Team Geared Up

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) Once the Experts class had kicked off on their early start in the water in last Saturday’s Total Experience Adventure Race, me and the girls of Bronagh’s Beeyatches started to get pretty worried about the way the wind was picking up on Blessington Lakes. With only one paddling training session this year we hadn’t exactly got experience on our side. And to add to our fear of ending up swimming, the water was bloody freezing.
But with some sound advice from organiser Brian on which route to take, we were off on our way and round the bouys and off the water before you could say “two girls in a boat”. The biking was great and you can see we were taking the tasks at hand very seriously:

We spent a lot of time on a bonus control point we couldn’t find but ate up the rest of the foot controls on Sorrel Hill and Black Hill. Loved the control in the veggie shop!
Some people took their Adventure Race attire very seriously:

Including me and my t-shirt:

While the experts just seemed to take everything seriously; look at them go!

All competitors were spoiled rotten with the use of hot showers, hot food and a bus to the pub afterwards!!
I’ll update the post when I get results from organisers Sean Murray and Brian Keogh who organised a great event! Well done!

-Aisling-

Most photos are from my flickr set here but the one of Berndt and team is from Bob’s Picasa set.