Kilkee Hell of the West

El Director

Ya wouldn't it be great to see a few of them in the dock as it were.

Looks like the weather won't be great

bryangiggsy

I see BMC is in Kilkee for this one...thats athy,camlough,dunmore..now kilkee....must be looking to lock the national series....prob athlone next week too......

tunney

bryangiggsy wrote: »

I see BMC is in Kilkee for this one...thats athy,camlough,dunmore..now kilkee....must be looking to lock the national series....prob athlone next week too......

Well is is a professional triathlete so racing is what he does.......

pgibbo

Boards predictions folks?

Have we a complete list of boardsies?

MCOS
EL D
catweazle
Briando
amphkingwest
dave04
Redzah
Bally8 (relay)
pgibbo

sconhome

pgibbo wrote: »

Boards predictions folks?

Have we a complete list of boardsies?

MCOS
EL D
catweazle
Briando
amphkingwest
dave04
Redzah
Bally8 (relay)
pgibbo

Seeing this list gave me an idea for 2013. Probably a sperate thread too

How about a league for boardsies based on your NS races? Using the NS points system should balance out ranking for age groupers too. Would go hand in hand with the SBR challenge helping focus the mind on races and generate a decent amount of smack talk.

Any ideas?

shotgunmcos

pgibbo wrote: »

Boards predictions folks?

Have we a complete list of boardsies?

MCOS
EL D
catweazle
Briando
amphkingwest
dave04
Redzah
Bally8 (relay)
pgibbo

DaveR1 and Huff'n'Puff are in too but those boys are genuine pointy end top 5-10 material and probably spend their time off training to be that good, than waffling on these boards!

pgibbo

shotgunmcos wrote: »

DaveR1 and Huff'n'Puff are in too but those boys are genuine pointy end top 5-10 material and probably spend their time off training to be that good, than waffling on these boards!

I keep my waffling limited to work hours!

bryangiggsy

shotgunmcos wrote: »

pgibbo wrote: »

Boards predictions folks?

Have we a complete list of boardsies?

MCOS
EL D
catweazle
Briando
amphkingwest
dave04
Redzah
Bally8 (relay)
pgibbo

DaveR1 and Huff'n'Puff are in too but those boys are genuine pointy end top 5-10 material and probably spend their time off training to be that good, than waffling on these boards!

Who does huff n puff race as?

BTH

bryangiggsy wrote: »

Who does huff n puff race as?

He was third in Dunmore

shotgunmcos

bryangiggsy wrote: »

Who does huff n puff race as?

His real life self I'd imagine

Love this, reminds me of the guys I know who are married with several kids and are still known by their school nicknames

hootini

pgibbo wrote: »

Boards predictions folks?

Have we a complete list of boardsies?

MCOS
EL D
catweazle
Briando
amphkingwest
dave04
Redzah
Bally8 (relay)
pgibbo

You can put me down for it too , looking forward to the tempest like weather.

.. .I'll use my excuses now - "Still carying a niggle".

themoney

pgibbo wrote: »

Boards predictions folks?

Have we a complete list of boardsies?

MCOS
EL D
catweazle
Briando
amphkingwest
dave04
Redzah
Bally8 (relay)
pgibbo

me too
I have the car loaded and fingers crossed. .
I got a transfer spot so feeling a little unprepared but can’t wait to get racing.

See you in the swim holding pen

slayer91

Me too,
weather here locally ATM is dry but cloudy. Expected to be dry but SW wind in the morning.
Noted the point about the penalty boxes as well in the briefing, looks like they are going to take drafing a bit serious this year. Last year was a joke.

Regs

Nwm2

pgibbo wrote: »

Boards predictions folks?

Have we a complete list of boardsies?

MCOS
EL D
catweazle
Briando
amphkingwest
dave04
Redzah
Bally8 (relay)
pgibbo

I'm in. 'A' race for me. Looking for a top 5-10%, closer to 10% probably considering I was about top 8% or so in Athy, and things went perfectly for me there.

Bambaata

best of luck all

gottarun

shotgunmcos wrote: »

I hope so too. Escpecially to catch any of the tope 10-15 at it. Seeing one of them stading still in at the 20k pen box would send out a clear message. I stiff headwind in from Doonbeg is bound to draw out the drafters in numbers...

Should be adopted by all TI races IMO.

Got your wish!!

Bryan Keane pinged for drafting, still took the top honours.

Gringo78

Results

http://results.racetectiming.com/LiveLB.aspx?CId=74&RId=10081&EId=1

Bambaata

AM i right in saying he got 30seconds for drafting? Should it not have been 2 minutes?

Nwm2

Bambaata wrote: »

AM i right in saying he got 30seconds for drafting? Should it not have been 2 minutes?

30 secs for drafting is ridiculous. Also I would say that a potential future Olympian should not have to cheat to win a local race.

gombeen99

Well done to all who competed today. Thanks to the organisers & volunteers also, fantastic job all. Pity they couldn't sort out the wind, rain & hailstones though! That run to the top of Dunlicky hill seemed to go on for ever, I was sure I must be near the turnaround point when saw the 4k marker :-( I found it tougher this year than the last couple of years, was very very very glad to see the finish line!

Edit: There were two negatives (many more positives than negatives): but still ...
1. There was no warm up at all in the water for wave 1 and some people including myself were barely in the water when the race started. Noone knew if it was time to start the warmup, or if the actual race had started!
2. They ran out of goodie bags / jackets by about 830, despite the fact that there was registration from 8-9 this morning for those arriving in Kilkee on the morning. Surely the organisers know how many competitors entered, and also roughly how many volunteers there would be, and allow for goodie bags for that number. Although I didn't get one, the jackets were definitely a good idea rather than a t-shirt.

They're my only 2 negatives, overall I thought it was very well organised and would definitely do it again next year.

RacoonQueen

Bryan Keane claims on twitter he wasn't drafting.

hf4z6sqo7vjngi

Bambaata wrote: »

AM i right in saying he got 30seconds for drafting? Should it not have been 2 minutes?

Yes 2 minutes as per TI rules.

HalfTri

Quote:
Originally Posted by Bambaata
AM i right in saying he got 30seconds for drafting? Should it not have been 2 minutes?
Yes 2 minutes as per TI rules.

That makes Shane Scully the Winner of Kilkee 2012!

Nwm2

RacoonQueen wrote: »

Bryan Keane claims on twitter he wasn't drafting.

People I talked to were pretty insistent he was.

EC1000

RacoonQueen wrote: »

Bryan Keane claims on twitter he wasn't drafting.

I have never heard anyone admit that they were drafting

bryangiggsy

Got the vibe from his comments on twitter that he was very pissed off with being done for drafting. Came accross as the first HOTW champion that was pissed off even after winning the race

anyone know who the TI referee was?

tunney

bryangiggsy wrote: »

Got the vibe from his comments on twitter that he was very pissed off with being done for drafting. Came accross as the first HOTW champion that was pissed off even after winning the race

anyone know who the TI referee was?

Who isn't pissed off when they get pinged for drafting?
Just cause he won doesn't mean he didn't draft.

Also "HoTW champion"? Champion???????? Seriously??? Champion????

mrbungle

tunney wrote: »

Who isn't pissed off when they get pinged for doping?
Just cause he won doesn't mean he didn't draft.

Also "HoTW champion"? Champion???????? Seriously??? Champion????

Pretty serious allegation there :eek: :pac:

tunney

mrbungle wrote: »

tunney wrote: »

Who isn't pissed off when they get pinged for doping?
Just cause he won doesn't mean he didn't draft.

Also "HoTW champion"? Champion???????? Seriously??? Champion????

Pretty serious allegation there :eek: :pac:

I of course meant drafting. Was reading more about Armstrong and had doing on the brain!

Trig1

Any pics anywhere yet?
Anyone find swim confusing? swam to what I thought was the turnaround buoy to notice no one was turning around and there was another buoy out further- besides this and the weather it was a great event, thoroughly enjoyed it!!