CK Triathlon

[don]

Best of luck to Frank and PJ tomorrow in the CK Triathlon. I think their last NS race for the year, so make it count.

[BarryB]

Best of luck lads, enjoy!

[don]

Looks like another great race between Frank & PJ, with PJ prevailing once again with a very solid run. Look forward to the race report.
Results Here:
http://www.precisiontiming.net/result/view/id/219

[BShaugh]

well done lads - great to see ye right up amongst the top again. Another great run PJ fair play.

[pjd]

Caroline Kearney Triathlon
The sunny shores of lough Ennell was the location of the last Irish round of Bill & Teds not so bogus journey for 2012.
The Caroline Kearney olympic tri is famous on the circuit for its great athmosphere and orgainisation.
We were not disappointed. Well done to Midlands tri club.
In the car up Frank amazed me with his knowledge of the race manual ( not known for reading them). Maybe the 3 hrs plus Barry & himself spent putting the Tri 795 manual together taught him. Unfortunately Frank and myself were in different start waves so would have to race our own races.
The Swim
The swim out to the first bouy was very choppy with the usual kicking and boxing.
Frank had his now customary tour of the lake and exited the swim in 39 mins and was delighted to not get the " poor ba*tard claps" as he says himself.
I felt I swam well but was disappointed to see 34 mins on the watch as i entered t1.
Talking to people afterwards and Franks watch confirmed it, the swim was closer to 1,700 m.
The Bike
The 2 lap 42 km bike route is undualting to say the least and the wind blowing never seemed to favour us.
Frank put in another legendary bike spilt coming home in 1hr 9mins 33sec. Avg speed 36.2kmph
I was happy enough to knock 1min 25sec off last years time finishing in 1hr 14 mins 6sec Avg 34 kmph
The Run
The flat 9.8km run is on paper "handy" but with day hotting up and the heat taking its toll was anything but handy.
It was 50/50 road and trail surface. With about 6 km done I was starting to wain but saw Frank coming towards me and my focus soon came back, he shouted some words of encouragement so i must have looked bad He told me later that he was in the hurt locker also maybe the summer league 10km finale was still in our legs.
Despite that we both put in solid runs of 46.02 and 44.36.

Finishing in 113th place was Frank in a time of 2hrs 37mins and 29sec
And myself in 100th place in 2hrs 34mins 29sec.
As im writing this i have just discovered i had the quickest T2 of the day 2 seconds quicker than the next person Trevor Conroy.
It was nice to finish the Irish season the same as i started on a lovely course and lovely weather.

Well done to Frank on his huge improvements this year most noteably on the bike but also his swim and run.
Our road trips have made this years tri season the best craic ever despite what Frank says
Roll on next year, hopefully we'll need a minibus for the road trips

Only 12 weeks to Lanzarote.

Some pictures here:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Caroline- ... ?sk=photos

[DavidC]

Great report PJ, well done to you and Frank. That;s the best photo I've seen in ages!
http://racing795.com/2012/08/13/carolin ... gust-2012/

[BShaugh]

I think we'll have to have a caption competition for that photo lads! was there someone eyeing up your burgers!!!!

Great report Pj, flock some pace on the bikes, savage

[DavidF]

i think we'll use that photo in next year's drive for new members...."You too can be like Frank and PJ"

Seriously though well done, credit to both of you for great results not only in this one but through the season. It's people like you driving the length and breadth of Ireland to compete that keeps our club on the map.