Team Geared Up

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team geared Up) Well done to our own Irish Ultrarunner and superhero Tony Mangan who finished tenth overall in the 48 hour race in Surgeres, France (which we wrote about previously here). It’s amazing the distances covered in these events. The mental fortitude it must take to[...] Read More »

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) Racing the Planet have just e-mailed competitors for the Gobi March with their tent allocation. The event kicks off in about a month and I wrote before about how husband Tony, brother Eugene and bestest mates Paul Moran and Liam O’ Riain were heading that dire[...] Read More »

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team geared Up) Super Ultrarunner and Record Holder Tony Mangan was onto TGU to let us know of a cracking achievement byThomas Maguire. Thomas had a fantastic win in the Namibian 120km Ultramarathon, where he absolutely decimated the field!! From Multidays: Press Release from Julie[...] Read More »

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) My favourite part of watching the Marathon des Sables unfold every year is the finish line photos. It’s just the most incredible raw human emotion, after a week of intense struggle. Gets me every time. ;-) Results here. Moroccan competitor Mohamad Ahansal won [...] Read More »

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) I’ve blogged before about how some of our gang are heading to China for the Gobi March. It’s not long to go now and training with their heavily laden backpacks has been going surpisingly well, it doesn’t seem to have sapped their speed at all! Thi[...] Read More »

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) Irish Ultra Runner Tony Mangan flies out to Brno in the Czech Republic today to compete in the 48 hour race where last year he broke the 48 hour indoor record, as reported by Athletics Ireland. The event is likely to feature ‘live’ on the race website [...] Read More »

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) Last race tomorrow in the 5 race series that is the IMRA Winter league. It’s being run in conjunction with the University Hill Running Championships but don’t let that put you off! ;-) Here’s the advice about Crone on the info page: Course is fast [...] Read More »

DUBLIN IRELAND, (Team Geared Up) I’m reading an article in the current issue of my local free newspaper, the Southside People, about super ultra athlete Tony Mangan’s latest victory. He cruised to victory in the 72 hour Across the Years ultra in Arizona, winning by a whopping 23 miles. [...] Read More »