Team Geared Up

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 (Team Geared Up) The 2008 lottery draw took place over the weekend for the Western States Endurance Run, the 100 mile long ultrarun that takes place in California every June. The reason it’s a lottery is because they get almost 1200 entrants looking to fill only 357 places and[...] Read More »

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) Just because it’s Friday and for no other good reason, it’s time for some links to stuff I like: Runners World has a whole new look to it’s website. I’m a huge fan of this site and the forums (plural?) are brilliant. It’s also where I f[...] Read More »

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Geared Up Blog) - Just a video and short interview of the first winner and runner up of the race. -Eoin [...] Read More »

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Geared Up Blog) - Hal Koerner and Nikki Kimball won the mens and womens races respectively at the WS100. It was Nikki’s 3rd win(2nd in a row) and Hal’s first win of the event. There is a flyover you can do of the course with Google Earth with the route marked out. The [...] Read More »