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Gold Coast Marathon Results 2012

June 29, 2012 by David Leave a Comment

Good luck to everyone running in the Gold Coast Airport Marathon on the weekend.

This great event has over 28,000 athletes running on the weekend and it is one of the premier running events on the Australian calendar.

Best signs at the Gold Coast Airport Marathon

Congratulations to Cameron Hart and the team from Gold Coast Events who have built up the Marathon over the past 10 years ago from very humble beginnings.

Here’s the link to the results page.

Congratulations to all the Hammer customers who take on the challenge.

Info For Runners

As always we’ve put some information below for Gold Coast Airport Marathon runners.

Marathoners – Do You Suffer From Cramps, Stomach Issues Or Fuelling Problems?

If yes, click here for the 10 biggest mistakes endurance athletes make and find out why from Steve Born, one of the world’s best ever endurance cyclists and Hammer Nutrition consultant.

Cheers

David and the team

Marathon Man Conquers Brisbane (Marathon)!

August 8, 2011 by David Leave a Comment

One of our sponsored athletes (Jack Sinclair) did the 42.2 km Brisbane Marathon yesterday and had the pleasure of meeting one of the better known marathon runners in Australia – yes, it’s Marathon Man!

Jack & Marathon Man Pose It Up Post Race

Marathon Man has run a staggering 40+ marathons in the last 40 months – including the 256km Marathon des Sables through the Sahara Desert in 2008 and the 90km Comrades Marathon in South Africa in 2010.

Next up for Marathon Man is the 2011 Sahara Race – 250kms in 7 days – it’s one of the leading 4 Deserts racingtheplanet ultra-marathon adventure series.

Marathon Man runs for 2 reasons:

to raise money for Facing Africa
to encourage other people to run a marathon (Marathon Man says 99% of people could easily run a marathon)

A Great Guy Running To Help Others

We see it a lot in our line of work – athletes pushing their body to the extreme to raise funds for others.

Even Marathon Man needs to keep hydrated!

Loving your work Marathon Man.

Cheers

David

The One Thing You Need To Do An Amazing 1,200 Km Solo Run!

August 2, 2011 by David Leave a Comment

One guy we sponsor here at Hammer Nutrition is 18 yo Gold Coast guy, Jack Sinclair.

Jack’s done a range of amazing things already and in April this year did a staggering 1,200 km solo run around Tasmania in just 27 days.

That’s running more than a marathon a day on average for 27 days – the first day he ran 56 kms, with his longest day being 68 kms.

Jack crosses a bridge outside Queenstown on the West Coast

The Boy Can Run

The boy can run. And run and run and run.

He dodged Tiger snakes, Targa Tasmania cars and more.

Anyway, Jack sent me in a few photos and it shows the one thing you need when you’re doing an amazing endurance run – yep, see that stuck there in the back of his backpack (he ran with just a Camelback – he didn’t wash for the first 2 weeks – yuck!) in the photo below??

All you need to run 1,200 kms – a Camelback and Hammer Gel!

It’s a Hammer Gel.

The only thing you need for competing incredible ultra endurance events! Nice work Jack and great run.

Cheers

David and the team