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DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) Best of luck to anyone doing the annual Wicklow Way Ultra (44k) or the Trail (22k). This classic race in the mountain running calender has always been supported by the regular mountain runners (like myself) but this year with on-line entries the numbers have increa[...] Read More »

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) I’ve mentioned before about how marathons just aren’t cutting it for the serious folk any more. It’s all about ultras and ironmen and multi-day events. Not only are these events filling up, they’re filling in record times. The Ultra Trail Tou[...] Read More »

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Geared Up Blog) - Shane Ohly has set a new winter record for the ramsay round in 29hrs and 59mins and 34seconds. To date there have been only 45 successful finishers of the ramsay round. Charlie Ramsay was the first person to complete the round in 1978 in a time of 23hrs and 58 min[...] Read More »

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) The new look Connemara Website has been launched. Alan has been on to let us know that it’s one of the first steps towards the biggest Connemarathon yet! There’s plenty of news, information, photos, and even a few videos. Information on the old site was [...] 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 »