Club Committee

It was work colleagues that first got me interested in the world of triathlons over 10 years ago. You would figure that this would not be the ideal choice of sport for me as I had no great interest in cycling and had huge fears of going anywhere near the deep end of a pool, never mind the open water. My main sporting background was in trekking, running and also coaching.

I joined Sligo Triathlon Club in September 2012 with the singular purpose of learning to swim. By the following summer, I’d completed a try-a-tri and a Sprint triathlon eventually progressing to Olympic and Half Ironman distances.

Irrespective as to if your goal is to complete your first triathlon or compete in Kona, everyone in Sligo Tri Club are equal.

I first joined Sligo Triathlon club in 2020 with the primary goal to improve my swimming technique. After many a late Wednesday night at the coached sessions I can say Im improving slowly but surely! My plan was to partake in my first Sprint Triathlon in 2020 but that has been postponed due to the pandemic for now. Roll on 2021 when I will hopefully get to do my first sprint tri.

I discovered Triathlon via the club’s Womens Try-a-tri in 2018, and have been hooked ever since. In Sligo tri club I have found a fantastic supportive community of friends and training buddies. I came from a cycling and running background and have worked hard on my swimming with club sessions in the pool and open water swimming, going from struggling through the Try a tri to completing the Hardman long distance triathlon in 2020. 

I was born and raised in London and moved to Sligo in 2017.

After getting complaints from my knees after a few half marathons I decided to try a Tri to distribute the burden (and pain!) across my body.

London was great for training but nothing compared to Sligo. Imagine a city boy swapping the roads, parks and indoor pools of London for the mountains, lakes and beaches of Sligo for training, and you can understand why I have made Sligo my home!

Having absolutely no interest in ever participating in a triathlon I joined the Sligo triathlon club in October 2019 after completing (well, I was disqualified!) the try a tri event. Running was my primary motivation for joining the club, I didn’t own a bike and I had just learned how to swim freestyle the year previously.