TransRockies in the media
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Over the years, writers from all over the world have come to Canada to ride the TransRockies and have written some amazing articles about their experiences. One of the things we have added to our new website is a way to share these articles with you.
Visit this page to check out articles about the TransRockies. They should give you lots of inspiration as you get ready for this coming summer’s race.
2007 TransRockies photos from Spectrum Imaging available online
Remember being out there riding for hours and hours then, all of a sudden, there was some crazy photographer out in the middle of the bush taking pictures of you? Well, that was Roger Stermann and his team from Spectrum Imaging.
They took tens of thousands of pictures during the 2007 TransRockies and they spent untold hours sorting and tagging them so that you can easily find pictures of your team. Visit www.specimage.com to look at the images and order photos of yourselves that will help you remember your TransRockies adventure for years to come.
New Rule – No towing devices
One of the ongoing discussions over the past few years in the TransRockies has been over the use of towing devices between team members. While using devices is an established tradition in adventure racing and was accepted in the early days of epic team mountain bike events, there was always a feeling that, along with safety concerns when riding with other teams, it also wasn’t really part of the TransRockies ethic.
So, with that in mind, we have added a new rule to our 2008 Rules and Regulations which specifically bans the use of towing devices while allowing the type of team cooperation – pulling, pushing, sharing the load – which makes the TransRockies so different from solo racing.
The full rule reads as follows: 2.13 While it is allowed for team members to support each other by pushing or pulling manually, it is prohibited for safety reasons to use any kind of device or mechanical aide to do so. There will be repeated checks at the start and along each daily stage to ensure compliance with this regulation.
It’s always a good idea to be familiar with the full rules and regulations and you can view them all by downloading this PDF. If you have any questions regarding any of the rules, feel free to contact us at info@transrockies.com.
Nutritionist to guide meal planning at TransRockies VII
Every year the TransRockies organization endeavours to make the participant experience effortless – other than the actual riding, of course. Though we readily admit to carving a demanding race route, when it comes to time out of the saddle our sole purpose, one could say, is to ensure you have little to concern yourself with other than applying your own butt cream.
It goes without saying that the basic essentials feel more like luxuries during the seven days of TransRockies – hot showers, a comfortable place to sleep and, of course, hot, tasty and nutritious meals. The TransRockies team takes these areas of race planning and execution very seriously. We know and understand how important it is to not only have enough fuel at the beginning and end of each stage, but to ensure those calories are full of valuable commodities that not only fill you up, but help your body recover each day.
And so, in our ongoing effort to improve upon the TR experience each and every year, we are pleased to announce that TransRockies has partnered with Canadian nutritionist Melissa Spooner in developing the meal plans for TR VII. Melissa will bring an incredible wealth of knowledge and experience to the planning table and we are very excited to have her on board.
A three-time Ironman winner, Melissa has a BSc with a Major in Nutrition. Working primarily with endurance athletes, she owns and runs Endurance Health & Fitness in Vernon, B.C., Canada, serving clients locally and throughout North America. Having crewed privately for a team at TransRockies in 2007, she is already ahead of the curve in understanding what TR racers are up against nutritionally.
“My goal is that the athletes feel like they can not only have great tasting food after a hard day of racing through the Rockies, but I believe that through good nutrition they can recover and be ready to tackle the next day,” she says. “A good balance of lean proteins, essential fatty acids and, of course, our fuel of choice, complex carbohydrates. The key for the endurance athlete is to have energy to fuel them for their event, have access to enough fuel during their event, and to have good post-event nutrition so they can get up the next day and do it all over again.”
Melissa and the TransRockies team are currently in the process of selecting a caterer for TR VII. Once the winning bid is confirmed, Melissa will develop pre-menu nutritional guidelines for the catering team, make adjustments to the menu plan during its development and preside over the final approval.
We are also excited to welcome Melissa as a contributer to our monthly TransRockies e-newsletter. Each month she will discuss an important component of training and recovery for endurance athletes, beginning with the first installment in a few weeks’ time – how to tackle the lazy winter blues and begin building a solid training foundation.
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