Despite neglecting her running career this year to work on her cycling, including a very recent successful Malin to Mizen trip on the June bank holiday, Athenry AC member Miriam Wall took gold in the Cope Triathlon (sprint distance 750m/ 20km/ 5km) held in Salthill last Sunday, June 12th.
She had a strong swim in very rough conditions to set up a good lead on last year's winner (and fellow Galway team runner) Tara Whyte. She had a great cycle in wet and windy conditions building on the 700km in her legs from the previous weekend's Malin to Mizen spin and held off the competition on the run to take her first ever gold on the podium in triathlon. She was followed home by Tara and Joanne Murphy, another Galway Triathlon Club member.
Thomas O'Dowd (Liquid Motion), Ruaidhrà Geraghty (Galway Triathlon Club) and Michael Gaffey (Activ Multisport) were 1st, 2nd and 3rd home in the men's race.
Full results are attached below.
Congratulations Miriam
Congratulation to you Miriam that is fantastic. I am really really delighted for you. All that hard training has paid off. Well done Lady.