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TGU Reader Drinks: Final Event Details for Thursday

Robin Blandford — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 03:09:10 +0000

EDITOR (Team Geared Up) - This email was sent to some readers this evening. Apologies about the replication. *Thursday Outdoor Adventure Drinks Reminder*

Thank you for being one of 200,000 visitors to Team Geared Up blog < http://blog.teamgearedup.com> in 2007. We’re running at a 20% return-visit rate now with visitors from an estimated 164 countries (16% are Irish). Love it! Our most popular articles were about Vibram 5 Fingers, BBC’s Live Rock Climbing, Salomon Speed Cross and the 53 Degrees North shop.

To celebrate a fantastically great blogging year we’re having our first pub-meet in Dublin, Ireland on December 27th. While it’s our first time all meeting each other (nearly all TGU authors/bloggers are back in Dublin for the first time!), we’d like it to be our first time to meet you too! Bring your outdoor mates ;-) it’s a bit of a random pub, the more the merrier and we’ll all be there for sure! Join us!

Free pint for the first 3 people brave enough to show up to go drinking dressed for their ’sport’ (and no, drinking/walking doesn’t count - I’m looking for full-body-lycra, goggles, helmets, expedition down suits and wetsuits! lol).

Date/Time: 9pm, 27th of December 2007 (This Thursday!).

Location:
Upstairs in - The Hairy Lemon
42 Lower Stephen Street
Dublin 2.

Map:

Big apologies if you’re not in Dublin and this only serves to disappoint! If you’d like to be informed of any plan changes RSVP to me :-)

*cough* *cough* I wonder if any Irish outdoor shops or publications would like to sponsor a round of Christmas drinks! Here’s hoping! *cough*

Happy Christmas all.

-Robin.

TGU Christmas Wishes

Robin Blandford — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 03:31:41 +0000

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) - Well it’s 3am on Christmas morning and I’m finally back in Ireland (for 10 days before Asia!), had my Christmas Eve pints with mates and I’m ready for the Grandparents tomorrow now!

This is just a quick chance to say to my TGU blogging team… Eoin (hope you’re ok after tonight’s drinks!) co-adventurer, Aisling superstar-TGU blogger & champion runner, Neal unreal adventure blogging enthusiast, Alex my American/Swiss buddy keep those longboard/tech-posts coming! and Dave trains so hard blogger and yes you taught me to climb! (& Darran hi too!) thank you so so much for the year. We’ve jumped in strength this year and fingers crossed we’ll do more next year. Bring on 2008!!

Remember we’re hoping to meet as many readers as possible on December 27th in Dublin City Centre (near college green! - details to follow) at the TGU Christmas Drinks.

Happy Christmas all!!!!!

Christmas Adventure Shopping?

Aisling Coppinger — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 14:28:04 +0000

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) I love this list of ideas from The Gear Junkie (via The Adventure Blog). Of course even though it’s probably too late to buy anything on-line, it may be enough just to give you ideas?! Check out those earrings?! (Can’t see the adventurous angle other than telling the world you “Love to Run” but that’s enough right?! If you’ve got any ideas of what to get the adventurous ones in your life, let us know before I concede to another set of Great Outdoors vouchers, I hate having to think too hard……

-Aisling-

Just running stuff……

Aisling Coppinger — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 13:25:35 +0000

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) If, like me, you watched Dublin/ New York marathons with envy, then now’s the time to start planning your Spring marathon. Seriously, I’ve been threatening to ditch all these ultras/ adventure races/ mountain marathons and just knuckle down to a serious road marathon for a couple of years now and I feel it’s time I got off the fence/ bike/ canoe/ trail shoe and “just do it”, as a well known sports company might say. Anyway Runners World have summed it all up for you here with a rating for each Spring marathon on your likelihood of a PB (or PR if you’re American!) Be careful, the dates given are for 2007. I’m leaning towards Rotterdam, any thoughts?

Don’t forget this Sundays Off Road Duathlon. Lots of people seem to be under the impression that this race is in Naas! So just to clarify, it’s in the Manor Kilbride area.

If you’re looking for running reading, then Running Fitness (it’s a UK Magazine) has an article in it’s current issue about the Jungfrau Marathon and the Gobi March.

If you’re in the South Dublin area and you fancy running some (road) hills in the dark some Wednesday night then you’re welcome to join our Wednesday night running group for a nippy ten! You can be guaranteed some serious banter and a run you’ll really enjoy! We usually aim to be around the Old Mill pub in Tallaght for 6:50pm but do let us know by leaving a comment! Everyone who does this run loves it! And because it’s beginning to look a lot like…..any good Christmas gift ideas for the runner who has everything?

-Aisling-

Photo is all mine (Tibradden Race)