Team Geared Up

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) - If you’re in need of an adventure or would like to join an expedition, feeling like doing some conservation work or volunteering overseas, or if you need advice on working holidays in Australia, Canada or New Zealand, then you should get yourself down to the[...] Read More »

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) - I’m back from London, here are this weeks muddy links. — Winter is coming… Dot Gloves makes these liners that come embedded with metal buttons in the fingertips to make texting and cell phone operation easy in the snow. Cool. — The Speed Ve[...] Read More »

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) Cheers to everyone for all their good wishes! It was really appreciated! The day of the Ironman itself began with an alarm call at 3am, though I don’t think I really slept at all. I was aiming to be at the start between 4:30 and 5am. The previous days weather [...] Read More »

For the last couple of months I have followed quite some ultra running and trail races happening in several countries (mostly the US and Europe). It seems this type of endurance sport in the outdoors is getting more exposure in the media (and therefore more popularity). Some technologies like blogs[...] Read More »

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) It should hopefully be another record breaking weekend for Irish mountain running, as ultra runner and adventure racer and controversial forum poster (!!!) Eoin Keith makes an attempt on the record for the fastest completion of the Wicklow Way (phew long sentence, n[...] Read More »

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) - I had the fortune to attend a Sea Survival training course in the amazing NMCI at the Irish Naval Base in Cork last weekend. The pool has simulated environmental effects including cold water, darkness, rain, wind, waves, lightning - great storm conditions. They th[...] Read More »

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) He’s done it again! Another world record for Irish ultrarunner and World Record Holder Tony Mangan on the treadmill!! At last weekend’s Longford marathon Tony broke the 48 hour treadmill record in a time of 45 hours 42 minutes and 18 seconds before running the m[...] Read More »

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) Apologies for lack of posts, it’s a case of life and ironman getting in the way of blogging…. :-( What have I missed?: Gael Force 6 seems to have been won by Eoin Keith followed by Peter O’ Farrell, while Peter seems to have teamed up with Paul Mah[...] Read More »