Team Geared Up

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) Tony Kiernan and Gary Moralee have become the first people to successfully complete the Wicklow Round. They set off on Saturday at 11am at Kippure and arrived back the following day in a time of 33 hours 56 minutes.

A qoute from someone involved:

The lumpy throat highlight was of course a sub XX minute (fill in yourself) last mile to the tape breaking finish by the pair of them. I thought Gary (Tallaght AC) might just have pipped Tony (Clonliffe AC) by a blistered toe to the line, but the officials (you know the guys that appear at the finish of all the important races in their new Adidas gear) called it a dead heat. Dead yes, but not to much heat at 8.56 pm.

Big congrats to good mate Gary who seemed to go above and beyond many levels of endurance to complete this and for that I think he’s a real hero. And to my husband Tony who was being sent good but worried vibes all the way from France and who today has feet and ankles that look like pigs trotters. They have a big story to tell……
Big thanks to Eoin for his good wishes and to those on the IMRA forum. The lads can never thank their support crew enough of Eugene, Finn and Grainne who gave up their entire weekend to do amazing work!

So to all you mountaineers, there’s the time to beat!

-Aisling-