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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 »

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) Well never let it be said we don’t pander to your requests so here ya go; more photos from Valerie O’ Sullivan of the Little Bo Peep Triathlon. That’s Colette Lawlor looking happy in the water, somthing I’m learning to do myself! That’[...] Read More »

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) If you’re currently engrossed in all things to do with the Tour de France you’ll find this a great read. Irish cyclist, musician, guitar teacher Mike Brookfield writes an account of his cycle through a stage of the Tour du France in the Pyrenees called l[...] Read More »

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) The first Beast of the East triathlon was held around the hills of Wicklow today and was won by Fernando Fuentes and our own Jackie O! Y’all know Jackie well from her mountain biking exploits and this was a super for win for her as she goes from strength to st[...] Read More »

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) It’s described as non-competitive but I doubt any bike race could ever be described like that??!! The Wicklow 200 is an annual event on the cycling calender, organised by the Irish Veteran Cyclists Association and a really nice touch is that the only prize on [...] Read More »

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) Right. Hard to know where to start with this one so I’ll go back to the start of the year. I was heading over to France for our annual trip to the Trail Blanch Font Romeu (Snow Race) and had set myself a deadline which was this: that I would decide the day I [...] Read More »

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) Adventure racing heroes (well they claim to win everything!!) Tango and Cash appear to be half way through their attack on the Ulster Way, a 600-mile long-distance loop route around Northern Ireland, linking the current way-marked ways together with minor-road link [...] 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 »