Category Archives: Triathlon

Faster, Higher Stronger. T-19 to TriAthy

Posted on May 13, 2014 by @killianbyrne

Like most men out there, I’ve been given out to many times by my wife for starting a project, getting about half way through it and the enthusiasm slowly wanes as something else comes along.

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Jelly Legs are not sweets. T-33 to TriAthy

Posted on April 29, 2014 by @killianbyrne

In the second instalment of my series for Triathlon Ireland, training clicks into place, work gets in the way and I begin to build towards TriAthy with some brics. 5 weeks to go and all is well. Since we last … Continue reading →

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Training fights back with the first BRIC session! – T-40 to TriAthy

Posted on April 21, 2014 by @killianbyrne

Last weeks poor effort, whether enforced by injury or through my own inaction wasn’t the best of starts to my first Olympic Triathlon. Well, Easter week 2014 will be the week forever known from now on as the week that … Continue reading →

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An enthusastic, if unspectacular start

Posted on April 14, 2014 by @killianbyrne

The nice folks at Triathlon Ireland have asked me to log my training, thoughts and experiences in the lead up to TriAthy. Here begins the first instalment… Two weeks ago I made a decision, it made perfect sense at the … Continue reading →

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Life 1 – Training 0. T-47 Days

Posted on April 14, 2014 by @killianbyrne

An encouraging start last week took its toll on the injuries, the back was sore and the achilles was bad too. So bad in fact that I didn’t even look at my runners for 3 days. I’m not moaning about … Continue reading →

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T-54 Days

Posted on April 6, 2014 by @killianbyrne

With the decision made a week ago, the last 7 days has been a mix already! Firstly, we had to get the magnificent Swim Ireland ‘Swim for a mile’ out of the way. It was swim for a mile that … Continue reading →

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Upgrade to Olympic

Posted on April 1, 2014 by @killianbyrne

In my very first post here I copied a short paragraph from a booked called ‘Who dares runs‘ by the über fit Gerry Duffy. Gerry is someone I admire for his desire to always try harder, go one better or … Continue reading →

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Hanging in there…

Posted on January 11, 2014 by @killianbyrne

Well, I’m still injured. 7months and counting now and it’s getting very frustrating. My main fear is that I’ll fall out of love with running and go back to ‘the old ways’. I know that’s unlikely but the fear is … Continue reading →

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Bad days begone.

Posted on October 16, 2013 by @killianbyrne

I recently wrote about getting back on the horse and kicking off the training again after a long injury lay off, combined with some very slack personal motivation. I’m still injured in that I cant run, but that doesn’t preclude … Continue reading →

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Getting back up again…

Posted on October 1, 2013 by @killianbyrne

It’s been a while since I’ve been here, most of my blogs seem to start with that! After competing in TriAthy I haven’t exercised continuously with any real conviction. This is mainly down to injury but that’s only half an … Continue reading →

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