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Jamie exited the swim in #1 place for his age group – giving him an incredible ranking of 9th overall. His pace of 1:22/100m saw him overtake several pros who had started 5mins ahead of the age groupers. Total 3.8km swim came in at: 52.15.
Jamie hit bike split #1 (44km) in a time of 1.10.31 – equating to an average pace of 37.44km. Keep it up!
2XU Co-Founder & Product Development Manager, Jamie Hunt, is currently making is Ironman debut on Hainan Island…first reports suggest the former World Champion duathlete as made a strong swim start (already swimming over the top of several fellow age groupers…), so we look forward to tracking his progress over the rest of the day.
Here’s a little taste as to what was flying through Jamie’s head in the days prior…
How long you’ve been preparing for this race?
I’ve been training now for the last 8 months, since the World Tri Champs on the Gold Coast last year. I decided it was time to compete in my first ironman.
What are the key things going around in your head?
It’s going to be a fun day, I have done the work, so not to worry about the race. Look forward to it, keeping a positive mindset.
What did your training involve on Friday and what will it involve on Saturday?
A 20min run on Friday morning, followed by a couple of stride outs, then spent 3 hours QC’ing wetsuits! Saturday I swam 20 min and rode for around 20km.
What did your nutrition/diet entail on Saturday (pre-race day)?
Plenty of complex carbs, plus some salty foods.
How do you plan to reward yourself post-race / what are you most looking forward to after the race?
Having a beer or two. Also looking forward to a month off training and spending some quality time with my family, before hopefully starting my build up for Hawaii!
From all at Team 2XU Jamie…best of luck!
If you’re in Sydney this weekend, be sure to make your way down to our ‘2XU Chill Out Zone’ at the Australian Athletics Junior Championships (Sydney Olympic Park Athletics Centre, Homebush).
Enjoy FREE massage, FREE PowerBar hydration and nutrition, elite athlete appearances. From 9am-7pm on both Saturday and Sunday, 2XU apparel experts will be there to host your stay…be sure to pop in and ‘chill out’ on one of our comfy bean bags while you enjoy the events – we’re open to athletes and spectators alike!
2XU apparel will also be available for purchase.
A huge congratulations to ‘Without a Trace’ actor Roselyn Sanchez who completed her first triathlon in Puerto Rico last weekend. We were thrilled to see Sanchez kitted up in the finest triathlon apparel in the world – the Hollywood starlet looked every bit as refined as she does on screen!
Sanchez organised the celebrity event to raise money in benefit of the San Jorge Children’s Foundation and La Casa Cuna of San Jude, two generous children charities in Puerto Rico, naming it the ‘Roselyn Sanchez Triathlon for Life’.
Well done Roselyn.
In recent months we’ve been busy designing a new, seriously high performance, one of a kind team triathlon uniform. Who for this time?
The Hungarian Triathlon Federation and Budapest Triathlon World Champs is back this year and Team Hungary will proudly compete in 2XU’s world class race suits for this highly anticipated event.
As the world leader in producing elite triathlon apparel, we’re also delighted to have been appointed Exclusive Merchandising Partner of these World Championships for technical clothing in 2010!
The World Champs in Budapest will take place from September 8-12, 2010 – MORE HERE
Last weekend our 2XU Performance Centre in Adelaide, SA joined the festivities of the Natuzzi Food, Wine and Music Festival. With models parading down the catwalk in our world class garments, we stole the show in true high performance style.
Take a look at our ‘model athletes’ strutting their stuff!
Not only did 2XU apparel dominate the field of 1400 teams (4200 competitors) who took to Melbourne’s Elwood Beach for yesterday’s Nissan/BRW Corporate Triathlon Corporate Triathlon yesterday, but took out the #1 place in the Corporate Male section.
In a cracking form, Team 2XU’s Chris Bradford (2XU Compression – aka “the aggressor”), Jamie Hunt (2XU Co-founder and Product Development Manager – aka “the guru”) and Keith Falconer (2XU Hawthorn Regional Retail Manager – aka “the Falcon”) crossed the finish line in 2:02:56.
A superb effort was put in by all three boys who stepped up to prove they were every bit as ‘high performance’ as the brand they were wearing and proudly espouse every day! All three donned 2XU’s X:1 (newly released this summer under 2XU’s Project:X line) wetsuit for the swim and stripped down to a classic 2XU Super Elite Trisuit for the 10km sprint cycle and 4km run.
Great work boys – can’t wait to see you take out there again soon!
Furthermore – for all those who made their triathlon debut yesterday – welcome! We hope you’re now as hooked as we are and look forward to assist you with all your future high performance endeavours.
Well done to 2XU Ambassador Holly Aitken for her win at the 2XU Australian Junior Sprint Triathlon Championships at Sandringham, Victoria on Sunday.
Furthermore, the win secured Holly automatic selection to the 2010 ITU World Championships in Budapest, Hungry in September.
Well done Holly!
More HERE
Congratulations to 2XU Ambassadors Ryan Scissons and Vendula Frintova who took second place in the Men’s and Women’s Contact Tri Series (respectively), in Takapuna yesterday.
Scissons was ‘pipped at the line’ by one second after a tough tussle to the finish with Kris Gemmell.
Well done to both Ryan and Vendula on some great results!
2XU Ambassador Jacqui Cooper qualified for the Women’s Aerial Final in Vancouver yesterday morning!
As a five time Olympian, Jacqui will head into the final as a likely medal contender, with hopes to repeat yesterday’s strong performance and execute some high scoring jumps.
Good luck Jacqui!
Read more HERE
