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) Well deserved winner of yesterday’s mini adventure around Kerry was Peter O’ Farrell. An Turas Beag seems to have been well[...] Read More »

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) Some photos from last Wednesday’s IMRA Hellfire race are here. And really really well organised it was too I can tell ya!!!! ;-) We raised over 200 euro for Women’s Aid with the TGU bars! Apologies for being too busy to be taking more photos but you̵[...] Read More »

SINGAPORE (Team Geared Up) - The Irish team have issued a press release May 8th 2008 from Everest Base Camp. The mountain is open! Now… let’s hope the rush of 285 climbers for the top doesn’t cause a loss of life. Fingers crossed. Chinese Summit Puts Irish Everest Plans Back On Tr[...] Read More »

SINGAPORE (Team Geared Up) - This race is an introduction to adventure racing and will give the Mizen teenagers a feel for what is involved when the World Series Adventure Race, a gruelling five day challenge for the world’s top adventure racing teams, comes to Schull, Ireland on June 17th. [...] Read More »

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) Last year’s IMRA Leinster League was a bit of a wash-out with rain but just look at the crackin’ sunshine we’re having now. Tonight’s race is extra extra extra special……not simply because I’m race director for this evening&#[...] Read More »

SINGAPORE (Team Geared Up) - The Rat Race (I took part in the London Rat Race last year) is coming to Ireland. Great news. The much-loved event, having experienced runaway success in Britain, is now set to reach the shores of the Emerald Isle with 2 new and exciting events planned for Galway and Be[...] Read More »

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) Olympic hopefuls, Dean Karnazes and a controversial torch aren’t the only things making preparations for getting to China this Summer. A group of experienced Irish ultrarunners, I think I just might know one or two of them ;-) , have been making preparations f[...] Read More »

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) - Patagonia are having a ‘monster sale’ from Thursday the 8th of May till Sunday the 11th of May. The strange thing is that it’s in a completely separate location. It will be held in Filmbase, Curved st, Temple Bar, Dublin. I’m not totally su[...] Read More »

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) Don’t let the fact that it’s on the northside put you off (although the traffic for us Southsiders is usually pretty dreadful). Howth is one of the few races where you can park, race, shower and go to the prizegiving all in the one place! Nice view from [...] Read More »

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) The first race in the most popular of the IMRA leagues kicked off last night with a race up Bray Head. The first race is always a bit manic with people signing up for the first time but eventually over 220 runners headed for the hill including our own Neal!! Results[...] Read More »

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) - Nigel Callender, sports scientist and of IrishClimbingCoaching has posted up on the discussion threads about an upcoming clinics he’s involved with in Ballyorgan, Co. Limerick (Google Map link) with a Mountain Biking Specialist from the UK, Sally Thomas. Ke[...] Read More »

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) - The Mountaineering Council of Ireland have organised the Spring Meet once again, and it’s being hosted on the 17th and 18th of May in Glendalough Wicklow. The all important bit is what’s arranged: Saturday Arrival (Glendalough International Youth Host[...] Read More »

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.[...] Read More »

SINGAPORE (Team Geared Up) - Team Geared Up are delighted to help out a regular reader over the last 7 months, Avril Copeland who with her team ‘Hunky Dorys Adventure Racing’ will partake in the world famous Eco Primal Quest in 68 days. You can follow their preparations for the worlds t[...] Read More »

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) - Aisling covered this previously on “World Surf Kayaking Champion, Irish Paddler of the Year and 3rd year student at DCU, Lenny Kelleher - gets no funding.” Following on from this, Steve McGowan emailed me today with this amazing, and frankly ridiculou[...] Read More »

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) - This appeared on the climbing.ie forums today. Taking essentially a twist on Twitter, Jaiku or the update status on Facebook, the idea is to allow people to see where and when people are going climbing………you register for and will allow you to po[...] Read More »