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Why Do We Suffer?

This is an excellent article on the ins and outs of why we suffer. Written By Christie Aschwanden from Runners World, it's definitely worth the read. Why Do We Suffer? Running can hurt. This is one runner's quest to understand the bittersweet symphony. By Christie Aschwanden The wheels were...

June 1, 2015
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Paddling tips from a surfski guru

Great article on PADDLING TIPS from Go Multi Magazine by Deon Braun. (article and images from Go Multi Magazine) [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="617"] Four-time world surfski champion and founder of Mocke surfski school, Dawid Mocke offers up some simple and effective tips to improve your paddling[/caption] GET STABLE I can...

May 29, 2015
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Choosing the Right Hydration Packs for your Endurance sports

It's a commonly known fact that hydration plays an integral part in your performance in any activities that you do, especially endurance activities. A reduction in hydration will negatively affect your performance and can also increase risk factors for medical conditions etc. With the increasing availability...

May 28, 2015
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Athlete Profile – Adam Smith

Today’s Athlete Profile is on Adam Smith. Adam most recently had a win at the Magnetic Island Adventurethon in the BNG Sports Ultra (Masters 40+ category) beating men much younger than himself. We spoke to him to find out what keeps bringing him back to...

May 25, 2015
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Nutrition Matters

Nutrition Matters Athletes often spend a small fortune on sporting equipment & devote countless hours to rigorous training sessions, but tend to be unaware that getting their nutrition right is equally important. This is especially true with regard to endurance exercise. It is easy to become...

May 21, 2015
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Your FASTEST leg could WIN you $250

Are you a gun paddler, do you know a wicked Mountain biker, or a whiz runner on the trails? Adventurethon is looking for the fastest athlete in each of those categories during the National Challenge at Pallarenda this July 4th. Adventurethon National Challenge has boosted its...

May 20, 2015
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How to Surf in your Ski or Outrigger

The Demystification of Surfing an OC-1 Original article by http://www.kamanucomposites.com/2012/the-de-mystification-of-surfing-an-oc-1 As paddlers, we are obsessed with talking about stroke. Terms like catch and cavitation have become common place. Nowadays we even talk a fair amount about training programs and Periodization no longer sounds like a latin word....

May 19, 2015
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Athlete Profile – Joel Harrigan

Today's Athlete profile is on Joel Harrigan. Joel is instrumental in a lot of the design of the bike sections at Adventurethon Coffs harbour. He loves to be outdoors and almost every time we see him, he is on a bike. Have you competed in Adventurethon...

May 18, 2015
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