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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 direction. Well you re just not gonna believe who they ve bagged as a tent buddy!! They ve only gone and been allocated to share a tent with the 27th most influential person in the World (that s according to Time Magazine)! Dean Karnazes is sharing with the Paddies on his second desert event this year, (he s on a quest to complete all 4 of the Racing the Planet series of desert races). Unperturbed by the news of a celebrity in their tent one of the team can be qouted as saying: I don t believe the name they gave our tent - Langerville. And none of us are from Cark. We should complain about no wans in our tent. Who ll make the tea, do the wash up and wash our socks etc? Can anything be done? Yeah there ll be words at our next Wednesday Night session I can tell ya ;-) I had to counter balance that level of sexism with a hefty dose of gratuitous Dean -ism, i.e. the picture above. Just look at him go!! -Aisling- Image credit: Time Magazine.

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 for Racing the Planet s Gobi Challange. Long hours on the hills with heavy backpacks, long hours spent on the internet finding appropriate gear/ bags/ sleeping bags/ food and long hours spent racing every ultra available to them have meant that the gang are almost all set for the Irish assault on this 4deserts challenge. They recently launched their website, Endurance Racers, thanks to Rathfarnham WSAF s Mick Bolger (and fellow Rotterdam marathon competitior), and are looking for donations for the Harold s Cross Hospice. Some info on the race: It covers 257km/160 miles (in sections similar to 40, 42, 45, 40, 80, 10 km) run over 6 days (7 for some) - equivalent to 6 regular marathons. In addition to that, competitors have to carry everything they will need for the duration (apart from a tent) on their backs in a rucksack (food, clothes, medical kit, sleeping bag etc). Water is rationed and handed out at each checkpoint. The gang are Tony Kiernan (my husband!), Eugene Coppinger (my brother and coach!), Liam O Riain (Bestest Mate Ever!) and Paul Moran (crossed the line with me in the Connemara Ultra the year I won!). On the 5th day, you will set off across the barren wilderness to complete a 50 mile stage. Few people complete this before dark that evening and some will not come in till after dark the next night. Its tough, so don t say that nobody warned you in the strongest terms. Best of luck! -Aisling-