Team Geared Up

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) Congrats to Tara! A new Irish Female Ironman record was set recently in Ironman Western Australia by Tara Nolan. Triathlon Ireland is planning on running a weekely Tara Diary in which she’ll share all her experiences including the event which allowed her to qu[...] 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 »

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) Lough Ennel, Tullamore was the venue for last Saturdays triathlon to celebrate the life of Bejing Olympic hopeful Caroline Kearney. Caroline was tragically killed during a cycling training session in France during the Summer of 2006, aged only 24. Her mother Ann was [...] Read More »

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Geared Up Blog) - Just arrived into Great Outdoors today. Gonna grab a packet and use them after a long run on Tuesday. They are the first electrolyte replacement drink i have ever seen in Ireland. Does anyone else know of any other ones? Imagine being out on a long run or ride, [...] Read More »

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) Congrats to Outsider on the birth of their new arrival who they have named Freewheel! It’s aimed at anybody on 2 wheels, road or trail, something for everybody. I got my hands on a copy of Freewheel yesterday and was very impressed! Great photos, glossy feature[...] Read More »

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) Tomorrow sees the running of the annual Wicklow Way relay with about 28 teams of up to 8 people running across 120k of the famous route. I think we’re making history as the first all-female team to compete, as we have 8 Clonliffe harriers mountain running girls[...] Read More »

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) Mountain Runner Archie O’Donnell (who I went to College with by the way so he could tell you a thing or two) tells us over at the IMRA forum that his brother Richie, also a mountain runner of course, has made a documentary for TG4 and it’s airing on Frida[...] Read More »

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) And moving on from the lovely girls and the lovely boys, this is one for the lovely kids. Trilogy Triathlon have news of a Duathlon for kids! I’ve never heard of this before, thought it was a great idea! It’s being held in Laois on the 16th June. There&#[...] Read More »