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A big congrats to sponsored athlete and all round nice guy, Jarad Kohlar after he won the Ultra Adventurethon on Magnetic Island yesterday.
Jarad finished the 77.6 km course in 5 hours, 40 minutes and 34 seconds, breaking the old record by almost an hour, according to a report in today’s Sunday Mail.
Great effort Jarad and all the competitors.
Cheers
David and the team
The Kokoda Challenge is a grueling 96km run/walk/crawl through the most rugged terrain possible in the Gold Coast Hinterland.
The Challenge is a cross-country, bushwalking team event and the 96km represents the distance of the Kokoda Track, and must be completed by teams within 39 hours.
The 39 hours symbolises the 39th Militia Battalion, the first of our Australian troops to arrive at Kokoda, 15th July 1942.
All 4 members of the starting team need to finish.
New Race Record Achieved
The guys and gal from Team Victory:
had a great race to win easily and break their own race record of just over 12 hours.
A Sprint To The Line
A sprint to the line was needed for Team Victory to come in under 12 hours – they stopped the clock at 11 hrs 59 minutes! Great effort guys.
12 Hour Endurance Race – Only 1 Source Of Fuel
And yep, Team Victory were sponsored by Hammer Nutrition.
Team Victory At The PresentationPeter had this to say after the race:
“A big thanks to Dave and Hammer for providing us with the best fuel on the market.
We’d stuck to “Page’s Cocktail” the entire day and it had served us well.
The mix consisted of 1 serve of Perpetuem and 1 serve of Heed in 2 litres of water.
The cocktail proved a winner for a few reasons.
1. The serve of Heed seemed to adequately cover our electrolyte needs given the temperatures throughout the day.
2. It provided about 230 odd calories per hour, given that we consumed a litre in that time frame.
3. It seemed to be adequately diluted to also provide our hydration requirements. Any shortfall in calories was easily met with a Hammer Gel here and there.”
Congratulations!
Congratulations to everyone who completed this very tough event. It’s a terrific fundraiser for a great cause.
Regards
David
If you are an Endurance Athlete and have had nutritional problems or simply want to find out what really works best then one of the best people in the world to talk with is Steve Born.
Steve did a series of popular seminars here in Australia last year and I’ve received literally hundreds of emails asking when he’ll be back.
Touring Australia for A Month
Not only will he be back, but he will stay for a month in Australia touring the various states talking to people on “Endurance Nutrition”.
Steve will be working his way down the East Coast of Australia, and also travelling to SA and WA during October and November, to give talks to small groups of athletes.
To find out how your Club or Group can get Steve along for a talk on endurance nutrition click here.
Thanks
The first leg of the 2007 Anaconda Adventure Race National Series is on Sunday 5th August on the Gold Coast.
It’s a tough and varied race:
Hammer Nutrition Official Sports Nutrition Sponsor
As the official sports nutrition sponsor for the National Series we’d like to thank the athletes for their support and the race organisers all the best for this fantastic series.
David
The Gold Coast Airport Marathon is looming for many athletes here on the Gold Coast where Hammer Nutrition is situated.
It’s amazing the number of people you see running each morning in training for their big event.
Nutrition is a tremdnous part of successful completing the challenge of long distance running and I hope the runners out there can take advantage of our terrific gels and endurance nutritional products.
We won’t be taking a stall at the Expo at the marathon this year as we figure it’s a bit late on the day before for runners to be trialling new stuff.
Good luck with your training.
David
Howdy
For those following my training for the Sydney to Surfers ride here’s a quick update. I’ve finished.
Yep, the 2007 Sydney to Surfers finish this time last week and I rode close on 1,000 km over 7 days. It was a fantastic ride with a lot of terrific people
Day 1 – Searing Heat
Day 1 was probably the toughest with 37 degree C heat (that’s 98.6 F) – by the time that bounced off the road it would have been well above 40 degree C (104 F).
We finally finished Day 1 only to set up camp and for the rain to come tumbling down.
Ride veterans told me this was the toughest day they’d ever encountered.
Day 2 was a different sort of challenge with:
Peter Sinclair – Brendon Sinclair (me) – David SummersDay 3 was an easier 120km – we started in driving rain but that eased during the day.
Day 4 was a much easier day with the weather being a bit kinder to us.
Day 5 was a real tough day with a very long climb over the ranges and high temperatures again.
This 150 km day ended in Grafton.
Day 6 was another tough day with high temperatures and a nice crash in our Pack where 2 guys went down and another ended up balancing his bike on top of one of the fallen bikes.
Then our Support Car broke down after blowing a radiator hose.
Most of the day was pretty flat – long straight roads with no wind and no trees.
Day 7 was when we were looking forward to a nice easy roll into the finish. But the start of the day doesn’t allow that with 2 large climbs (36 km) before morning tea.
The rest of the day was a nice 90 km into the finish at Southport Yacht Club.
Idiots In A Car
And sure enough, out of the 1,000 km ride the only problem from a car was when we hit my home town when some clown in a car threw a bottle at us about 20 km from the finish.
The car – with 3 young guys in it – weren’t too smart as they had to line up at a Stop sign about 50 metres up the road.
They looked a little nervous when there were 16 rather large guys around their car with one very angry Scotsman screaming at them to “Get out of the car!”
The copper in the group will be dealing with those lads!
Hammer Products Used
I used Hammer products exclusively – HEED whilst on the bike, Hammer Gels before and during the riding and Recoverite at the end of each day.
They worked fantastically well and I felt great and energetic the whole way. So thanks for the support Hammer! For endurance nutrition I simply can’t imagine anything better.
And thanks to everyone who has purchased via this site over the past few weeks – the Hammer guys are donating 10% of Internet sales to me for the charity (for sales between March 16 and April 16).
Check out the official Sydney to Surfers site here.
Thanks
Brendon
Hammer Nutrition sponsored athlete and all-round great gal Michelle Wu (she makes me say that!) blitzed the field at the weekend’s Australian Olympic Distance Championship and was crowned the
That’s right – Michelle is the fastest Age Group woman in Australia over the Olympic Distance!
Michelle took out the overall female age group race last weekend in Geelong, which was also the 6th race of the National Series.
Along the way she also took out the F20-24 title, earning herself a free Aussie race uniform for the 2007 World Age Group Champs later this year in Germany in September!
1,500 Age Group Competitors
In a field of 1,500 age group competitors, Michelle was the first female across the line in a time of 2:13:07.
Michelle has always been a huge fan of our endurance nutrition and was kind enough to say:
“Your support has been fantastic this season and I thank you for everything! I would not have this title without all your assistance :0)”
Oh shucks!
Congratulations to Michelle. What a wonderful young woman (she doesn’t make me say that!).
Regards
David
The Gold Coast Half Ironman is set for September 30 at Coomera Waters. The race is always a beauty with some pretty tough conditions with the heat and humidity playing a part.
Event organisers have the official Gold Coast Half Ironman web site up, with online entries being accepted.
You can enter the race as part of a team, or as an individual.
Hammer Sponsors Gold Coast Half Ironman 07
Hammer Nutrition is again a proud sponsor of the race, so competitors will be using our endurance fuel like many other endurance athletes across Australia.
Good luck to all competitors on September 30.
Cheers
David
September 16 sees another brilliant Subaru Interactive 12 hour MTB Enduro.
It’s probably the world’s best 12hr MTB Enduro.
It is an off road endurance mountain bike race for solo entrants, plus relay teams of either 2,3,4 or 6 people made up of any level of ability. If you own a mountain bike then this event is for you!
We’ll Be Sponsoring
We’ll be there as a sponsor providing Gels to every competitor and HEED (High Energy Electrolyte Drink) drinks on the course.
Check out the Full Gas Promotions web site for more.
Cheers
David
The Gold Coast Half Ironman Triathlon ’06 is coming up in October and Hammer Nutrition is proud to be the Official Nutritional Sponsor.
Just another event at which quality athletes will be fueled by Hammer Nutrition products such as Hammer Gel (left)!
Cheers
David
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