Vajda Attila Wins 2011 Canoeing World Championship
A great week for Herbalife sports! Flatwater canoeing athlete, Attila Vajda won gold medal in the World championship in Hungary and qualified for the Olympic games. Royal Air Force Officer Rachel Cadman, from the UK, broke a world record as the first woman ever to complete the Enduroman Arch to Arc challenge. Meanwhile, kayaker Hanna Davis won the bronze medal in the World Championships in Hungary, guaranteeing her spot in Olympics next year. More gold for Herbalife-sponsored athletes as the Finnish women’s orienteering team took home gold in the World Championships in France.
First Female Endurance Athlete to Complete the Arch2Arc Challenge
Flight Lieutenant Rachael Cadman set off on Friday afternoon from Marble Arch in the Enduroman Arch2Arc Challenge and crossed the Champs Elysees finish line on Tuesday afternoon, 97 hours and 37 minutes later.
The event involves an 87-mile run from London to Dover, a 23-mile Channel swim and a 187-mile cycle from Calais to the Arc de Triomphe.
Rachael has become the first female athlete to complete this gruelling London to Paris endurance challenge. She joins an exclusive club of 8 as only 7 men have complete the challenge before her. Thats less people than have been to the moon!
“It sounds pretty daunting,” said Rachael, “but I have been working up to this for some time and raising money for Help for Heroes and Shelter Box disaster relief is a great motivation to see it through.”
Triathlete Nutrition – used to prepare for the endurance challenge.
Team Herbalife24 Results at the Leadville 100 MTB race 2011
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Team Herbalife rider Nate Whitman had a career-best day time wise, crossing the line 19th in 7:06:48. The significance? It was Whitman’s best ever time by some 19 minutes, and marked his 10th finish at Leadville, earning him a place in the exclusive 1,000-mile club.
“It was a dream ride for me today,” said Whitman, who spent the better part of the last month living in Leadville, while running the on-site Herbalife24 Basecamp. “To ride on the wheels of guys like Tinker, Alban Lakata and Carl Decker was an amazing experience. Leadville just seems to bring out the best in me. But it was a crazy day. I was in the chase group early, and everything was nice and smooth. But when Alban got back into the group after he flatted, he was so much stronger that it just shattered everybody else. Then it was just every man for himself.”
Whitman’s teammates Gerry Cody (10th) and Nate English (20th) gave Herbalife a day’s best three in the top 20.
Leadville Silver Rush 50 MTB Race 2011
More than 1,000 runners and cyclists competed in the Leadville Silver Rush 50 MTB Race and 50 Trail Run July 16-17. The course navigates 50 miles of extreme terrain that starts at an elevation of 10,200 feet and climbs to 12,000 feet four times.
Awesome job by Herbalife24 rider Alexander Hagman on winning the bike race in a time of 3:58:57.
Herbalife24 Prolong is the official on-course drink at Leadville. It has a subtle, easy-to-drink flavor, plus provides all the carbohydrates and
electrolytes your body needs to sustain during a race like Leadville.
Team Herbalife24 is preparing for the Leadville 100
Team Herbalife24 is preparing for the Leadville 100 and other endurance challenges this summer. At Base Camp, team members and visiting riders can sample and enjoy the full line of Herbalife24 products, as well as stage training rides, receive mechanical support, and enjoy everything needed for optimal training. Program Director, Nate Whitman, regularly leads supported training rides on the LT100 course where both first-timers and experienced racers can test themselves on the course and receive guidance and instruction.
Herbalife 24 research is based on the latest proven science and formulated by Herbalife scientists, some of whom are elite athletes in their own right and experts in sports nutrition. We know that being an athlete is a lifestyle, and understand the needs of the 24-hour athlete.