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THE ENNIS Triathlon club are holding their first Ennis Duathlon on Sunday, April 3, which will start and finish in Lees road as a build up to the European Duathlon Championships taking place in Limerick two weeks later.
Anyone is entitled to take part in the Ennis Duathlon and the Ennis Triathlon Club are encouraging peo- ple who have never done a duathlon or triathlon before to come along and take part. It will consist of a run-cycle-run, starting in Lees Road; the run will take place through the forest area covering 2.7k and they will then take off from here cycling the by-pass for 14.3k before eventually returning to lees road for a further 2.4k run to the finish.
All you need to take part is simply runners, a bike and a helmet. All en- trants will be provided with a timing chip that will give split results for the cycle leg, both runs and transitions. The cost of entry is € 20 per person including a € 5 fee for a one-day license from Triathlon Ireland if you are not already a member. All proceeds from the event will go towards Clare Haven. The Clare People spoke with Bryan Mathias, a member of the Ennis Triathlon club on the upcoming event and he hopes it will be a big success. The main focus is on targetting it at beginners and people who are new to duathlons and that you don’t have to join the club you can just come for the event on the day. He also hopes that this will now become an annual event in Ennis for Clare Haven and that they have invited the Triathlon Ireland Junior elite squad to take part in the event.
Bryan will be taking part in the Eu- ropean championships in Limerick on April 17 with other members of the club such as Paddy Quinn from Clarecastle and Conor Rooney from Inch who will also be featuring in the first Ennis Dualthlon.
If you are looking to register or for more information you can log onto www.ennistriclub.com. Registration will also be taking place on the day from 9am to 10am with the event starting at 10.30am sharp.