The Giggle: Middle aged Athlone man, Dave, reckons he still looks the sh!t in his 17 year old trisuit!
Dave Murray, from Athlone, was last night quoted as saying "I can still rock the sh!t out of this tri-suit". The middle aged mid lander and his overstretched and almost see-through onsey are now a regular sight at most west coast adventure races and has also been spotted at Tri-Athy among other triathlons and endless cycle sportifs down the [...]
National Series Form Guide: SCAR: Skibbereen Charity Adventure Race
Adventure Racers are heading to the southern coast this weekend for the Skibbereen Charity Adventure Race SCAR to battle it out in the penultimate event for both Expert and Sport categories in the 2019 Continental National Adventure Race Series. Expert While the expert series title was settled when Shane Scully recorded his 5th win of the series [...]
How Exercise Can Help Beat Depression!
Unfortunately, suicide is the biggest killer of men under the age of 50 in Ireland and the UK. In the UK alone, 100 men take their lives every week with young males three times more likely than women to commit suicide. And it’s a growing problem to men in their 40s. But thankfully now, what was once considered a [...]
National Series Form Guide: Quest Killarney
We are off to the Kingdom of Kerry with 2,000 fellow adventure racers for Quest Killarney, the last event in the Quest Adventure Race Calendar. Sport In the women’s sport series so far we have had 6 different winners so every point counts in the remaining 3 events! Niamh Garvey has lead from day 1 at Quest [...]
Gear Review: Road ID App – Safety First
With the day light hours getting shorter and the night’s drawing in, we shift our attention towards training and more importantly training safety. If, like us here at Kayathlon, you like to head off into the trails to catch some miles, some peace and some quiet, then you are more than likely going to be scheduled in the countryside [...]
Yoga for Athletes – Part III
In a previous issue, we examined Tree Pose and all its magical benefits-one of these being that of enhanced focus and balance, using what is referred to in yoga as, ‘drishti’ or point of focus. This is where we fix our gaze on a stationary point, be it an object, an extended finger tip, our belly button, and, yes, [...]