Intermediate Level Sunday Cycle Sessions

Posted on October 14, 2011 by helenfrench

As part of a review of our Winter Training Schedule, we are starting an Intermediate level Sunday cycle session from this Sunday 16th October for men and women. Distances will start at 80km and should suit those who want a second cycle session at the weekend, or find the 60km saturday spin too slow but not quite at the pace of the fast Saturday group. Terrain will vary from week to week but we are starting this week with a flat Kilcock route http://www.mapmyride.com/routes/view/4765347

Meet at Rathfarnham club house at 9.30 am.

Make sure you bring enough food and drink for the 80km as well as spare tube, helmet and a roadworthy road bike!

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Belpark Ladies win National Series Club Championship Title 2011

Posted on October 7, 2011 by helenfrench

Belpark Ladies have won the National Series Club Championships, with a 25 point victory over Pulse Tri Club, and Piranha in 3rd.  The result went right down to the wire, with victory only secured in the last race of the season in Belmullet.  The six scoring ladies on the team were:

 Julie Ann Bowden who was top scorer and had 3 podiums at National Series races

 Ellen Murphy who won the Belpark Ladies Championships in her home race in Dunmore and took 2nd place in TriAthlone Olympic.

 Deirdre O’Toole who won TriAthlone Olympic and finished 6th at Olympic National Championships in Lough Neagh

 Laura Keane, who after puncturing in Dublin Tri, extended her training for another month so that she could race in Belmullet to complete 5 NS races, and ensure Belpark won the overall champs.

 Helen French had impressive improvements in her bike and run times from the 2010 season.

 Rebecca Byrne who started the season in Athy as a complete beginner, and improved with every race, becoming the vital 6th scorer on the team.

 Julie Ann, Ellen and Deirdre also finished in the overall top 10 in the National Series Female rankings.

 There were a number of other Belpark Ladies who contributed greatly to team spirit and who made podiums at multi-sport events during the season including Sarah Lane, Anne McGrane, Eimear Fitzmaurice, Laoise Griffin, Niamh Connolly, Barbara Hanrahan. Special mention must also go to Ellen Vitting and Grainne Connor who both recorded debut sub 12 hr Ironman. Hopefully all these ladies will be available and injury free to race in National Series in 2012.

Because no doubt other clubs are already looking to 2012 and how to wrestle the trophy from us.  However we do have a few aces up our sleeves, with the hopeful return from injury of top triathlete Barbara Hanrahan, and perhaps our two class duathletes Eilis Connery & Catherine Devitt can be persuaded to hit the pool over the winter!!

Special thanks is due to John Caffrey, Brian Crinion, Stephen McBride, Eamon Tilley, Liam Dunne, Mick Bolger and Rathfarnham Athletic Club who contributed to ladies coaching sessions during the year. For information on ladies training events: contact Ellen Murphy (ellenwaterford@yahoo.com) or Deirdre O’Toole  (deirdreotoole0@gmail.com) or drop along to any of our training sessions.

Belpark ladies at Club Championship race in Dunmore East

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Belpark News for Week Ending 2nd October 2011

Posted on October 3, 2011 by kevinkeane


CLUB WEEKEND AWAY:
The club weekend away to the Manchester Velodrome is almost fully
subscribed but there are one or two places left. email belpark at
gmail .com if you’re interested in coming along.

MEETING:
Thanks to all who came to last week’s training meeting, we decided to
make a few changes to the current training routines which are outlined
below. There was also interest expressed in a spring warm-weather
training camp so watch this space for more news on that one.

CLUB GEAR:
The latest batch of club gear is due to arrive by the middle of the
month. For those of you who need winter training gear, drop us a line,
there will be another order soon. A price list and some details on the
kit is here

TRAINING
Tuesday
Run: Bushy Park Interval Session 6:30
Running with Rathfarnham AC. This session is perfect of athletes of
all abilities and for those new to the club a great way to meet some
of the club members. The session starts at 6.30, meeting at the Bushy
Park. There are plenty of places to lock a bike securely.

Thursday
Cycle – The Phoenix Park Interval session has ended for the year. We
hope to start a turbo training session after Christmas which will most
likely take place on Thursdays but will be subject to hall space and
times.

Friday
Swim: 7-8pm Belvedere College Swimming Pool.
Pool entrance is via the underground car park on Temple Street.
The session is 60 minutes. We charge €7 for this session (€4 for
students) to cover pool hire and coaching costs.

Saturday Cycle
3hr Cycle – Meet 9:30am sharp at the clubhouse in Rathfarnham.
Make sure you have adequate food & drink. A helmet, spare tubes,
levers and a pump are compulsory kit.
The will be a fast and slower paced group so don’t be afraid to come
along.

Sunday
RUN: Long Slow Running at 9:00am: Long slow distance run leaving from
Rathfarnham running clubhouse
CYCLE: What was previously known as the Ladies Sunday cycle will be
returning in mid-October as the Intermediate Cycle. This will cater
for male and female athletes who want to do a spin of 60km – 80km at a
moderate pace. It should suit those of you who want to do an easier
cycle after Saturday’s spin or find themselves falling in between the
fast and the slow paced groups on the Saturday cycle.

We will send out an email with more details before the Sunday cycles
appears.

Don’t forget to use our Belpark Facebook page
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Belpark-Tri-Club/219908091119

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Belpark News for Week Ending 19th Sept 2011

Posted on September 20, 2011 by kevinkeane

Belpark News for Week Ending 19th Sept 2011

Anne McGrane at the Ashford Duathlon

Belpark News for Week Ending 19th Sept 2011

 

Messages
CLUB WEEKEND AWAY:
We are planning a weekend away to the Manchester Velodrome in November. The club is renting a mini bus and taking the ferry over and back, departing on Saturday November 5th and coming back the following day.
John Paul Clarke has very kindly donated a training session at the velodrome to the club. This is a fantastic opportunity to ride a track bike around one of the world’s best indoor velodromes and receive professional coaching at the same time. For those of you who like a bit of competition – the inaugural Belpark Velodrome Time Trial will take place afterwards, with a bottle of ale as 1st prize.
We are putting some other activities in place for the rest of the day but a trip to the pub(s) is a definite for later on..
Costs will be low, but places are limited!
if you are interested email belpark at gmail.com

MEETING:
Now that the race season is drawing to a close, it’s time to put winter training plans in place. We are having a meeting on Thursday September 29th at 8pm in the Castle Arms Pub in Rathfarnham Village.
We promise to keep things quick (<45mins) so it would be great to see as many people there as possible.
Remember – this is YOUR club, so come along and have your say about what you would like to see happen over the winter.

TRIATHLON IRELAND AWARDS NIGHT:
There are still places available at the Belpark table for the Triathlon Ireland annual awards night on October 22nd. The dinner and awards are in the Aviva and it promises to be a great night out. If you want a reduced rate ticket (€59) email belpark at gmail.com or fixedkev at gmail.com

CROSS COUNTRY RUNNING:
Rathfarnham are looking for Belparkers to run for them during the cross country season. Rathfarnham are a great club and we are very lucky that they allow us to train with them throughout the year. Quite a few Belpark members have seen their running improve enormously and have picked themselves up team medals in cross country over the years. If you’re interested email Rathfarnham coach Adam Jones at a.jones at upcmail.ie

 

CLUB GEAR:
There is still lots of club gear available for purchase at cost price.
In particular, we have plenty of race suits, jerseys, arm warmers and shorts. A new batch of shoe covers is also on its way in time for winter. A full price list and pics of most of the gear are up Dublintri.com.

 

Racing

Lost Sheep Triathlon, Kenmare
Kevin Keane – 5th
Ed O’Mahony 12th in AG
Deirdre O’Toole – 3rd in AG

Ashford 3Rock Duathlon
Bill McCormack – 3rd
Lloyd Berry – 9th

National Series
Belpark is doing really well in the National Series with three women and two men in the top ten. We are also leading the women’s club championships and the mixed championships – pat on the back everybody!

Please email us on your results for inclusion in next week’s email (running and cycling races included now that it’s off-season!)

Don’t forget to check results at the www.irishtriathlon.com

Training This Week:-

Tuesday

 

Run: Bushy Park Interval Session 6:30

Running with Rathfarnham AC. This session is perfect of athletes of all abilities and for those new to the club a great way to meet some of the club members. The session starts at 6.30, meeting at the Bushy Park. There are plenty of places to lock a bike securely.

Thursday

Cycle – Phoenix Park Interval session on Dublin Duathlon/Triathlon routes 6:45 from Papal Cross Car Park

Friday

Swim: 7-8pm Belvedere College Swimming Pool

We have a great new coach with Colm Bolger so the sessions are going to be great this winter.

Pool entrance is via the underground car park on Temple Street.

The session is 60 minutes. We charge €7 for this session (€4 for students) to cover pool hire and coaching costs.

Saturday Cycle

3hr Cycle – Meet 9:30am sharp at the clubhouse in Rathfarnham.

Make sure you have adequate food & drink. A helmet, spare tubes, levers and a pump are compulsory kit.

The will be a fast, medium and slower paced group so don’t be afraid to come along.

Sunday

RUN: Long Slow Running at 9:00am: Long slow distance run leaving from Rathfarnham running clubhouse

CYCLE: We will have no ladies Sunday cycle from now until mid-October. This is just to give ourselves a break after long season. We will send out an email when the Sunday cycles are starting up again.  As always, ladies are welcome to join the Saturday cycles which will continue as

Don’t forget to use our Belpark Facebook page  http://www.facebook.com/pages/Belpark-Tri-Club/219908091119

Feel free to put your messages up there too.

Happy training!

Kevin Keane

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Open Water Swims

Posted on July 4, 2011 by kevinkeane

Club open-water swims are beginning this coming Sunday at Seapoint near Dun Laoghaire.

Swims will be approx 30 – 40mins, depending on speed and conditions. Wetsuits are mandatory. All standards will be catered for but these swims are more of a training session than a lesson. This is an ideal chance for people will little experience of open water swimming to become more comfortable with being in the sea and for all you pool dwellers to get some brime in your hair!

Times for the swims will be tide dependent but generally we will try to have them in the afternoon or evening, keep an eye on the club email, this site and the facebook page for week-to-week info.

This Sunday’s swim is at 6pm. That means be ready to go in front of the Martello tower at Seapoint.

Stephen Early and Ellen Murphy will be taking the swim, here’s some info from Stephen (who’s been swimming at Seapoint regularly this summer)

Usual plan is to use the buoys as markers for both sighting, and interval type training. In other words, swim out easy to the first buoy, pick up the pace as you swim around it and go hard to the next buoy. Alternate hard/easy to the end (5 buoys in total) and the same on the way back. Not exactly cutting edge stuff, but it works on improving both your straight line open water swimming and confidence in the water - which is the goal of open water sessions (well, in my opinion anyway). If everyone knows the session before we get in, there’s no need to stop during the swim, meaning that you can get a continuous 20-30 minute loop – which is better than the pool for improving endurance in your shoulder muscles.

Regarding future swims, we need a few more people who are confident in the water and could lead one swim once a month. We are a small club and so rely on members to step up to the plate to keep things going, so if you want to volunteer half an hour of your time email me at fixedkev at gmail

Enjoy!

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Belpark Club Championships

Posted on June 23, 2011 by kevinkeane
There were some great results at this year’s Belpark Club Championships, which doubled for the rest of the triathlon world as the  Waterford Triathlon in the lovely Dunmore East.
 Stephen Early and Ellen Murphy claimed the titles of male and female club champions for 2011 with two fantastic performances.
Stephen swam like a fish (and biked and ran pretty fast too) to finish second overall in the race. He was a well deserved recipient of the club prize after recording some great victories this season so far.

Ellen was the fourth woman home and just missed out on making the podium. However she did win her F30 age group.
Overall it was an excellent day for the club, despite having no more than 20 Belparkers present, we managed to win seven of the age group categories.
The roll call of honour is
Francis O’Toole 1st M50
Kevin Keane 1st M30
Craig Longmore 1st M25
Helen French 1st F40
Deirdre O’Toole 1st F35 and the 3rd quickest T1 of any woman in the race
Ellen Murphy 1st F30
Julie Ann Bowden 2nd F30 and the fastest bike split of any woman on the day
Laura Keane 1st F20

Special mention goes to new member Laoise Griffin who put in the quickest swim of any of the female competitors.
Afterwards copious amounts of coffee, respectable amounts of beer and moderate amounts of BBQ’ed beast were consumed at Belpark’s southern headquarters, aka Ellen’s parent’s house.
Plans were hatched for all manner of social and training events, it might be just as well nobody took minutes.
A great flickr album of photos (copyrighted unfortunately) is available here, it contains some wonderful shots of everybody.
(& please get in touch if there are any errors in the report!)
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Race Suits and Running Singlets

Posted on June 2, 2011 by kevinkeane
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The second batch of orders for club gear were placed last week and we’re hoping to take delivery before the end of the month.But if you missed the boat, fear not! We can place the next order as soon as … Continue reading →

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New Belpark Training Gear

Posted on April 25, 2011 by kevinkeane
Belpark Jersey

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The new Belpark training  gear arrived last week and it looks as good on the flesh (as modelled by the lads) as it does on paper. If you didn’t get an order in with the first batch, not to worry … Continue reading →

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Belpark AGM

Posted on April 24, 2011 by brian

Big turnout at the agm.  Having it just before the Saturday cycle ensured it was a brief 50mins.  Full notes will be published by Liam Dunne shortly, but the main points are

  • Keep Belpark going in the same fun, low maintenance way.
  • Create a dedicated social calendar (Eilis Connery & Niall Somers).
  • Kevin Keane is the new club Chair.
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All set for the post AGM cycle. New Chair; Kevin Keane is front and centre.

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Make sure you’re registered as Belpark with Triathlon Ireland

Posted on April 23, 2011 by brian

If you have membership with Triathlon Ireland, and were not able to attach yourself to a club at the time of applying for your membership, you are now able to log into your membership and do this.

• To log into your membership, simply go to the ‘membership’ option on our home page menu and then select ‘members area login’.
• If you cannot remember your login, please select the option ‘forgot/change password’ from the membership menu.
• Once you have logged in, simply attach yourself to your club. Please take care when selecting your club, as this field on your member record is only “one-time” editable ie once you select your club you cannot change it – members are not permitted to change the club they score National Series points for throughout the season – and can only have their individual ranking points attributed to one club through the 2011 National Series.

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