The race committee of the Edge Sports Blackwater Triathlon have been reviewing the requirements for running our races safely under the Triathlon Ireland Covid-19 Event Guidelines. Having reviewed numerous options both internally with the race committee and externally with the Triathlon Ireland appointed Technical Delegate. A number of issues could not be resolved. Unfortunately, these… Read More »
On Sunday 28th June, the Irish Mountain Running Association held a 4-mile mountain run in Corrin woods. Nine members of the Blackwater Triathlon Club took on the challenge on the day, combatting both the hills and the heat on a beautiful summer day. The race began with a frantic downhill section to lull the competitors… Read More »
After last week’s midnight marathon and 400km cycling exploits it was the turn of the Blackwater Triathlon Club swimmers to put in some impressive performances this week. Eighteen club members took on the challenge of swimming a distance of 4 kilometres down the Blackwater from Fermoy. While they were doing that, 3 other club members,… Read More »
Another member who doesn’t mind an early start to his day is Vincent Guerin. Vincent completed a 400km cycle challenge in County Clare last Saturday. He sent us in a report of his adventures on the day: On Saturday 19th of June, I travelled to Clare to take on a 400km cycle around the Banner… Read More »
During a time of uncertainty around races, BTC member Adrian Collins, along with his brother Brendan, planned a challenge to help them focus their winter training, independent of any organised race. The challenge was to complete the Cork City Virtual marathon on a course along the popular Backwater Way route. To add to the challenge,… Read More »
Over the last months the Blackwater Triathlon Club has tried its best to keep up a virtual training program for as many athletes as possible. For the running side of things we have been lucky to be coached by Aoife Cooke. Aoife is a prodigious young running talent who recently qualified in the marathon for… Read More »
As part of the Blackwater Triathlon Club’s on-going aim of improving the health and fitness of all our members in as many ways as possible, the club recently arranged for Seán Kinane of Health Matters to come to Fermoy to carry out a battery of VO2 testing on any of the club members who wished… Read More »
With the recent return to outdoor group training, the Blackwater Triathlon Club was able to stage our first cycle time trial event of 2021 last Friday evening, the 21st of May. Time trials are very popular in the club, allowing members to track their progress over the course of a season as they cycle a… Read More »
The May bank holiday weekend was the first of the summer bank holiday weekends and as it happens, our second May bank holiday weekend in lockdown. Normally, at this time of the year the triathlon season is well under way with loads of early season duathlons taking place as athletes get back in to racing… Read More »
The Blackwater Triathlon Club would like to extend its condolences to the family of Tommy Baker, a stalwart of the Fermoy swimming community, who passed away last week. Tommy was well known to most people from around Fermoy and especially to anyone who ever swam in the River Blackwater. He was also the uncle of… Read More »