11pm

Thanks for the heads up! Didn't get a sprint in this year yet with swim in valentia being cancelled, and don't fancy diving straight into oly distance!

adamski8 · 16-05-2013 10:46pm

elvis jones wrote: »

No, there's just a major backlog as there is every year with people contacting them.

Tbh they have been super slow replying to people. Every event has there multiple emails about this and that but its clear athy has taken the biscuit witb getting back to people.

elvis jones · 17-05-2013 9:23am

adamski8 wrote: »

Tbh they have been super slow replying to people. Every event has there multiple emails about this and that but its clear athy has taken the biscuit witb getting back to people.

Thats nice. But it has nothing to do with me. I'm just passing on info.

Unregistered. · 17-05-2013 1:18pm

elvis jones wrote: »

Thats nice. But it has nothing to do with me. I'm just passing on info.

Hi Elvis, any chance you could pass on the following?

On the outline schedule, it doesn't say transition opening/closing times. Only resgistration times. Could you ask for it to be added to the outline as it would be helpful for those registering the day before.

http://my.triathy.ie/index.php/triathy-news-2013/199-outline-triathy-2013-schedule

RacoonQueen · 17-05-2013 1:35pm

Unregistered. wrote: »

Hi Elvis, any chance you could pass on the following?

On the outline schedule, it doesn't say transition opening/closing times. Only resgistration times. Could you ask for it to be added to the outline as it would be helpful for those registering the day before.

http://my.triathy.ie/index.php/triathy-news-2013/199-outline-triathy-2013-schedule

I'm sure that'll be in the race briefing.

elvis jones · 17-05-2013 1:37pm

Unregistered. wrote: »

Hi Elvis, any chance you could pass on the following?

On the outline schedule, it doesn't say transition opening/closing times. Only resgistration times. Could you ask for it to be added to the outline as it would be helpful for those registering the day before.

http://my.triathy.ie/index.php/triathy-news-2013/199-outline-triathy-2013-schedule

As said below it will be in the race briefing, i believe it will open 1st for Double Oly and then for Oly.

Afternoon will be for Sprint & Try.

As the set up had changed this year i can't give out last yrs info. I do know i'll be prob on site from 05:30 to 21:00:o

TriAthy 2013

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