Team Geared Up

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’m a little late getting to this one but hey, I have the excuse of ironman training to fall back on every time I’m slacking around here. ;-) Big congrats to all of the Irish team that travelled to Snowdon in Wales for the annual 10 mile race up and down[...] Read More »

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) As you nod off tonight spare a thought for the teams of adventure racers milling around the “magical landscapes” of Tipperary, Cork and Limerick in this years Beast of Ballyhoura Adventure Challenge. I met up recently with a newly formed team who were ge[...] Read More »

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) The annual Kippure handicap mountain race happens every year at the end of the IMRA Leinster League and we had a suprise winner last night in the form of newcomer Paul O’ Grady, pictured above with race director Paul Mahon. Charlie O’ Connell (M70) of Sp[...] Read More »

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) More congrats to Jackie O! It really was her weekend. After her success at the Beast of the East triathlon she followed it up the next day with a second place in her category at the Mountain Bike nationals. Big well done J! You really are flying! Main results can be[...] Read More »

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) Experienced adventure racer and mountain runner Moire O’ Sullivan is, at this very moment, making an attempt on the Wicklow Round: a long distance run encompassing 26 peaks totalling over 100K and over 6,000M climb inside 24 hours. According to the IMRA forum [...] Read More »

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) Cheers to Paul Mahon of the winning team at last Saturdays Carlingford Lough Endurance Challenge for sending me the photo of his winning team. Himself and legendary Irish mountain runners Beth Mc Cluskey and Gerry Lalor stormed to victory ahead of serious adventure [...] Read More »

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) Photos from day 1 of the Turas from Valerie O’ Sullivan. Thanks so much Valerie, keep ‘em coming, just look at the beautiful sky in that shot! According to the day 1 report, Team Orion Health are leading closely followed by Team Wilsa Helly Hansen which [...] Read More »