Gavin Noble
I am a fulltime Irishman and professional triathlete competing on the ITU Circuit. I was born in Ireland in 1981, I am 1 of 5 Noble children and at 6ft 1 inches tall if my legs were any shorter they would not touch the ground.
I grew up with dirty hands and with food split down my shirt. At one stage my dream was to be 'Murdoch' from the televison series The A-team. My dreams changed in my teenage years when 'Baywatch' began broadcasting on Irish televison and have since changed to competing with and beating the best triathletes on the planet.
I swam competitively when I was younger, played soccer, rugby and any other sport that got me out of school lessons. I found and fell in love with triathlon in high school and have competed professionally since I left University with a degree in Sports Marketing.
Currently I race draft legal ITU races on a S-works Tarmac SL2 but one day I will rock up to transition on a Specialized Fatboy Chopper.
Irish summer lasts 3 weeks a year
September 21, 2009The British and Irish summer lasts 3 weeks a year - we have sun for the last week in May and then for the first 2 weeks of September.
My season finished early this year at the end of August and so I enjoyed some clear blue sky for 2 weeks - spending some time in Dublin before coming back to Stirling in Scotland where I base myself for portions of the year.
Murphy's law states that in nature nothing is ever right and if everything seems to be right then something's wrong. In my case everything in the last few weeks has gone right - I have caught up with friends, had a training kit and running shoe cull, had the sun on my face when I decided to ride, did some gardening, slept alot, ate alot, had a few social drinks and attempted some dancing.
Nature then decided that I'd had my fun. As I woke this morning the sun had disappeared, the temperature had dropped and the rain was coming in.
This morning I began training for 2010 - week 1 day 1
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Writing Home
January 25, 2012 -
Training Camps
January 25, 2012 -
Q&A with Gavin Noble
July 20, 2011 -
Nutrition for Olympic Distance Triathlon
June 27, 2011 -
S-Works Venge
June 27, 2011 -
ITU Amakusa, Japan
June 9, 2011 -
Top 10 Bike Rides 2010
January 10, 2011 -
The Sally Gap Versus The Stelvio
August 30, 2010 -
a quick update as we approach July
June 22, 2010 -
I brought the Sun back to the Shire
June 1, 2010 -
a quick update
May 11, 2010 -
Happy St Patricks Day
March 17, 2010 -
Gavonskype and Fraser (on skype)
March 2, 2010 -
Sometimes I wonder......
February 18, 2010 -
At the end of the first week
January 27, 2010 -
An ITU boy in the woods
November 30, 2009 -
My training bike....
November 10, 2009 -
In an office somewhere in Vancouver....
October 29, 2009 -
Riding in the Sun
October 5, 2009 -
Irish summer lasts 3 weeks a year
September 21, 2009 -
I have now come to the end of my season
September 2, 2009 -
Sometimes the official start to my week is a Wednesday
August 25, 2009 -
My whereabouts are continually being updated
August 21, 2009