[Event] King of Greystones Triathlon 2014

King of Greystones

Hey folks,

Just letting you all know that the King of Greystones Charity Triathlon is taking pace on Sunday August 10th this year and registration is available now - Just google "king of Greystones"
Once again we will be supporting The Martin Codyre Fund to help find a cure for spinal-cord injury.

We sold out last year and many were disappointed and left on the waiting list so please get your registration in early to avoid disappointment.

Early bird registration is closing on Saturday the 31st of May.

Thanks,
King of Greystones organising committee.

PS Sorry for the lack of links but the forum will not let us post them.

iwillhtfu

Great event. It was a long auld swim last year.



http://www.kingofgreystones.com

oinkely

signed up and getting ready to race.......

This is one of the best triathlons out there. Great atmosphere every year.

King of Greystones

We have a new transition and route this year

If an admin could post the link to the route tab that would be great.

iwillhtfu

Just got an email update of the course.

Experienced or new to tri you'll have great fun at this one.

http://www.kingofgreystones.com/#!the-route/c14e2

MojoMaker

Best of luck with this, it looks like a nice course. Are Wicklow TC involved at all?

Oldlegs

MojoMaker wrote: »

Best of luck with this, it looks like a nice course. Are Wicklow TC involved at all?

Great event and location - won't be around for it this year

AKAIK, Wicklow Tri are not part of the organisation, but I know a lot of the members treat this as their local event so always a big WTC turnout.

iwillhtfu

MojoMaker

Signed up - anyone else from here?

As it's not a TI event does anyone know if wetsuits will be mandatory?

Kurt Godel

MojoMaker wrote: »

Signed up - anyone else from here?

As it's not a TI event does anyone know if wetsuits will be mandatory?

You could choose to swim without a suit last year if you wanted... I went without, its a brilliant feeling to race free like that. Fastest T1 last year by miles!;) I'd highly recommend going without.

iwillhtfu

I saw one guy without a wetsuit doubt it was you Kurt he was frozen. If the weather stays nice though it'll probably be alright. They aren't mandatory though.

shansey

is the price a bit steep at €60? i've paid 45 and 50 for NS races..

stevire

shansey wrote: »

is the price a bit steep at €60? i've paid 45 and 50 for NS races..

It's a charity tri, not TI sanctioned so I guess they'd have to stump up for insurance etc.

King of Greystones

Limited spots still available for this weekends event.
Try-a-Triathlon distances available too.

Ron DMC

Registered for the Try-a-tri distance on Sunday.

Following my struggle through the 750m swim in the Dún Laoghaire triathlon last year, I think this is the safest option.

ChickenBalls

Results up on chipit.ie

Ron DMC

Great fun, came 6th in the baby swim category.

Hopefully, I'll practice swimming and come back to do the full swim next year.

iwillhtfu

It must've been a short swim or a strong current. Plenty of fast swim splits.

ChickenBalls

Yep - It was only a 400m swim - couldn't believe it when I saw 7 minutes on the watch I thought I was brought down on a wave to cover 750m in that time but on checking the garmin later it was 400m - came 9th overall and that was down to the short swim as I'd be a 15min 750 swimmer.

oinkely

Another cracking event from the crew at www.kingofgreystones.com.

The new course was great - as previous posters have said the swim was shorter due to running it north to south so we didn't have to battle the horrendous greystones currents.......in previous years the swim was the full 750 when it ran south to north.

The bouncy castles in the park for the kids afterwards were brilliant, as was the selection of food vendors etc - a really good day for all the family.

I'll be back again next year - hopefully a bit fitter than this year!