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		<title>Now just hold that coin in-between the cheeks of your…</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:34:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[That’s right I’m going there! From I have learned in my little experience of triathlon, most injuries seem to stem from two common problems. Poor core strength or poor glute strength. In my case it’s my glutes that are the biggest problem.  One solution that had been mentioned to me by several people is to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=smcgui.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8975406&amp;post=917&amp;subd=smcgui&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Over before it started?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:47:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had planned to tell you my big plans to participate in the National Series this year, to do two Olympics for the first time. But as my infuriating niggles have refused to go away that plan has continued to change. I wanted to manage my expectations so that I wouldn&#8217;t get stressed out or [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=smcgui.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8975406&amp;post=901&amp;subd=smcgui&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>End of 2011 Season</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 17:13:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was going to write a blog about my plans for 2012 but I realised that I should really wrap up 2011 first! I never told you how my 2011 season ended. The last two races of the year were TriAthy Sprint and Carrick-on-Suir triathlon. The previous year, my experience of triathlons was coming out [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=smcgui.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8975406&amp;post=879&amp;subd=smcgui&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>2011 in review</title>
		<link>http://smcgui.wordpress.com/2012/01/06/2011-in-review/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 11:37:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog. Here&#8217;s an excerpt: A New York City subway train holds 1,200 people. This blog was viewed about 3,900 times in 2011. If it were a NYC subway train, it would take about 3 trips to carry that many people. Click here to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=smcgui.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8975406&amp;post=869&amp;subd=smcgui&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Hell of the West 2011 &#8211; An Average Athlete Point of View</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jul 2011 15:49:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When myself and @gragraob were in Kilkee watching the Hell of the West Triathlon we saw a guy running along with a camera and here is the awesome video he made!!! &#160; Filed under: Triathlon, video Tagged: 2011, hell of the west, video<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=smcgui.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8975406&amp;post=863&amp;subd=smcgui&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Gatorade Dublin City Triathlon to attract participants from across the world</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jul 2011 15:43:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Participants will range from top elite athletes to new entry triathlons and even Boyzone star Keith Duffy! Arrangements are being well advanced for Europe’s largest city park triathlon, the Gatorade Dublin City Triathlon on August 28th next, with entry now open to the public. The event, which will use the wide open expanse of the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=smcgui.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8975406&amp;post=857&amp;subd=smcgui&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The phrase of the day is &#8220;catch up&#8221;!</title>
		<link>http://smcgui.wordpress.com/2011/07/05/the-phrase-of-the-day-is-catch-up/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jul 2011 18:37:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to wiki “Catch up stroke: A variation of the front crawl where one arm always rests at the front while the other arm performs one cycle.” 400m of this drill in the pool this morning and my arms were about ready to fall off, why? Because I was trying to play serious catch up [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=smcgui.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8975406&amp;post=850&amp;subd=smcgui&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Fingal Sprint Triathlon 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 May 2011 11:49:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I remembered why I liked triathlon this weekend! On Sunday I took part in the Fingal Sprint Triathlon, organised by fellow Dublin Club ‘3D Tri’. I couldn’t wait to write this report. Admittedly, I have yet to write my report on the North Tipp Sprint two weeks ago. I must say it was a well [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=smcgui.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8975406&amp;post=832&amp;subd=smcgui&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>My first duathlon!</title>
		<link>http://smcgui.wordpress.com/2011/05/09/my-first-duathlon/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 May 2011 21:41:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On reflection, my first duathlon wasn’t bad at all. My main concern for this race was to keep my nerves under control and not to blow up too early… mission accomplished! On the run up to the event, they changed the course of the Open Race several times; I guess to accommodate the road closures, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=smcgui.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8975406&amp;post=821&amp;subd=smcgui&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sa Calobra &#8211; Mallorca Cycling</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Apr 2011 00:47:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been a very busy girl lately, so I haven&#8217;t had the time I needed to update the blog. However, this is a good thing because I stopped myself from going into a slump due to not being able to run for a few weeks. Instead I got stuck into my swim training and cycling. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=smcgui.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8975406&amp;post=803&amp;subd=smcgui&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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