Team Geared Up

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) Good luck to the TGU team of Robin, Charlie and Tanya taking part in the London Rat Race this weekend! If you’re in London watch out for the blinding reflective t-shirts Robin mentioned which I’m sure they’ll be wearing for this evenings 3 hour foo[...] Read More »

LONDON, UK (Team Geared Up) - Despite the bike brakes failing through a pedestrian crossing and one of us putting a scratch down the side of a car with the handle bars, things went better than expected. The blinding reflective t-shirts of TeamGearedUp.com were out roughing themselves up a little bi[...] Read More »

LONDON, UK (Team Geared Up) - Today in London was the Great Gorilla Run! This is where you fundraise £400 for charity and then get given a gorilla suit and have to run a race around the streets of London. Nuts! I caught the above photo of them crossing London Bridge above our boat! Map: There w[...] Read More »

LONDON, UK (Team Geared Up) - Surfers in the UK have lost their bid to stop a giant electric socket in the sea. The giant socket is being installed off the south coast of England to allow 4 wave power generator companies to test new designs. The socket will let any of them plug into the UK power g[...] Read More »

DERRY, NORTHERN IRELAND (Team Geared Up) - Just picked this interesting offer by ITV up via the BMC’s website! Are you a single guy? Passionate about keeping fit and being active? Believe in a healthy, clean-living lifestyle? Up for a challenge? ITV is making a new dating show and wants to fi[...] Read More »

LONDON, UK (Team Geared Up) - The Great River Race paddled past my flat on the Thames today. The annual river race lets competitors race down the Thames for 4hrs to Greenwich. Racers use any form of canoe, dragon boat, kayak, paddle boat, skiff they want… and many seem to dress up in costume [...] Read More »

UPDATE: TGU have a team entry. Watch out! LONDON, UK (Team Geared Up) - The Rat Race is where teams of three race in a multi-disciplined challenge of navigation, endurance, skills and guts running, climbing, mountain biking, kayaking, abseiling, and tackling a course that’s only revealed hour[...] Read More »

LONDON, UK (Team Geared Up) - I spotted this article in the London Metro last week and took a photo as it was so crazy. A group of french/german people made this raft for no other reason than to challenge themselves and headed towards the south coast of England in it. To get to he south coast you h[...] Read More »