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2:05am K2 Bottleneck - 11:06hrs 1st Aug 2008. The Last Photo.
CHICAGO, UNITED STATES (Team Geared Up) - This photo came down the wire from watershed news. “The photo of the Bottleneck was taken just after the Serbian fell,” Nicholas Rice, 23, of Hermosa Beach, said in an e-mail early Wednesday from K2 base camp. The Bottleneck photo shows a line[...] Read More »
1:00am Killarney Rowers Beijing Bound: Paul Griffin, Sean Casey and Cathal Moynihan
DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) What is it with these geographical clusters of super-rowers!? Following on from our post about the three oarsmen from Northern Ireland off to Beijing, Fiola and Valerie (herself an expert master rower!) let us know about these three from Killarney that are Olympic c[...] Read More »
9:31pm Urban Adventure Racing: Belfast Rat Race
DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) The rat race comes to Belfast! Hundreds of people are expected to take part in the 8 hour urban adventure around the city. I’ll be rooting for my good friends Karen Duggan, Shane O’ Rourke and Paul Mahon! I hear Rick and Davy might be taking part too? F[...] Read More »
8:36pm Personal Update on the road to Ironman UK: 4 weeks to go!
DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) I’ve been won over by the power of positive thinking! I posted before about the Beast of the East Triathlon (my first venture into the mad world of tri!) but I only vaguely mentioned that I had had a very hard time on the swim. It had gone so badly for me and [...] Read More »
12:38pm Howth Yacht Club Member Carries Irish Flag At Olympics Opening Ceremony
CHICAGO, UNITED STATES (Team Geared Up) - 28-year-old Ciara Peelo from Malahide in Dublin will carry the Irish flag at the Olympics opening ceremony today. I remember sailing against Ciara when I was just 11 years old in our local sailing club. Look where she got to, fantastic. RTE Report: Sailing [...] Read More »
5:13am TGU Weekly Bookmarks
CHICAGO, UNITED STATES (Team Geared Up) - Here’s some bookmarks from TGU… — Cool car styled tent for Camping in the city. — Action Cameras head mounted on your bike helmet can win you a court case in a crash. Drivers treat you nicer too :-) — Portraits of Adventure, s[...] Read More »
1:00am BBC Documentary: From the Bann to Beijing
DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) Watch out for this documentary on Wednesday night at 10:45pm on BBC 1 Northern Ireland about 3 Northern Ireland oarsmen, all from the one town, on their quest to get to Beijing. For the past 18 months, BBC Sport Northern Ireland’s Season Ticket has been following [...] Read More »
5:30pm TGU Podcast: Episode 4 - Eoin O’Driscoll, Mont Blanc Ultra Trail 2008.
TGU PODCAST (Team Geared Up) - This week, Robin interviews TGU blogger Eoin O’Driscoll about his upcoming attempt of the Mont Blanc Ultra Trail 2008. A 96km alpine trail race in under 25 hours. TGU Episode 4 - Eoin O’Driscoll, Mont Blanc Ultra Trail 2008. from Robin Blandford on Vimeo. [...] Read More »
