Water Babies, Ireland’s leading baby and toddler swim school is growing and looking for fabulous people to become fully qualified baby swimming instructors who will teach their award winning programme to both small babies and toddlers. Water Babies teach swimming to almost 5,000 children across Ireland every week, a skill which can potentially save their life. Water Babies … [Read more...]
Fantastic Finish for McFlynn on Finale of Extreme North Quadrathon
Belfast's Brian McFlynn pushes himself to the limits to win the Extreme North Quadrathon, one of Ireland's most challenging running races. With the flattest terrain and fairest weather conditions of the four days, the final route from Buncrana through Muff to Moville produced the fastest times of the four day event. However, while competitors were challenged by … [Read more...]
Conquering The Connemara 100
The 10th edition of the Connemara 100 took place last weekend and, as expected, the milestone anniversary of the 100-mile road running event did not disappoint. Thirty-two courageous runners took to the roads of Connemara at 6am on Saturday morning with 100 miles of road ahead to be completed within 30 hours. Starting with a lap of Clifden town the runners made their way to … [Read more...]
Get race-ready with Ironman World Record holder Tim Don’s new training guide
Ironman World Record holder, Tim Don shares his top tips on training, race prep, what to wear and more, in a new Zone3 sponsored guide to help athletes reach their potential. The newly launched Tim Don Training Guide offers an extensive manual to triathletes of all levels looking to train for a new distance, better inform their current training plans, … [Read more...]
Galway Bay Swim sees 146 swimmers cross the bay for Cancer Care West
The annual Frances Thornton Memorial Galway Bay Swim took place on Saturday 21st July, now in its 13th year the swim has become one of Irelands biggest and longest one day swims. The swim which sold out saw 146 swimmers beginning their swim in Aughinish in Co. Clare and finishing at Blackrock Diving Tower in Salthill, the swim is a distance of roughly 13 kilometres (if you swam … [Read more...]
Online Fitness Booking Platform GoSweat Caters to the Growing Number of Gym Commitment-Phobes
Despite recent reports revealing that the UK health and fitness industry is booming*, our national love affair with the gym could be coming to an end. GoSweat, the online sports marketplace, reports that the drop in popularity of traditional pay-monthly gyms is likely a result of a backlash against pricey membership fees and lengthy contracts. It’s well reported … [Read more...]
Vhi and the Irish Youth Foundation encourage young people to ‘Run for Fun’
Vhi Healthcare, in partnership with the Irish Youth Foundation rolled out a pilot programme, ‘Run for Fun’ which was developed to encourage young people living in disadvantaged communities in Ireland to embrace the benefits offered through running. ‘Run for Fun’ has been created to encourage more young people to get involved in running both for fitness and for recreation. The … [Read more...]
Win entry, flights, accommodation and Zone3 gear to the AJ Bell London Triathlon
Award winning British triathlon company Zone3 is offering up the ultimate package for triathletes all over the world - the chance for one lucky winner and a friend/family member to race at the iconic 2018 AJ Bell London Triathlon. The prize includes flights, accommodation, race places and a Zone3 kit bundle! The bundle includes: Zone3 Advance Wetsuit … [Read more...]
Southside heroes tough it out for Debra Ireland challenge
A South Dublin woman was victorious in braving one of Ireland's toughest mountain races to help raise money for people battling the rare and very painful skin condition EB, also known as butterfly skin. Niamh Garvey, Terenure, won the tenth annual DEBRA Ireland Wicklow Mountains Challenge half marathon. Other South Dublin athletes amongst those battling the … [Read more...]
5 Workouts to add variety to your Summer Exercise Routine
Research carried out by the UK’s largest activity platform, MoveGB, has revealed that individuals who visit multiple venues to exercise are four times more likely to be active six months after joining than those who visit single gym venues. The average single venue attendee ends up cancelling their memberships after 3 months, and with this month showing many throwing in the … [Read more...]