Training Support

OFFICIAL TRAINING PARTNER

Hey team, Coach Maree and Coach Steff here from Go Run Girls/Guys and we are stoked to be the official Coaches for the Merrell Race Tekapo this year. Steff and I have been coaching runners and walkers for many years, getting them strong and confident to tackle from a 5km distance right up to the ultras. With a personal love for trails and the running community. And that is why we cannot wait to get stuck into motivating you guys for Tekapo!!

Keep an eye out for our travel packages and coaching special dropping soon!!

GO RUN GIRLS | GO RUN GUYS

FREE TRAINING PLANS

We are so excited to announce that all competitors to Merrell Race Tekapo will now be receiving a FREE training plan from Go Run Girls and Go Run Guys.

★ 12 week plans for 5K, 12K, 16K , 21K, 32K
★ 16 week plan for 50K
★ options to ‘add on’ to your generic plan with extras from the coaches, including a private race support group and monthly zooms

Coaches Maree and Steffan have spent time on each course and have both raced at Merrell Race Tekapo, so you can be rest assured you are getting the most ‘race specific’ plans for the event!!

Full details will be released in March. In the meantime go check out Go Run Girls and Go Run Guys and see why we have partnered with them for the event.

Official Hydration Partner

PURE Sports Nutrition

PURE Sports Nutrition is the official hydration partner of Race Tekapo and will be on course at all aid stations in Lemon and / or Superfruits flavours. This premium natural isotonic electrolyte drink uses real freeze dried fruit, carbohydrates and electrolytes to help hydrate, fuel muscles and replace lost electrolytes.

Contains the electrolytes, sodium, potassium, magnesium and calcium
5% carbohydrate content
Not overly sweet or over-flavoured
Gut friendly formulation
No added colour, dairy / gluten / preservative free and vegan friendly

Hydration is key to performance with weight loss of 2% or more starting to negatively impact sports performance.

To find out more and redeem your exclusive 15% off discount with code RACETEKAPO15 please follow the link below.

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Nutritional Support

Cushla Holdaway

NZRD, Accredited Sports Dietitian (SDA)

BSc Human Nutrition, MDiet (dist)

Cushla is a New Zealand Registered and Accredited Sports Dietitian (SDA) and the founder of her private practice, specialising in nutrition for endurance athletes. Her primary focus is on runners of all abilities, up to elite levels, with a strong interest in addressing issues such as RED-S and disordered eating. Drawing from her experience in diabetes from Te Whatu Ora, Cushla not only maintains a keen interest in diabetes but also in women's health and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). Her approach to nutrition involves translating scientific knowledge into pragmatic solutions, crafting realistic and sustainable strategies to empower individuals to nourish their potential.

Cushla has recently released an online 'Runners Nutrition Course' enabling more people to attain nutrition guidance any place, any time, at their own pace. This course is best suited to adult runners partaking in events from their first ever 5km right up to elite marathon or trail running events. You can finish the course with confidence and tools to integrate into your own training and then work on your weaknesses before deciding if you still require 1:1 dietitian support.

The course contains nearly TWO hours of content broken down into 33 bite-sized videos. In each module there are resources and downloadable guides relevant to that topic. At the end of each section and/or module there are quizzes followed by a larger quiz at the very end of the course.

Cushla is offering Race Tekapo athletes a one-time 15% discount! Please email her at holdaway.nutrition@gmail.com to get your unique access code. You can read more about the course and sign up below.