BBC nominees for Sports Personality of the Year 2012 That’s a great picture to share especially in light of last year’s sexist line-up which didn’t even include one woman. This year voters can chose from Jessica Ennis, heptathlete/ Nicola Adams, b…
Helmets ready, it’s BMX time
August 23, 2012 By Leave a Comment
The slopes on a BMX track don’t look too steep until you stand on top of one. Maybe that’s why most riders are in their teens and early twenties – no fear. Pic credit: Stephen Kane Thirteen year old Katie O’Neill certainly doesn’t show any fear tearing…
Coming round the mountain on her bike
July 10, 2012 By Leave a Comment
When Agata Tamulewicz first took up mountain biking she thought paying a thousand euros for a bike was crazy. That was then … The Polish woman has lived in Ireland for nearly five years and first got into mountain biking (or MTB as they say in the cr…
Watching "London Calling"
July 3, 2012 By Leave a Comment
And keeping with the London 2012 theme from yesterday, an Irish TV station is showing a great series at the moment called “London Calling”. They’ve been following a group of athletes from different sports for almost two years as they creep closer and c…
Women of the Irish Paralympics Team
July 2, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Fifty-eight days to go to the London Paralympics and all round the world teams are filling up. The Irish team has been fully announced with a couple of the women we’ve had on here grabbing their place.This is the full list of the women heading to the P…
Biking in the mountains
June 22, 2012 By Leave a Comment
How did it get to be Friday again? Today’s video is ..well it’s an advert. I’ve written a few posts drawing attention to insulting sports clothing adverts so when I see a good one, it’s got to be shared.(I’ve never even heard of this company before so …
What you really need to know before a race
May 31, 2012 By Leave a Comment
This weekend thousands of women will run marathons and half-marathons in Ireland. More will take part in triathlons in Mayo and elsewhere. I talked to Australian Ironwoman Carolyn Hewett at her London base and asked her for some tips. Dress to win…
Time to try a triathlon says Carolyn Hewett
May 12, 2012 By Leave a Comment
So let’s get this straight. The Big Daddy Ironwoman means a marathon, biking for 180 km and swimming 3.8km. Olympic distance is a ten km run, 40km on the bike and 1.5km in the water. But a sprint is just an hour of five km running, 20 km on the bike …
Women rock Triathlons
April 27, 2012 By Leave a Comment
The Cannes Triathlon is on this weekend, and British triathlete Carolyn Hewett will be taking part. I’ll have an interview with her up on the blog with her results. In the meantime enjoy this great Triathlon montage from James Clissold, and have a grea…
Wee Adventure Film Festival time
March 30, 2012 By 1 Comment
And here comes the summer … This trailer is for the brilliantly-named Wee Adventure Film Festival which takes place here in Dublin tonight. Enjoy watching, and hope you get to have your own wee adventures this weekend!
