Posted: May 5, 2005

Multisport: Dublin City Duathlon Race Report

Last night's Dublin Duathlon organised by Belpark was a night when the big names delivered big performances with Aidan Woods and Caroline Kearney in control of their race from start to finish. With a massive turnout of 140 competitors, the conditions were perfect for the big names to make an assault on the course record. Caroline Kearney duly smashed the injured Anna Frankland's record by forty seconds, however, Brian Crinions' record for the Mens' event remains for the moment.

The current national Duathlon champion Aidan Woods and national marathon champion Gary Crossan sped away from the group from the start with only Dave Corcoran managing to keep them in sight. As Woods charged out of transition he made sure of the lead as Gary's limited winter bike training left him adrift. Dave Corcoran dug in to overtake Crossan and close the gap to Woods somewhat but it was former race winner Mick Macken who had a storming bike split moving him up from tenth after the run to third overall off the bike and back into contention. Meanwhile Caroline Kearney was taking charge of the ladies race with a superb bike handling display leaving Piranha's Elena Maslova and Caron Mullen to fight it out for second spot. Following a super slick second transition from Dave Corcoran, he battled to close down Aidan Woods' lead but it was Woods' relaxed running style which kept him clear of Corcoran into the finishing straight. Gary Crossan could see Dave Corcoran down the top straight but he had left himself too much to do as he overtook Mick Macken to finish in third place in what was a fantastic race at the front end. A superb bike split by Caroline Kearney was enough to deny Maslova, who's fluid running and speedsuit kept Caron Mullen at bay.

This sets us up nicely for the next race when students Liam Dunne and Bren Smith return after exams and Brian Crinion also returns. Kearney's record will prove tough to beat but there are a number of men who fancy their chances of breaking the elusive 39:15.

The next race in the duathlon series is on Weds June 1st at 7.45pm in the Phoenix Park, all are welcome with entries taken on the night.

Results:
 
 Weds May 4th
 Dublin City Duathlon - Phoenix Park
 2mile Run, 10mile Cycle, 2mile Run
  
 Men
 1. Aidan Woods (3DTri)
 2. Dave Corcoran (3DTri)
 3. Gary Crossan (Piranha Tri) 
 
 Women
 1. Caroline Kearney (Montpellier Tri)
 2. Elena Maslova (Piranha Tri)
 3. Caron Mullen (Piranha Tri) 
 

Photos on www.triathlonireland.com.

 
 Upcoming Race:
 
 Sunday 8th May
 Joey Hannon Memorial Triathlon, Limerick
 1km Swim, 32km Cycle, 8km Run
 
 Start 11am
 Reg 9.30am
 More info: www.limericktriathlon.com
 email: eamonn.horgan@waterwaysireland.org
 Ph: 086-8548696
 

Entry for the Joey Hannon Triathlon in Limerick this weekend has closed at 198 entries, no entries will be taken on the day.

Note: race start time has been brought forward to 11am and race registration is now at 9.30am.

An impressive start-list has been posted up. The winners of the Limerick Try-athlon Brian Crinion and Lisa Horgan will be back to see if they can make it two in a row. Brian will have to battle against some of the local guys like Shane Scully and Niall Collins who would love to claim victory in their home Tri. Dave Tilly, a former winner of this race many moons ago is also back and is in great form. He came 2nd in his category in the Florida Triathlon a few weeks ago and will be travelling down to give Brian a run for his money.

Lisa will be racing against amongst others, Caroline Kearney, last years winner. Both girls are in top form this year winning most of races they enter. Lisa has already won 2 Limerick Duathlons, and the Try-athlon and Caroline is fresh from her Dublin Duathlon victory on Weds night and her recent bike race victories. Caroline will be heading to France soon to race with Montpellier, she'll be looking for a win to set her on her way.>

News:

Irish Sports Council Athlete Grant

Caroline Kearney from Dublin and Montpellier Tri Club and Heather Wilson from Antrim and Hi-Elbow Tri Club both been awarded > EUR> 4,600 from the 2005 Irish Sports Council Grants under the developmental category in the carding scheme.

Gavin Noble was also awarded the same grant in March. Caroline and Heather received theirs on appeal as they had acheived the criteria as set out by the Sports Council.

Home Nations Triathlon and Duathlon:
The dates for the Home Nations (HN) races have been announced.
The HN Triathlon will be part of the London Triathlon on the 7th August 2005.
The HN Duathlon is part of the Emberton Duathlon (in Milton Keynes, UK) on June 12th.

If you wish to be selected for Ireland for either of these races please send your consideration forms to the Head Selector, Edith Kearney ASAP, especially for the duathlon as its only a few weeks away. The forms can be accessed from the International Selection section of the website.

Source: Public Relations Officer
TRIATHLON IRELAND
ph: 086 4056653
email: wesley.murphy@helaba.de
web: www.triathlonireland.com