May 27th, 2011 / Athletes + Events + Multisport + Outdoors + People
Two weekends ago my Icebreaker workmates Aleisha, Casey, the Ramotaur and I travelled to Noosa on the Sunshine Coast of Queensland, Australia for the first Mountain Designs Adventure Race of the year. With record numbers and over 150 teams entered, it was a great way to spend a Sunday. In bright sunshine we trekked, paddled and mountain biked through the Noosa Hinterland Trails and capped it off with a muddy obstacle course. The Ramotaur welcomed us 5hrs later as we hobbled over the finish line.
The Icebreaker GT kit we had on held up great. After 5hrs of intense racing our tops were dry and odour free. It was great to see so many competitors rocking Icebreaker tattoos. Thanks again to the crew at In2Adventure and Mountain Designs for hosting a great event.
Robert Barlow – Marketing Manager, Icebreaker Australia
April 19th, 2011 / Athletes + Events + People
A few weeks ago, Team Icebreaker Eastern Europe participated in the Corporate Half Marathon relay in Prague. The Prague International Half-Marathon has been taking place every year since 1999 as a part of the Prague International Marathon.
The route lead the team through the beautiful Prague city centre – most of the streets are built out of stone bricks (hated by all drivers and bikers, adored by tourists).
The course was 21.097km long and every participant is supposed to finish it within time limit of 3 hours.
Our runners used the opportunity to participate in the half-marathon as one of their team-building events. Jakub, Jiri, Pavel and Palo were the chosen ones to represent our Icebreaker team (well actually they were only ones avalaible in that time!).
The team placed 67th of the 321 participating teams, with the overall time 1:47:13, of which they were all very proud (some say the magic merino clothing helped this wonderful result, others say it was the push of the Ramotaur, who made and appearance just in time for the grand finale).
Nobody was injured, everyone survived, and it was a great team event for our office! Viva Prague Marathon!
- Alena Adamcová, Icebreaker Customer Services Eastern Europe
November 30th, 2010 / Athletes + Fall Winter 11 + People
Hi, I’m Craig Manson, and I’ve been working at Icebreaker for almost 18 months as the Upper North Island (NZ) Account Manager.
Last year I completed my first marathon – the Auckland Marathon. My time was an agonizing 4:00:28. That’s correct – 28 seconds quicker and I would have broken the illustrious sub 4 hour mark. However I didn’t! So, about 6 months ago, I signed up for my second Auckland marathon… this time determined to go under the 4 hour mark. I started serious training after our magnificent Fall Winter 11 product launch. My training consisted of 4 runs per week – averaging 50km a week. This lasted for 4 weeks until I decided to up the anti to 80km a week. This was a major increase in kilometres, but I had to achieve my goal. Some of my mates thought I was on the verge of insanity!
As D-day approached, I seriously started to self doubt my targeted finish time. I’d been very busy with work and my training intensity wasn’t great. Two weeks before the marathon I decided to spoil myself, in the hope of increasing my speed and also a reward for doing a 35km run the week before, I bought myself a brand new Icebreaker Run wardrobe. I purchased an Ace Short Sleeve Tee in Field, a pair of Beast Anatomica boxers and a pair of Run Ultralite Micro Socks – the BEST run socks in the world!
D-day, the 31st of October, 5:30am, preparation complete – it was just me and the course! Nerves running wild, I was going to run under 4 hours no matter what. The first 5kms were pretty difficult but I was feeling good. As I approached the 10km mark my speed increased and at the half way mark, my time was 1:43hrs. I knew the last 10 kms were going to be the hardest. I was very mindful of this and kept pushing on as hard as I could…well the last 10kms were pretty difficult and slow, however…… at the 40km mark I knew I was going to achieve my goal. With my goal almost in the bag, I started to enjoy my time out there, although it was still really difficult. About 100m from the finish line, I acquired a special friend, Ramotaur!! I crossed the finish line in a time of 3:45:41! I was pretty stoked and as always my Icebreaker performed perfectly. No stink, only a very sore body!
If you’re ever looking for a running buddy up in Auckland, feel free to drop me a line. Next year’s marathon time…………… who knows?
- Craig Manson, Icebreaker NZ Upper North Account Manager
