Team Geared Up

CHICAGO, US (TEAM GEARED UP) - This week, miscellaneous ultra running links: Theatrical Trailer for the July 31st, 2008 screening of the inspirational documentary UltraMarathon Man: 50 Marathons • 50 States • 50 Days, featuring Dean Karnazes. The film will be showing in 200 theaters in the US. [...] Read More »

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) It’s been a big week for Irish ultra runners! We’ve had Eoin Ryan ploughing through his Ultramarathon Triangle down along the canals. That involved the traditinal stage race format of 6.5 marathons in 6 days. I’m sure he’s well finished by [...] Read More »

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) Running the length of the country was something myself and the other half always said we’d like to have a go at. At a sort-of leisurely pace, though with frequent stops! Someone planning on ploughing down the length of the country at a pace of 3 marathons a da[...] Read More »

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) I thought of writing one of those posts saying the Gobi March was continuing and they’re through half way and Dean Karnazes appears to be in 4th position and there was a photo finish for the finish of Day 3. Or I thought I could write one of those posts as a w[...] Read More »

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) You’re probably sick of me blogging about this, but hey….what you gonna do about it?! ;-) Tony Kiernan, Eugene Coppinger, Liam O’ Riain and Paul Moran of Endurance Racers are now in Bejing preparing for a long journey Saturday to Kashgar. They̵[...] 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 »

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) This could be a very long post if I was to list all of mountaineer and ultra-runner Lizzy Hawker’s achievements. If you google her name you get tonnes of recording breaking runs and wins and the list goes on and on….. Last year she set a new World Record[...] Read More »

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) He’s off again! Our own super-ultra athlete, and World Record Holder, Tony Mangan is off to Surgeres in France for a 48 hour track race. I reckon himself and Robin should swap tips on sleep deprivation! Tony flies out tomorrow to compete in what is considered [...] Read More »