Preseason - Hammer Nutrition

Hong Kong
Ultrarunner Nora Senn says she found her running
inspiration in the beauty of the hills near her Hong
Kong home. Since moving there from Switzerland,
Nora has become one of the fastest female runners
in Hong Hong. An ambassador for Hammer Nutrition
Hong Kong, she has been a competitive athlete since 2009,
focusing primarily on long distance trail runs, triathlons, and
adventure racing throughout Asia. She kicked off 2012 as
1st place overall female at the Hong Kong 100 trail run. Her
spring competitions took her to Taiwan for the two-day Tour
of East Taiwan stage race (3rd place female on both days)
and to Korea for an 80K trail race, where she once again
claimed the podium in 2nd place. In May she placed 3rd after
160K in the Ultra Trail Mt. Fuji, Japan.
Nora recently put her new Hammer Nutrition clothing to
the test during a five-hour mountain bike ride, one of her
many cross-training sports disciplines. “I love my Hammer
Nutrition jersey,” Nora said. “I’ll be racing in it in a few
mountain bike races soon. I am getting faster on my little
racing mountain bike!”
England
(by way of Greece)
I
competed in the Spartathon in Greece, an ultramarathon
from Athens to Sparta. I finished 65th out of 336 runners
in 35 hours, 32 minutes. (Only 22% of participants
finished the race!)
Spartathon hits you with everything. It’s a nasty cocktail
of speed, heat, climbing, and descending, and not to forget
the distance of 153 miles. The last 45 miles is equivalent to
running on the hard shoulder of the M1. The road is through
a mountain pass that rolls up and down steep climbs and
descents. All I was
thinking was, "If the
heat does not kill me, the
lorries will as I try not to
stagger into their path
as tiredness kicks in."
Thanks for your pre-race
advice!
- George Eyles, Hammer
Nutrition UK client
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