Longford Triathlon Club

27/05/2026

🔔 Midlands Aquathon Series is back! 🔔

🏊🏼‍♀️ 🏃🏼‍♀️ The Midlands Aquathon series starts next Wednesday June 3rd at 7.30pm.

First up is Lanesboro Triathlon Club

ℹ️ Enter online now on the Triathlon Ireland site - one less thing to do on the day! You will need a full TI licence or ODL.

Looking forward to seeing you all in Lanesboro 😃
Longford Triathlon Club Lough Key Triathlon Club Athlone Triathlon Club Midland Triathlon Club

24/05/2026

Wow, what a weekend of events for the club.
The Tour de Conamara cycle took place Saturday and we had Margaret Gallagher, Mary Corkery & Paula Tanner take part in the 80k and Brendan Doyle & Rohan Jangam in the 150k.🚴‍♀️🚴‍♀️🚴‍♀️🚴‍♀️🚴‍♀️
Down the road in Lough Cultra we covered an array of distances. Special shout out to Jules Ledwith who won the 1.6k swim 💪🎉 Marie Devlin Clyne & Kate Sexton also flew the 1.6k swim and Rita Moran & Shona Ni Maitiu took part in the 2.5k swim 🏊‍♀️🏊‍♀️🏊‍♀️🏊‍♀️🏊‍♀️
Ann Gilna competed in the Sprint AquaBike 🏊‍♀️🚴‍♀️ and Barry Hall took part in the Sprint Aquathon🏊‍♀️🏃‍♂️.
Geraldine Brady took part in her first OW Super Sprint 🏊‍♀️🚴‍♀️🏃‍♀️and Edel Nolan & Fiona Higgins both took part in their first Starter Tri. 🏊‍♀️🚴‍♀️🏃‍♀️
Eiviltas Evan Quigley smashed it in the Boyne Adventure Race Running Cycling Kayaking Cycling & Running his way to the finish line 💪🏃‍♂️🚴‍♀️🛶🚴‍♀️🏃‍♂️
Mel French flew the Club flag over in the Wells City Festival of Running 10k race , bagging herself a PB .🏃‍♀️
Our resident Forest Gump Edel O Hanlon has another Marathon in the bag, this week completing the Clare Burren Marathon Challenge 👏💪🏃‍♀️
One day was not enough for Rita Moran , today she took to Athy for the 2k swim 🏊‍♀️
Joining her in Athy we had Julia Radave who swam the 1.5k distance.🏊‍♀️
Training continues tomorrow as we hit Keeldra for our OW swim.
Huge Congratulations and well done to all who were out and about this weekend. 👏👏💪💪🏊‍♀️🚴‍♀️🏃‍♀️

21/05/2026

💛💙 Good swimming training this evening. Well done club members 👏
We had 4 pods out.
Pod 1- 2220
Pod 2 -1500 +
Pod 3- 900 to 1500
Pod 4- 200+
Great swimming and a balmy 16.5° temperature 🏊‍♂️

21/05/2026

A fantastic race to try 🏊‍♀️🚴‍♀️🏃‍♀️

If you’ve just started your triathlon journey then has you covered!
Our Try-a-Tri is now open on Triathlon Ireland
🏊🏼‍♀️ 250m
🚴 20km
🏃🏼 5km

Dip your toes in the lovely Shannon waters and experience closed roads cycling - perfect for the newbies!
fans Lanesboro Triathlon Club Longford Triathlon Club Athlone Triathlon Club Lough Key Triathlon Club Midland Triathlon Club

17/05/2026

What a busy week of training , racing & podiums for the Club!
Monday saw lots of our members joining the FTD Brothers as they conpleted their Longford Marathon as part of their 32 marathons in 32 counties in 32 days. Well done in particular to Maggie Smith & Shona Ni Maitiu who ran the whole distance.
We had record numbers out for our OW Swim in Keeldra Lake on Monday evening.
Tuesday was Speed Interval night with Brendan Doyle Running / Longford AC folllowed by pliates with Kate Sexton .
Wednesday we took to the hills for our cycle with some up & overs followed by a brick run.
Thursday we took to the waters again with a great session with Jules Ledwith in Lough Ree .
Pool swimming continued on a Friday evening .
Saturday was a busy day with lots of our members doing their LSR or joining the Longford parkrun 10 year celebrations.
Congratulations to Rita Moran who nabbed 1st place in her category in the 3.5k Gaelforce Events swim in Lanesborgh.
Sunday was our Club Spin followed by the obligatory tea & treats.
We had lots of our members taking part in the Corn Hill Challenge 5k , 10k & 10 mile races. Special shout out to Caroline Casey who was 2nd female back in the 10 mile race and to Eiviltas Evan Quigley who came in 3rd place in the 10 mile.
Our very own Superwoman Maggie Smyth was back at it today coming in 5th place in the Clondalkin Half Marathon.
Straight back at it tomorrow and into another week of training , competing , racing & tea .🏊‍♀️🚴‍♀️🏃‍♀️🫖☕️

13/05/2026

11/05/2026

A fabulous evening for an Open Water Swim Keeldra Lake . Great to have such a big crew out from the club. The obligation ☕️🫖& 🥞🍫🍪went down a treat .🌞🌞🏊‍♀️🏊‍♀️

10/05/2026

What a busy weekend for our Club Members.
Congratulations to Brendan Doyle who absolutely smashed the Ironman 70.3 in Mallorca 💪🏊‍♀️🚴‍♀️🏃‍♂️.
Well done to Catherine ,Sinead & Evan who took part in the 50k Gravel Cycle as part of Cycle Week.
More Cycle Week celebrations for our club members who took part in our Leisure Cycle for Longford Sports Partnership’s BikeWeek along the canal.
We were well represented by Damien Bannon, Shona Ni Maitiu & Edel Nolan in the Smugglers Ring of Cuilcagh 120k & 85k Cycles in Cavan.
Over at the Tour of the Heartlands through Westmeath and Offaly we had Margaret Gallagher , Geraldine Brady & Mary Corkery take part in the 55k route while Eiviltas Evan Quigley was the first back winning the 110k distance.
Well done to Lisa Mcgrath , Joan Devine & Joe Clyne who all took part in the Lough Key Legends 10k race.
Edel O Hanlon is continuing her Marathon journey after completing the Clonmel MCI Marathon,along the Blueway from Clonmel to Carrick-on-Suir and back again. Edel is running 40-50 miles each week in the lead up to the Extreme North Quadrathon in Donegal this August.
And finally well done to all who took part in the Darkness into Light swim at the crack of dawn on Saturday morning with more members walking, running and taking part in DiL events across the county 🌒🌓🌔🌕

10/05/2026

Lovely day for a gentle spin along the canal and Newcastle Wood for followed by lots of tea, coffee and warm pastries in Skellys Bar . Missing from the photos are those who opted for the shorter route, sorry!