EGO: Totalsports Challenge 2011 boarding call

Start your 2011 off with a bang by taking on the ultimate one-day test of multisport skill and fitness, the inimitable Totalsports Challenge, presented by New Balance and Powerade.
Multisport enthusiasts, fitness junkies and lovers of the outdoors can choose between the action-packed 7-discipline Totalsports Challenge or the less daunting 4-discipline Totalsports Terra Firma Challenge.  

DATE: Saturday 8 January 2011
VENUE: Start - Gordon’s Bay, Western Cape
Finish - Kleinmond           

DISTANCES:
Totalsports Challenge 12km surfski, 1.5km swim, 50km road bike (from Gordon’s Bay to Kleinmond), 13km road run, 13km K1 canoe, 25km mountain bike and finally a 9km beach run.
Terra Firma Challenge - 50km road bike (from Gordon’s Bay to Kleinmond), 13km road run, 25km mountain bike and 9km beach run.

FORMAT:
Totalsports Challenge  - compete individually or in teams of two, three or seven (male, female or mixed)
Terra Firma Challenge - compete individually or in teams of two or four (male, female or mixed).

Enter online: www.totalsports.co.za

For event information visit the Stillwater Sport & Entertainment website www.stillwatersports.com, for further information contact Top Events on (021) 511 7130

EGO: Happy holidays!

Hooray, it's almost time to enjoy your end of year break. Congrats - you've survived 2010, unless the sky falls on your head before 31 December!

In our last EGO of 2010, some news from the coal face:

• Kickstart 2011 with a triathlon novice course at Sports Science Institute, starting January 
• Team Cyanosis and two other SA teams now in action at Abu Dhabi desert adventure race 
• Just in time! Cancelled Giro del Capo gap filled by Boland Tour 
• Big spenders: R1.5m prize purse for Arabian peninsula triathlon 
• Boats on the box: TV times for Vaal Canoe Marathon 
• Hutchinson promises puncture-proof city road tyre with same performance as regular clincher

Your Jan/Feb 2011 mag headed your way in next two weeks
The sixth issue of Go Multi for 2010 is in print from this coming Monday.
Featuring INOV-8 athlete Carlyn Fischer on the cover, you'll find it's our most rounded issue yet:

• 8 pages of Bike Guide - some of the most desirable bikes for 2011
• Vegetarian - is it an option for you? asks dietitian Keri Strachan
• Eight week programme to 2010 Cycle Tour - for multisporters - by sports scientist Ian Craig
• Surfski downwind tips to blitz the runs like never before with Oscar Chalupsky and Tony Scott
• MTB secrets for confident dashes through rock gardens with our US connections MTB198

• Climb better with these 15 minute home gym exercises by sports scientist Ryan Hodierne
• Triathlon cycle tips from Erhard Wolfaardt  

If you're a subscriber, you should receive your mag before Christmas. If not, look for GM Vol 14.6 on shelves from 3 Jan 2011. Happy holidays!