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28th June 2010 - Hell of the West as tough as ever

Last weekend we headed to Kilkee in Co. Clare to take part in one of the toughest races on the Irish Triathlon circuit, The Hell of the West Triathlon.  This race is the longest running race in Ireland, celebrating it’s 26^th year, attracting over 700 athletes from all over the country with many big names from the Triathlon scene taking part.  The race organisers had arranged the transition area so that all club members were stationed beside each other which was great as we could spend the whole pre-race time chatting and relaxing instead of looking for each other.

The 1500m swim took place in Kilkee bay with the 45k cycle being quite undulating with a very strong headwind at times.  The 10k run was basically up a hill for 5k and then back down but was very scenic along the cliff edge to take your mind off the pain.

Shane Scadding was very happy with his swim to emerge 22^nd out of the water.  He posted the 8^th fastest bike split to bring him up to 8^th overall heading out on the run.  He felt a bit tired on the run though so lost few places but was still delighted to finish 14^th overall in 2.15.35, 1^st in his age-group.  Davin Power headed out on the bike in 44^th place after the swim and had a strong bike and run to overtake many to finish 16^th overall in 2.17.37.  Swimming is Martin Kirwan’s weakest link as he emerged 162^nd out of the water but he wasted no time in storming up the field after he posted the 9^th fastest bike time and followed it up with a strong run to finish 29^th overall in 2.22.08, taking 8mins off last years time.  Peter Barry has improved his swimming hugely from last year and was delighted with his time but he had an even better bike and run to overtake many to finish 49^th overall in 2.26.32.  Barry Lambe finished just behind in 52^nd place, after having a very strong run to finish in 2.27.24 with Michael Bowes also making up lots of time on the bike and run to finish in 2.28.29.  Noel Ryan took 3mins off his time from last year to finish in 2.31.28 with Emmet Kelly, who was using this tough course as his 1^st Olympic distance race finishing in a brilliant 2.32.43.  Tom Casey also made up lots of places on the bike and run to finish in 2.35.03 to win a prize for 3^rd in his age-group.  Gavin Quinlan had a strong bike to bring him up the field to finish in 2.42.09 taking almost 10mins off his time from last year.

Carol Sinnott had an eye infection which almost jeopardised her race plans but decided at the last minute that she would complete all 3 disciplines so was delighted with her performance to finish in 3.08.38 in only her 2^nd Olympic distance race.  Norma Goggin was next home after knocking almost 6mins off her time from last year to finish in 3.14.06.  Michael Carroll has been putting off doing this race for years because of it’s tough reputation but he put in a great performance to finish in 3.20.07.  He and Norma were overtaking each other a lot on the bike but Norma just had the faster legs for the run.  Mark Hayden started off with a great swim to head out on the bike in 43^rd place but had to resign from the race after a few miles due to a knee injury.  He is taking part in Ironman Switzerland in a few weeks and did not want to aggravate it any more.  Eleanor Carey was also nursing an injury so decided to finish her race after the bike and did not do the run which was sensible. 

We had 1 team participating in Team KOS.  Olive Costello had to resign from the team the day before the race due to illness so Helen Whyte stood in to do the bike with Katie Kelly doing the swim and Siobhán Kennedy doing the run.  Katie had a brilliant swim which resulted in Helen heading out on the bike in the unusual position of being well up the field with lots of cyclists around her.  She found the bike tough especially with the wind but Siobhán Kennedy finished off the race with an excellent run to finish overall in 2.59.13.

The following day, Ironmen hopefuls Tom Casey, Martin Kirwan, Gavin Quinlan, Noel Ryan and Shane Scadding, all cycled 115miles from Kilkee to Waterford as part of their final days of Ironman training.  They are looking forward to tapering down after this. 

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