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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-

ZURICH, SWITZERLAND (Team Geared Up) - This first one is probably one of the strangest hybrid devices I ve ever seen. It s called the SkidScooter and its an amphibious scooter . The idea is that its a device that can help you get across two different environments. It is a kick scooter that will get you acros (paved) land and has built in motors and propellers in the wheels to propell you through the water. Could you imagine this thing being pitched, I m sure it would have gone a little like this: Have you ever been in a situation where you were scooting along a road but were suddenly stopped by a large body of water and only wish you had someway of getting across it? That is where the SkidScooter comes in! Other than people who live near beaches where they might find use for this, don t expect this to ever leave concept. All bikers when biking on streets have one common fear. Cars. One thing that drivers hate and bikers have a hard time protraiting is the direction the biker is going to turn. We ve all been taught when we learned how to ride that we put our arm out to signal the direction we are going. However that often leaves us unstable and prone to a possible accident as our control of the bike may become hindered when we only have one hand on the handles. This is where this clever device comes in. Designed by Leah Buechley, the jacket has blinking LED lights on the back to show which direction you are turning. Although only a conceptual project now I can see this becoming a reality sometime in the future. The real product will most likely be a thin vest that can go over ones jacket and have a small bluetooth enabled control that sits on the handle bar. Ideally I cool function would be some kinda of modual that could detect when the bike was slowing down and then a red LED will flash on the back to signal the biker is slowing down or stopping. Plus this would be an awesome accessory at raves! (via DVice) In the comments of a post I did on the Cube foldable bike Robin gripped about the fact that we have amazing colapsable bikes but no colapsable wheels. Reader pointed us to this video. Its a prototype design for a wheel that can be fitted on any bike or wheelchair that pretty much folds in on itself. This along with a Cube bike and you ll pretty much be able to carry a bike in a backpack in the future. Last I have the The Ride by Ellsworth Handcrafted Bicycles. This is quite a stylish looking bike with a sleek aluminum frame and suspension. But is most exciting about this bike is the NuVinci CVP gear system. Its both a gearless and multigeared system. It is silent, will not skip and allows for a much more fluid change in intensity when pedaling. Check out the video to see what I m talking about, its really quite amazing! -Alx-

ZURICH, SWITZERLAND (Team Geared Up) - Cube Urban Street Concept. This is the Natalie Portman of folding bikes. Cute and curvacious and can fit in a small car but still smart and sofisticated. Too often do you see fold ups that look like they were either made of spare parts from Terminator or looks like it belongs in a circus because of its tiny wheels. Well inventor and Coburg University of Applied Sciences student Gregor Dauth decided he wanted his cake and eat it too. Looking to one-up the Canondale On project this bare bones concept claims that when in its compact form it can fit inside a Smart car. It doesn t sacrifice wheel size and has a few extra neat features like a generator to power front and back LED lights that turn on automatically when it gets dark. No price, no date but just take a look at the video of it in action and you WILL want one. It s maker talks about the bike: -Alx-

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) I know for sure there s athletics on Irish TV tomorrow but for the life of me I can t find it in the TV listings anyway if you re looking for it you ll find it. But if you re a runner and you re in Dublin there s a good chance you re heading to Raheny for the annual Raheny 5 mile road race. It s one of the biggest events in the Irish running calender. The goody bags alone are worth the entry fee and the prizes are great! I m going to give it a miss as we re heading to Belfast to check out some outdoorsy shops up there will let you know how I get on -Aisling- Image from St. Francis Hospice website.

Winter Trout Fishing in Minnesota - The 2008 Trout About from Jive Media on Vimeo. The Justnorth.com crew joined the Trout Whisperer in the Superior National Forest of Minnesota for the opening of Winter trout fishing. Commonly known as a 'Trout About'. Outdoor adventure CD featuring professional guide, Trout Whisperer, available at http://justnorth.com Cast: Jive Media

Bane @ The Che Cafe on 1.19.08 from Allen Hsieh on Vimeo. Blah Blah Blah Higher quality sample, linked from youtube ilovescifi.net Cast: Allen Hsieh

Carols in Bournville from Kevin Miller on Vimeo. Footage from Carols on the Green in Bournville, England. Cast: Kevin Miller

Gus Hansen Launches Online Poker Community from Gus Hansen on Vimeo. See Gus Hansen, the international poker superstar, introduce himself, his largest achievements and his new poker community. ThePlayr.com is a unique online poker community focused on bringing together poker players from all over the world and teaching them to play poker the Gus Hansen way - aggressively. Cast: Gus Hansen

AdSense Secrets Revealed - Test Your Web Pages To Maximize Your Income from Michael Jones on Vimeo. There are ways to test your Adsense web pages to make sure you are maximizing your profits. Learn more about AdSense success here: www.adsense11.com Cast: Michael Jones

Skitour Gerenfalben from geo-coaching on Vimeo. Skitour auf den Gerenfalben im Bregenzer Wald. GPS-Daten zur Tour unter geo-coaching.net Cast: geo-coaching

Wii Loop Machine 2.0 :: Sampling! from The Amazing Rolo on Vimeo. This is the second in a series of videos showing off the software that I'm working on. The Wii Loop Machine is creative music software for the Nintendo Wii controller. In this video I demo the sampling capabilities available in version 2.0. Awesome! Learn more, download free Wii music treats, and download v2.0 in a few weeks at: http://www.theamazingrolo.net/wii/ To see the first video about v2.0: http://www.vimeo.com/609538/ To see the video I made last year about v1.0: http://www.vimeo.com/155978 Cast: The Amazing Rolo

Untitled from Nitaël on Vimeo. the making-of ! Cast: Nitaël

Dan Deacon - Camera going from Night Mode to Auto from Zackwolk on Vimeo. trippy effects - isolated Cast: Zackwolk

3899 Wahtomin Trail, Alexandria from Craig Mische on Vimeo. Chippewa Trails is a 11 acre community with 750 feet of lakeshore on Alexandria's Lake Ida. This video shows the grounds during winter and the exterior of a home for sale. Cast: Craig Mische

Winter Trout Fishing in Minnesota - The 2008 Trout About from Jive Media on Vimeo. The Justnorth.com crew joined the Trout Whisperer in the Superior National Forest of Minnesota for the opening of Winter trout fishing. Commonly known as a 'Trout About'. Outdoor adventure CD featuring professional guide, Trout Whisperer, available at http://justnorth.com Cast: Jive Media

2nd 3rd lair movie from Marc Spielman on Vimeo. marc spielman , cody boegeman , and ryan meyer skating at the new turd lair. Cast: Marc Spielman

ART321F07_Aaron Black's Motion Graphics from tiffanysum on Vimeo. ART321 Video and Intermedia Art I Enrollment 11/12 Fall 2007 Instructor: Tiffany Sum Aaron Black's Motion Graphics Cast: tiffanysum

Nick Bruce bmx from nickbruce on Vimeo. young lad Cast: nickbruce

Spinning Will from Siggie on Vimeo. Many of our chairs at work have wheels broken off, so some employees like to spin in the chairs for fun, here is one of them :-p Cast: Siggie

Lights Out, Sundance from abteen on Vimeo. The power went out on Main Street in Park City, Utah during Sundance film festival. I was there to cover the story. Cast: abteen

Heart of China Chapter 5 from triplefox on Vimeo. Obligatory railroad-car fight, followed by romantic ending. Cast: triplefox

SA-16 Air Rescue from Bog... on Vimeo. This is my Dad flying an SA-16 Albatross in a mock air rescue mission in Korea. He flew a similar mission where one of the drop tanks did not eject, making a water landing dangerous. He landed anyway prior to the arrival of fighter support and picked up a downed pilot under enemy fire. He received his second distinguished flying cross for this action. Cast: Bog...

clock from Charlie McCarthy on Vimeo. Made for the "Make It Interesting" Project/Channel vimeo.com/makeitinteresting Cast: Charlie McCarthy