Team Geared Up

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) Apologies for lack of posts, it’s a case of life and ironman getting in the way of blogging….
:-(
What have I missed?: Gael Force 6 seems to have been won by Eoin Keith followed by Peter O’ Farrell, while Peter seems to have teamed up with Paul Mahon to take the trophy in Gael Force 12. Good friends Karen Duggan and Liam O’ Riain tell me it was the toughest adventure race they’d ever done….and those two are tough!

What else have I missed?: The Warriors Run was part of the Warriors Festival last weekend and was won by Owen Gahan and Zoe Melling, both of whom I’ve had the pleasure of running internationally with. :-)

The Warriors Run takes competitors from the Cannon Gun at the beachfront in Strandhill to the top of Knocknarea, around Queen Maeves Cairn and back to the beachfront again. For the uninitiated, a 15 Kilometre race might seem easy. Not the Warriors Run! The race is classified as a road and hill race or multi-terrained, so whilst approximately seven of its miles are on paved roads, it is the special three miles in the middle, to the top of Knocknarea that gives the race its bite. These three miles include a 700 foot climb on loose gravel, unsurfaced and grass paths. At its steepest incline on the way up, even the most professional athlete slows to a walk and then brace themselves to face the equally daunting downhill run, back down the often slippery slopes, even in the driest of weather.

Oh and I missed this too: Teams have been selected for the World Mountain Running trophy in Switzerland to be held in a couple of weeks. Join the debate over there about team selection. Controversial….
I’m travelling on this “alpine holiday” as a team official. :-)

Ultra Trail Tour du Mont Blanc has started today! Good luck to TGU’s Eoin, Adrian Tucker, Gary Moralee and John Mc Donnell. You can follow their progress online here and go to ‘Tableau Passage’ and then ‘CCC.’

Cheers Robin for the good wishes, I even got special good wishes from the Irish Ironman himself Alan Ryan. Happy days! :-)
I’m all set now, if I get a chance I’ll update you….

-Aisling-

Image from the Warriors Festival.