Team Geared Up

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 »

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) Olympic hopefuls, Dean Karnazes and a controversial torch aren’t the only things making preparations for getting to China this Summer. A group of experienced Irish ultrarunners, I think I just might know one or two of them ;-) , have been making preparations f[...] Read More »

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) It’s right up there with all the things you have to do before you die. It’s one of the classic stage races. It has all the ingredients of an incredible endurance event; the heat, the struggle, the dunes, the self sufficiency, the mangled feet and the tor[...] Read More »

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) Planet Ultramarathon brings us this story about the Irish 24 hour running champion Dara O’ Kearney: Dara O’Kearney has made a good start to the year by beating a high quality field in the European Deep Stack Championship held in Drogheda over the weeke[...] Read More »

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) The entry requirements for the North Face Ultra Trail du Tour du Mont Blanc have just been announced. Up until now entry was first come, first served, until last year when you had to have completed at least a couple of ultras. But because the finisher level was stil[...] Read More »

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) You know the way sometimes at the end of a race you could almost spit on the people who made you work so hard for your place….well maybe not really, it’s not very sportsmanlike but….but you know what I mean. The person chasing me to the line at Sat[...] 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 »

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) With the mountain running season coming to a close it’s time to start planning running events for next year. For the last 2 years I’ve headed to the Pyrennees in January for the Trail Blanch Font Romeu or as we call it the Snow Race. There’s 3 dista[...] Read More »