Q&A with Wesley Wiehahn, swimming prodigy and new Blue70 brand ambassador If you are into open water swimming you must have heard of him before: for the past year, Wesley has competed at every open water swimming event in...
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By Coach Ole Brom After 18 years in the region, here’s my take on it. Ramadan is a time of sacrifice, self-reflection, introspection, and prayer for Muslims. It’s a holy month where Muslims around the world observe fasting from...
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By Fiona Brenninkmeijer, Functional Nutritionist from Optimal Fitness Ramadan poses challenges for athletes requiring planning of training schedules to fit around fasting, work schedules, sleep and recovery. There are four key considerations to be factored into an athlete’s regime...
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By Stephanie Karl, Sports Nutritionist from UPANDRUNNING The observance of Ramadan hours this year will fall between around 6am until 7pm – a definite consequence for training and performance of the competitive athlete. Falling mostly in April, it is...
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A week away from Dubai70.3, we met with Leanne Fanoy, #3-seed pro-athlete. Originally from the Netherlands, Leanne is a 25 years old, down to earth triathlete who partly resides in Abu Dhabi and who will represent the UAE at...
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I know as a runner myself that your choice of shoe plays a crucial role in running performance, I can’t be the only one who is overwhelmed by the vast selection of shoes that are available to choose from....
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I am a big fan of sunglasses and love to play around when it comes to unique colors and different shapes. Beside the fact that sunglasses look super cool, they are also really important helping to maintain our eye...
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A few well-designed movements, properly performed in a balanced sequence, are worth hours of doing sloppy calisthenics or forced contortion.” Joseph Pilates. We are running and running and running. Kilometres of straining the body. The repetitive nature of the...
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By Tessa Kortekaas, who set a new course record in Kona winning her age group in 2018, since 2019 racing as a Dutch pro triathlete winning IM Malaysia. More than 16 months without racing, since IRONMAN Malaysia, 26-10-2019. I...
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Based in Switzerland, Imogen (or ‘Imo’ as she is also known) is one of the fastest- rising talents in the sport of triathlon. In 2019, we saw her take the bronze medal at the 70.3 World Championship in Nice...
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We caught up with Andi Boecherer, pro triathlete, a 5th place finisher at Kona, winner of 11 70.3 distances who has come out to Dubai early to acclimatize to the Dubai heat ahead of the race. You were previously...
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Swiss PRO triathlete Ruedi Wild is seeded second in the start list of the upcoming Dubai70.3. As we are all waiting with anticipation for the start of the race, we had a quick catch up with Ruedi and asked...
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