Team Geared Up

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) Cheers to everyone for all their good wishes! It was really appreciated! The day of the Ironman itself began with an alarm call at 3am, though I don’t think I really slept at all. I was aiming to be at the start between 4:30 and 5am. The previous days weather [...] Read More »

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) I’ve been won over by the power of positive thinking! I posted before about the Beast of the East Triathlon (my first venture into the mad world of tri!) but I only vaguely mentioned that I had had a very hard time on the swim. It had gone so badly for me and [...] Read More »

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) Well never let it be said we don’t pander to your requests so here ya go; more photos from Valerie O’ Sullivan of the Little Bo Peep Triathlon. That’s Colette Lawlor looking happy in the water, somthing I’m learning to do myself! That’[...] Read More »

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) The first Beast of the East triathlon was held around the hills of Wicklow today and was won by Fernando Fuentes and our own Jackie O! Y’all know Jackie well from her mountain biking exploits and this was a super for win for her as she goes from strength to st[...] Read More »

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) Last night’s Wicklow Tri Club Amphibian King Aquathon may have clashed with the last Leinster League IMRA race (won by John Brooks and Erin Roberts) but as you can see from the photo above plenty of female mountain runners chose the former! The race involved 7[...] Read More »

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) Standing on the start line of last night’s 3D-Tri Wheelworx Aquathon I could easily remember the last time I had been that scared; it was the times I had gone abseiling/ climbing with Neal and Nige! I was absolutely terrified and trying desperately to hold it [...] Read More »

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) Right. Hard to know where to start with this one so I’ll go back to the start of the year. I was heading over to France for our annual trip to the Trail Blanch Font Romeu (Snow Race) and had set myself a deadline which was this: that I would decide the day I [...] Read More »