Friday, December 28, 2007

HAPPY NEW YEAR
December 28th, 2007

Well the NewYear is right around the corner!
What is your New Years Resolution?

Think about what you want to achieve in sport next yearand what will help you get there.
There is a quote by Aristotle that I love
“We are what we repeatedly do. EXCELLENCE, then is not an act but a habit”(Insert your New Years resolution where the word excellence is –The Habit you want to create for 08) Then hang this on your mirror or put on your nightstand!

EXAMPLES:
We are what …………….
Eating Well or
Swim 3x a Week or
Practicing Drills each Week orPerforming Core Training 2x a Week

THE MORE YOU DO SOMETHING THE EASIER IT ISTO DO IT REPEATEDLY!!

HAVE A WONDERFUL 2008

Wednesday, December 26, 2007

Heather Joins the Quintana Roo Family
December 26th, 2007

Heather Gollnick joins QROO as female figurehead and product advisor.

Immediate release / Chattanooga, TN:
Heather Gollnick, 5x Ironman Champion and mother of three has joined the American Bicycle Group as both Team, and Product advisor to the Quintana Roo brand. We are proud to announce that Heather will be racing with Quintana Roo bikes and wetsuits for the next 3 years.

Peter Hurley, CEO states “Heather brings a unique knowledge of female sports to the company that will assist Brad DeVaney and the wetsuit team to further develop female specific products. Her Ironman victories at Arizona and Louisville in 2007 reflect the dedication and focus she puts into all she undertakes, I’m especially delighted to have her on board.”

Heather, a winner of over one-hundred multi-sport events adds: “I’m extremely excited to be joining the Quintana Roo family. Everybody at the company is so focused on producing the very best bikes and wetsuits available to the multi-sport community. This level of dedication will no doubt assist in taking my racing to a new level.”

“The added opportunity of helping Peter Hurley develop future products for the female triathlon arena is something I relish. I have some fantastic ideas and it will be great working with someone who has such an open-mind and vision for quality”

Heather will be racing a ladies Carbon Dulce frame and the Superfull Women’s specific wetsuit.
Quintana Roo has since its inception, harnessed the desire for female specific products. Although copied by all, Quintana Roo stands proud to be the first in the market with a female specific wetsuit. Quintana Roo is held under the umbrella of The American Bicycle Group alongside its Litespeed and Merlin brands.

For more information please contact Dean Jackson 423 238 8781
www.rooworld.com

Thursday, December 20, 2007

Gollnick & Jaggad Join Forces
December 20th, 2007

Jaggad and Heather Gollnick announce their exciting new partnership!!
We met Heather on our recent 3 month Triathlon Expo Tour across the USA. We hit it off immediately! Heather related to our “fair dinkum” approach to making technical wear the best it could be and we were really impressed with her down to earth style and off course her excellent performance!Heather is a five times Ironman Champion:

Ironman Wisconsin Champion 2002Ironman Coeur d Alene Champion 2002Ironman Wisconsin Champion 2003Ironman Arizona Champion 2007Ironman Louisville Champion 2007
Heather is a past National and World Champion at both the Duathlon and Triathlon level. CEO of IronEdge Coaching, Heather is also a USAT Certified Coach who relishes the opportunity to help others reach their own personal goals. She is an active mother of three who focuses her boundless energy on her family and her passion for racing
Welcome to our team Heather….

Thursday, December 13, 2007

Gollnick Signs with 1st Endurance
December 13th, 2007

Nov 28th, 2007 – Salt Lake City, Ut – First Endurance is proud to announce they will expand their relationship with five-time Ironman Champion Heather Gollnick thru 2008. Gollnick, who has been with First Endurance for three years now, had her most successful Ironman racing season in 2007. She won two Ironmans, a ½ Ironman, had numerous podiums and set an Ironman personal record. “Over the last three years, I’ve gained a lot of confidence in First Endurance and what they stand for as a company. Without question First Endurance offers athletes the finest and most-effective endurance nutrition available. I used Optygen and MultiV for 12 weeks leading up to my Ironman win in Louisville, turning in a PR of 9:23. Quite Simply - these products work.

There are also a lot of important additional benefits to being involved with First Endurance. Not only are the products themselves fantastic, they also provide me with first-class customer service,” explains Gollnick, who will add Ultragen and EFS to her nutrition program for 2008. Gollnick is in the prime of her racing career and manages the IronEdge Ironman camps. Heather’s focus in 2008 is to keep winning Ironmans and share her knowledge with athletes at her camps.

2007 Results:
2nd Pucon, Chile ½ Ironman2nd Ironman New Zealand1st Ford Ironman Arizona1st Mountaineer ½ Ironman3rd Lake Stevens 70.34th Spirit of Racine ½ Ironman1st Ford Ironman Louisville*11th Ford Hawaii Ironman Championships*PR-9:23

About First Endurance:
First Endurance proudly sponsors Michael Lovato, Josiah Middaugh, Heather Gollnick, Greg and Laura Bennett, Seth Wealing and other top professional triathletes. These triathletes work closely with First Endurance on new product development. Input and trials from the First Endurance athletes are used to develop new products like PreRace, OptygenHP and the EFS liquid shot, which will be introduced in 2008.