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DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) Wow just look at the view! Only slightly more scenic I’d imagine than your average big city marathon eh? ;-) This is John O’ Regan and Roy Galvin in Peru where they were winners of the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu marathon. Here’s an account of the e[...] Read More »

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team geared Up) Well done to our own Irish Ultrarunner and superhero Tony Mangan who finished tenth overall in the 48 hour race in Surgeres, France (which we wrote about previously here). It’s amazing the distances covered in these events. The mental fortitude it must take to[...] Read More »

CHICAGO (Team Geared Up) - Some ultra running links for this week: Tips for Ultra Running Beginners. If you have completed a marathon and feel like you want to go further? Welcome to the ultra world, read the quick tips on this article and kick off your training! Alternatives to Expensive Energy [...] Read More »

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) I know Eoin K said there was no jealousy in Irish ultrarunning well he’s wrong! Friend of TGU John O’ Regan and Corkman Roy Galvin are heading to one of the most extreme marathons in the world and I, for one, am dead jealous!!! On May 29th they’ll [...] Read More »

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) Marathons are scary events. Only a couple of people in the race are out to win and the thousands of others just want to do their best, whether that means just finishing or getting a Personal Best. Failure is so scary. To say I was nervous would be an understatement [...] Read More »

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Geared Up Blog)- This years mens race was won by Korean Byeung Sik Ahn in a time of 4:02:37 and Cathrine Due of Denmark won the womens race in a time of 5:37:14. Congeratulations to both Peter Ferris and Wayne Pollock from Ireland you finished the tough course in 6:12:05 and 7:10:2[...] Read More »

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) It’s right up there with all the things you have to do before you die. It’s one of the classic stage races. It has all the ingredients of an incredible endurance event; the heat, the struggle, the dunes, the self sufficiency, the mangled feet and the tor[...] Read More »

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) I’ve blogged before about how some of our gang are heading to China for the Gobi March. It’s not long to go now and training with their heavily laden backpacks has been going surpisingly well, it doesn’t seem to have sapped their speed at all! Thi[...] Read More »