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USALONDON, UK (Team Geared Up) - Today its Links@Lunch as I didn’t get to write these last night. Here’s the stuff during the week we wished we’d talked more about:
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It’s “Groovy Shoe” time. We got to be careful not to show Eoin these or he’ll be off to Japan to buy a pair of New Balance ‘Trail Busters’. Check out this page of aqua/violet/turquoise/dark-pink/salmon trail running shoes. Thanks to Gráinne for telling us all about these in a this comment.
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THIS SUNDAY (18th Nov)! The “Off Road Duathalon” (Aisling already warned you!) starts at 11:00am in the North Wicklow Mountains, Ireland.
The race will consist of a 2.5k trail run and 12k off road bike and a 2.5k trail run. (Not as easy as it sound’s) The first run starts on a gradual uphill then drops down for 1.2km turn around and straight back up a nice steady climb up to transition, the bike course starts with a downhill on a forest road for just over 1.5km which will give plenty of time to recover from the first run and allow you prepare for the climb back to transition, this lap will be ridden 3 times before pulling back into transition for a quick change back to running shoes and out onto the run course for the final lap.
Contact Rob Cummins www.wheelworxbikes.com and Mike Jordan www.thecycleinn.com
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The Dublin Voyagers Canoe Club are just back from a river expedition in Nepal. Hardcore!
Voyagers is a roof-rack river kayaking club that has operated in the Dublin area for over twenty years.
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Sarunas (DCU Rock Climbing Club - Trips Officer) sent us a mail to say Dave MacLeod has announced on his blog that “To Hell and Back” is now online to watch but in fairly low res.
Follow the journey of Scotland’s top climber Dave MacLeod as he attempts to ascend Hell’s Lum in the Cairngorms.
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And finally, how fantastic is it to have new ‘Guest Posts’ on the scene! Thanks to Stewart Wallace & Rick (of Tango & Cash) for their great posts. I must note that Mr 8a’yton is knocking about in here too these days.
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Phew! Keep ‘em coming!!!
-Robin.
Latest Comments (5):
After watching “to Hell and Back” a couple of weeks ago i have no choice but to recommend it to everyone! Go and download it now! It shows the other end of the spectrum of hard trad climbing - where E11 pushed physical difficulty above reasonable protection - this film shows MacLeod having to come to terms with poor weather conditions, access, remoteness, friable rock, and the ever present risk that if he did fall his marginal gear (a few free-hanging skyhooks on crimps and a cam wedged behind a loose flake… below the crux!) would rip and end up landing on him!! It explores the feelings and thoughts of his wife and all the film crew present - and i was left feeling why?! Why go through that?! Then i remembered what it’s like to have found a piece of unclimbed rock that no-one had ever been on - the drive to piece it all together and lead it, claiming it as your own blinds or numbs you to the dangers! Dave only seemed to truly realise what was at stake once on the lead, above the crux on the ‘rest’ hold where he could finally try and calm his nerves, recover his finger strength, remember his sequence for the climbing above and wait…. Well, you’re just gonna have to watch it to find out aren’t you?!
Dave A
I’m so watching that tonight! Pudsey’s Children In Need has lost a viewer!
I’m off to the Duathlon now! It’s raining so should be extra fun! (Athletics Ireland had a fantastic awards ceremony last night, great event! I plan on blogging about that later as I was there and brought my camera!)
Looking forward to hearing about it!
Me too …. sounds good!
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