Team Geared Up

Welcome! If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to our RSS feed or enter your email: for updates. Thanks for visiting! DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) As I was saying earlier, this morning saw me head to Trinity College Dublin for my physiological tests. Like I said I wasn’t sure[...] Read More »

SINGAPORE (Team Geared Up) - This Irish Surfing Video by YouTuber ‘fionnion‘ (view bebo) is great. I love when Ireland is on the leading edge of both a sport, and reporting on it. He says… Most surfing is by cain and some more with William Johny n jack. William doen the jumps o[...] Read More »

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) I’m finally getting round to doing something I’ve been meaning to try for a while. This morning I’m heading to Trinity College where they carry out physiological testing on sports people. It’s open to anyone for a cost of about €60. I’[...] Read More »

SINGAPORE (Team Geared Up) - While doing a Reuters News Quiz (check it out, very good!). Last week in the wake of Sir Ed’s death, I answered that ‘Ed Hillary summited Everest in 1953′ but was told I was incorrect. I sent in a news correction piece and look what I got back… [...] Read More »

UPDATE: Day 3 Videos & Photos, click here. SINGAPORE (Team Geared Up) - RTE News are reporting that the Portrush lifeboat was thrown onto rocks by a large wave as its crew attended an emergency call last night. It was stuck there on high ground as the tide went out. They attempted to get it of[...] Read More »

SINGAPORE (Team Geared Up) - An anonymous email slipped into our mailbox about 60 seconds ago. It contained a leaked list of Irish Blog Awards nominees for the Best News/Current Affairs Blogs in Ireland. Well what could we do, other than to publish it :-) Best News/Current Affairs The Limerick Blo[...] Read More »

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) We need to map our adventures well in advance in order to be well prepared! So it’s good to hear entries are open for a couple of big adventure races. First up in May is the Irish Adventure Challenge (An Turas Beag). There’s space for 40 teams plus 20 su[...] Read More »

SINGAPORE (Team Geared Up) - Check out YouBar. They offer custom energy bars. Their Build-A-Bar page lets you pick the ingredients you want mixed and packaged for you. You get a couple of multi-choice options for each one of these categories for true personalisation & tastes. Base: Protein Pow[...] Read More »

SINGAPORE (Team Geared Up) - It’s not often we get good expeditionary TV in the UK or Ireland. So when we do TGU make and effort to try and feature it. This was spotted in the climbing.ie forums… BBC2 - Wed 30 Jan, 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm 60mins A Tribute to Sir Edmund Hillary: The Race for [...] Read More »

SINGAPORE (Team Geared Up) - Remember Tough Guy last year? Over 4,000 people brave mud, ice cold water, and flames to prove that they are tough. The Tough Guy race in the west of England, takes place over a two-mile long obstacle course designed by a former Grenadier Guardsman. Competitors must wad[...] Read More »

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) As if my credit card didn’t take enough of a hammering over Christmas, I had to go and scare it even more with a trip to Belfast. I had wanted to check out this store for a while and this time we had an excuse. With my other half in the market for a seriously [...] Read More »

UPDATE: Richard Donovan Race Director of the Antarctic Ice Marathon says that Tim Harris holds the youngest (and fastest) 7-7-7. Thanks Richard. SINGAPORE - Mark sure kept himself quiet! RTE has just broken the story that Mark Scanlon has achieved the Guinness World Record for Youngest 7-7-7. A 24-[...] Read More »

SINGAPORE - Last Sunday I took to East Coast Park to try out the Cable Ski lagoon. Think a very fast button ski lift (around 16knts) with a ski tow handle that does a circle of the lagoon in around 1min 20secs. While the dry dock starts took a bit of mastering compared to behind a boat my wakeboard[...] Read More »

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) I know for sure there’s athletics on Irish TV tomorrow but for the life of me I can’t find it in the TV listings……anyway if you’re looking for it you’ll find it. But if you’re a runner and you’re in Dublin there’[...] Read More »

UPDATE (Editor): Aisling was too modest to tell you SHE WON the 13k / 320mt climb in 88min! Congratulations Aisling! —– DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) Well the run of the event has to belong to the two ultra runners Grainne Connor and Paul Mahon for their part in the 51k Trail Blanch [...] Read More »

SINGAPORE (Team Geared Up) - I got an email today from Princeton Tec. It has the look of a mass-mail (It was a direct mail), but I figured it’s worth posting as it’s a cool advertisement for their new Headlamp the FUEL. They have a blog at LivingOnTheDash.com. Hi guys, Love the blog… [...] Read More »