Team Geared Up

CHICAGO (Team Geared Up) - For this week, a short compilation of running books reviews. “26.2 Marathon Stories”, by Kathrine Switzer and Roger Robinson: a book that combines marathon runner stories with images from renowned photographers all together in a hardcover edition that has rec[...] Read More »

UPDATE: Mark does hold the Guinness World Record for ‘Youngest person to complete a marathon on all seven continents (male)’. The last update was incorrect. UPDATE: Richard Donovan Race Director of the Antarctic Ice Marathon says that Tim Harris holds the youngest (and fastest) 7-7-7. T[...] Read More »

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) I’m late getting to this one but you know how it is sometimes when life gets in the way of blogging? It wasn’t until Eoin Ryan joined us on one of our Wednesday Night Runs that I heard about this one. As if doing an ironman isn’t considered by many[...] Read More »

UPDATE: I just realised Eoin announced this would happen 1 year ago! LONDON, UK (Team Geared Up) - With a tagline of “The Other Desert Race”, Sleepmonsters emailed me this Canadian ultra race notice yesterday. I suspect some of you guys may have got it too, it’s the Rock & Ic[...] Read More »

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Geared Up Blog) - I listen to Endurance Planet’s podcasts regularly but i have fallen behind recently because i lost my ipod about a month ago now. So I’m just catching up to date with all the new stories. The one that stuck out to me was t-shirt etiquette at races. End[...] 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 »