Team Geared Up

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) Today’s Irish Times Magazine has a feature on Ireland’s first World Series Adventure Race, The Turas. Right now they’re all assembling in kerry and I’d imagine doing last minute checks on the enormous amounts of gear they have to bring. And b[...] Read More »

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) With all the big teams assembling in Kerry right now for An Turas you might be tempted to give a smaller challenge a blast yourself! Entries are open till Monday for the Not the Sunday Run’s Kilbroney Challenge. This one day event takes place on Sunday 21st Ju[...] Read More »

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) Any Team Geared Up readers wishing to go along to hear world famous Ultrarunner and mountaineer Lizzy Hawker in 53 Degrees North this Thursday should leave a comment and we’ll get you on the guest list (previous post here). It promises to be another cracking i[...] Read More »

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) Neal and I are taking part in the IMRA Wicklow Way relay tomorrow. At this stage EVERYONE should have run their route (yes Neal ;-8) and be familiar enough with it that they’re comfortable and know their way around, it’s fairly common to get lost! As lat[...] Read More »

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) On the 21st anniversary of the race up Carrantouhil last Sunday, it also happened to be the 20th anniversary of the setting of the record time of 71.43 by King of the Mountains John Lenihan. Sporting legends don’t come much bigger and better than this former W[...] Read More »

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) Well it looks like they didn’t treat it as the “holiday” that Richard Donovan described because Irish men John O’ Regan and Roy Galvin have only gone and WON the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu marathon. We’ve only just got word and there[...] Read More »

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) Friend of TGU Tony Mangan has been on to let us know about an incredible runner named Rosie Swale-Pope who has spent the last 5 years running round the world. On May 28th she would have caught a ferry to the Faroes Islands and by 18th June she will expect to land on[...] Read More »