Claire O’Hara

Double World Champion: Freestyle kayak and squirt

Claire won double Gold and became World Champion in Freestyle Kayaking and Squirt Boating at the 2011 ICF World Championships.

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The Grenzstein Experience Part 3

The start of day 3 was the same deal as day 2 ... 4.30am alarm and away by 5am.

This time we...

Posted on 15 July, 2011 by Paul Errington

The Grenzstein Experience Part 2

Day 2 was approached more business like… alarm at 4.30am.. we were packed and moving by 5.00am....

Posted on 08 July, 2011 by Paul Errington

The Grenzstein Experience Part 1

The Grenzstein Experience
“A Political border does not take into consideration the topography...

Posted on 28 June, 2011 by Paul Errington

Grenzsteintrophy Monday Update

Sunday..
So far.. 195km on the first day, 230km yesterday but 1100m peak today so 125km ish....

Posted on 20 June, 2011 by Paul Errington

Grenzsteintrophy

Bike packed.. bag packed… feeling pretty stressed. The event starts today.. 800 miles to ride…...

Posted on 17 June, 2011 by Paul Errington

Welsh Ride Thing

Multi day mountain bike events usually involve marked race course and tents or even better...

Posted on 08 June, 2011 by Paul Errington

NECCL RD 6 - First top 3

Paul E has been keeping himself busy this Autumn and Winter competing in the NECCL. Here he...

Posted on 15 December, 2010 by Paul Errington

A varied diet of trail and tar - The 3 Ways Saga

The internet is definitely the root evil for most of my epic adventures… I see a link or I...

Posted on 10 June, 2010 by Paul Errington

Yak Attack - Breathing thin air

After a rest day in Manang the following stage saw us head to the foot of the Thorong La Pass,...

Posted on 21 March, 2010 by Paul Errington

Yak Attack.. stages 3,4,5.. Catching up

With limited internet access for the last 3 days it’s not been possible to blog the race as it...

Posted on 15 March, 2010 by Paul Errington

Yak Attack Stage 2-3 Spinning out

After a transition stage group ride yesterday of 50km with a healthy serving of both up and...

Posted on 12 March, 2010 by Paul Errington

Yak Day One - a glimpse of the pain to come.

I never viewed my participation in this event as a ‘race’, I knew the local guys had the...

Posted on 09 March, 2010 by Paul Errington

Arrowhead postscript

Paul is fresh back from competing in the Arrowhead Ultra 135 which we featured in our February...

Posted on 17 February, 2010 by Paul Errington

Arrowhead 135 - the race

4.00am… I’m wide awake… I’ve never really suffered from jet lag but on this trip it had been...

Posted on 13 February, 2010 by Paul Errington

It’s cold outside

I’m here… International Falls, Minnesota…. and its living up to its title of ‘Icebox of the...

Posted on 01 February, 2010 by Paul Errington

ICE 2010 - Testing Times

Less than a month to go till I will be lining up with 135 miles of the bitterly cold Arrowhead...

Posted on 14 January, 2010 by Paul Errington

84km Bivvi Challenge

When winter approaches events become few and far between… as a sponsored rider exposure for the...

Posted on 08 December, 2009 by Paul Errington

A few days at the coast - Knoydart Penninsula

A few days at the coast - Knoydart Penninsula

Since being made redundant i have mostly just...

Posted on 24 September, 2009 by Paul Errington

Kielder 100 - a hard days work

Everything is bigger and better in America (apparently)... they drive bigger cars.. have bigger...

Posted on 08 September, 2009 by Paul Errington

One bike to rule them all

For what seems like the entire year to date I haven’t ridden a mountain bike with gears…...

Posted on 10 August, 2009 by Paul Errington

Salzkammergut 2009

I went.. I saw.. I did some riding.. I got very wet.. they stopped the race….

That’s the...

Posted on 28 July, 2009 by Paul Errington

SET 2 RISE 2009 : 12 hour enduro

With my race calendar looking decidedly thin on the ground and a few previous weeks of getting...

Posted on 28 May, 2009 by Paul Errington

A fresh approach to training

This is possibly the only time of the year that the mountain bike season takes a break… the...

Posted on 20 April, 2009 by Paul Errington