Team Geared Up

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 »

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) I thought of writing one of those posts saying the Gobi March was continuing and they’re through half way and Dean Karnazes appears to be in 4th position and there was a photo finish for the finish of Day 3. Or I thought I could write one of those posts as a w[...] Read More »

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) Racing the Planet have just e-mailed competitors for the Gobi March with their tent allocation. The event kicks off in about a month and I wrote before about how husband Tony, brother Eugene and bestest mates Paul Moran and Liam O’ Riain were heading that dire[...] 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 »

KILDARE, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) - Ukclimbing.com are reporting here that the Chinese government are refusing all permits for Everest this year from their side of the mountain (strange to describe ’sides of a mountain’ being an issue not due to climbing difficulty!). They’re also[...] Read More »