Monday 31 October 2011
Monday 24 October 2011
Team Mountain Designs – Final Preparation for XPD Adventure Racing World Championships
Burnie, Tasmania will have around 90 teams of four, from 23 countries arriving over the next few days, all with one common goal – to compete and finish XPD World Adventure Racing Championships 2011. Teams from all over the world have qualified for their spot in the world championships through participation in the Adventure Racing World Series Events in counties such as UK, Canada, Equador, Switzerland, France and Costa Rica and will be joined by a large contingent of Aussie Teams like “Team Mountain Designs” who have managed to gain a spot in this prestigious event based on solid performances in recent Adventure races in Australia.
Our team consisting of Gary Sutherland, Kim Beckinsale, Andrew Pike and Luke Haines are finalising sorting all our equipment and backing off our training schedule so we are ready come race day -Wednesday 2nd November 2011. Thanks to Tri Adventure www.triadventure.com.au for the financial and IT /media support through our website page so we are able to acknowledge the ongoing support of our major sponsors. We know that the products we have tried and tested in the months leading up to the XPD will help us perform to the best of our ability in all conditions during the 6-10 days of extreme adventure in Tasmania’s wild, wild west. You can follow our progress on the live spot tracker which you will find by going to the official race website http://www.xpd.com.au/
Our Sponsors and a snapshot of some of the products we will be using in XPD
Mountain Designs – Mountain Designs “Flash” Gore-tex Waterproof Breathable Jacket, Mountain Designs “Merino Thermals”, Mountain Designs “Polypro Thermals”, Mountain Designs “Evaporaid” Performance Shirts, Mountain Designs Coolmax Socks, Mountain Designs Polar Fleece.
Salomon
Packs:- the boys will use the XA Sky 30 Plus for lightweight performance and plenty of space for all the gear and Kim will use the XA 20 as the boys will be carrying most of the gear
Shoes:- Kim will use XT Wings and the boys will wear XT Wings S Lab 4 for the longer rougher treks and we will all use the Speedcross for any shorter legs especially if there is a beach trek as they are super light weight and fast!Hammer Nutrition-
We will be using the following products during the race. The Hammer Bars are very special as they are organic and raw and assist in maintaining a healthy functioning body, Hammer Gels for instant energy, Heed for hydration, Perpetuem for recovery and Endurolytes Fizz to maintain electrolyte balance.
Thursday 6 October 2011
Team Mountain Designs Prepares for XPD
Luke has been off racing! Yes he finished a close 2nd to Jarrod Kohlar in the very prestigious UPPER MURRAY CHALLENGE two weeks ago and is backing up this weekend at the FREYCINET LODGE CHALLENGE in the beautiful Tasmania……not the exact site for XPD but he will get a feel for the terrain and weather!
Kim has been on holidays now for 3 weeks and loving her break from teaching to prepare for XPD. She has just completed a 90k TREK from Noosa to Rainbow Beach along “The Great Cooloola Walk” with a loaded pack and returned to Noosa by MOUNTAIN BIKE……..great preparation for XPD!
Gary has been doing his XPD training by getting blown out to sea PADDLING in 60 knot winds for hours following this the next day with a pretty gnarly TREK 7hrs in some of the thickest steepest, rockiest, loosest, every prickle and wait-a-while you can imagine. To top it off he lost the map half way (when a large rock gave way on a cliff face) and had to do the rest on map memory! Battered, bruised, ripped up from head to toe and exhausted, he took the next day off to lick the wounds before getting back out there amongst it!
Andrew aka Pikey has been doing some CYCLOCROSS racing and…….word has it he has also practicing YOGA and PILATES! As we all know the inner self needs special attention when preparing for XPD!
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