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20 June 2009 - Dunmore East

As this was such a large race we needed all the help and marshals we could get so most of the club’s longer term members were all out in force to help, so, apart from one or two exceptions, the only competitors we had on the day were new members from the past few months.  We had 22 taking part, most of them for the 1^st time and they put in a great performance. 

Davin Power, who has marshalled and helped organise this race for the past 4 years wanted to see it from the other side this year and competed in the race.  As it was a National Series race he was up against stiff competition from all over the country.  He had a pretty good swim but couldn’t get going properly on the bike but finished with a great run to finish 25^th overall in 1.22.57.  Peter Barry only started training for triathlons a few months ago and was delighted with his performance to finish 41^st overall in 1.27.04.  Louis O’Carroll has improved hugely in the past few months and was up against stiff competition in the Junior race.  He was neck and neck with his main rival throughout the race to eventually lose out to him on the run to finish just a few seconds behind him in 1.28.43, 54^th overall, 2^nd Junior.  Michael Moloney found the swim interesting as he was wearing his new goggles and could actually see where he was going and was delighted with his race to finish 76^th overall in 1.31.18.  Andrew Hickey was next home for the club to finish in 1.33.42.  Maria Murphy Griffin was next home after an excellent run to finish in 1.34.37, picking up a prize for 2^nd in her age-group.  Stephen Butler was only a few second behind in 1.34.54 with John Brennan and Edward Walshe very close in 1.35.30 and 1.35.33.  Marc O’Cathasaigh is another newcomer to the sport and had a great race to finish in 1.37.32.  Pauline Lambe, renowned for her running success and fresh from competing in Rás na Rinne (which she won and equalled the course record) the night before was competing in her 1^st triathlon.  The tough 7k run course suited her and she posted one of the fastest run times overall of the day to finish in 1.40.10.  Aidan McCarthy had been dreading the hill on the run for weeks but he had a great race to finish in 1.41.11.  Padraic Connolly found the swim tough for his 1^st triathlon attempt but he finished in a great time of 1.41.13, his new cycling shoes obviously helping him.  He can relax now before his wedding in a few weeks.  Ian Kelly, another newbie to the sport had an excellent swim and found his new cycle shoes helped immensely and finished in 1.41.36.  Conor Purcell was next home in 1.43.48 with Bruce Wardrop next home in 1.49.03.  Paul Cusack was a bit nervous before his 1^st race but was delighted with his race to finish in 1.49.26.  Peter Roche was also competing in his 1^st race and was delighted to finish in 2.02.25.  Ger Hearne was very nervous of the swim but he sailed through the race to finish in 2.07.22.  Rosin O’Grady was also very anxious about the swim and was happy to be on terra firma for the bike and run where she passed lots of competitors to finish in 2.07.46.  Cora Marshal is a good swimmer but, this being her 1^st race, found herself caught in the middle of the bunch of swimmers where she found it to be very rough but was delighted with her race to finish in 2.10.56.

Jon Morley took part in the race as part of a team where he did the swim and cycle and then his team mate did the run.  They had a great race to finish in 1.38.31. 

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