No quitten we're whelan on to chitchat 11

Stupid stuff but this pissed me off.

decided to do a long overdue wardrobe clear out last night. Kinda pissed off as last few shirts I bought had to be XL to get a comfortable fit. I’m a little out of shape but not shockingly

The absolute madness is shirts from 20 years ago that are medium fit the very same as the current XLarge.

Ah now. There was a storm in the area over the weekend and they were told it's not safe but it went ahead anyway. Passing off 2 deaths, not 1, as everyone else was grand is a bit low

I heard there was a lot of swimmers needed help from the boats or kayaks. Some swimmers didn't know the route because it actually changed when they were in the water. Crazy stuff. You must allow for the weakest swimmer which didn't happen. Something like 2500 people in the water impossible to watch them safely. There would have been zero visibility to find someone under the water.

Our local triathalon had the swim cancelled this year as Triathalon Ireland deemed the flow too strong and the water not clean enough. That was a down stream swim in a river which would be less challenging than a sea swim in normal conditiona. From my understanding the one day licence and the full Triathalon Ireland membership only cover you for Triathalon Ireland and Swim Ireland events so i would imagine nobody was insured on Sunday. Ironman could be in bother in a big way over it now.

You'd think so, but some people can't be helped. Seen a video of the waves n still a couple of thousand people get in anyway.

Was a fella jogging by the house in the height of the storm Friday evening, trees swaying both side of the road all along it. As I do say, the customer is always right!

says enough really

Most of the responsibility lies with the organisers. All sports exercise checks. The duty of care. The referee may decide a pitch is unplayable, even with a full stadium and live TV. To go ahead with this part of the Triathlon was unconscionable.

In a statement, Triathlon Ireland Chief Executive Darren Coombes said technical officials attended before the start of the race to review the conditions and carry out a water safety assessment in line with normal practice.

The body said that "due to adverse conditions on the day" the organisers were told that it was not possible to sanction the race.

"Triathlon Ireland is the national governing body for triathlon in Ireland, a role which includes providing sanction for club and commercial races to proceed," Mr Coombes said in the statement.

Triathlon Ireland has distanced itself completely from the Cork Ironman organiser's decision to go ahead. Another question is was the decision by the Triathlan Ireland technical officials conveyed to the competitors by the organisers. Another question is of the main sponsor Cork County Council. And was this message by the technical officers also conveyed to CCC and why they allowed it go ahead when the governing body over the event conveyed that they couldn't sanction the race to go ahead due to the conditions.

Triathlon Ireland have wiped their hands. It's on the Cork Ironman committee and Cork County Council now.

Not dissimilar to the ploughing match been cancelled a few years back. If it went ahead and someone got injured would it be personal responsibility

Ironman are disputing when they were told about the swim not being sanctioned

Ill just leave this here

Better here than at my front gate..😄

Photoshopped, I'd say.

Via email is the most stupid way to go about it. That'll be traceable easily enough - if the can be bothered.

Adeleke ran well tonight too. She's only 20 so maybe in the future, she'll do it.