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Contents

Welcome• Page 2Microwave Madness• Page 4Ask Dr. Bill• Page 5Dietary Supplements Safety Reports• Page 6Product Price Changes• Page 7Winter Sport Sponsorship• Page 7Endurance News Goes Electronic• Page 7Ten Sure-fire Steps To A Great Season• Page 8Nate’s Corner• Page 92005 Catalog• Page 9Meet the Staff• Page 9New Compex Unit Now Available• Page 10Honoring A Fellow Cyclist• Page 11Gear Up For the 2005 Highline Hammer• Page 11From the Saddle Of Steve Born• Page 12Product Spotlight - Xobaline• Page 13Congratulating the All-Americans• Page 13Athlete Spotlight - Pat Arnone• Page 14Growing To Meet Your Needs• Page 15Chris Sadowski - An Iron Man• Page 16Race Report• Page 17Math and Endurance News• Page 19E-CAPS Bookstore• Page 19

(see FISH OIL on page 3)

Norwegian Salmon Oil : A superior sourceof essential Omega 3 Fatty Acids for enhancedathletic performance and overall health

Benefits:

• Increased absorption of the important energy-producing substrates CoQ10 and idebenone

• Prolonged endurance from increased fat utilization and enhanced oxygen utilization

• Cardiovascular system protection from reduced blood pressure and lowered cholesterol and triglyceride levels

• Support for body fat regulation• Aid in improving brain function and mood• Anti-inflammatory properties to reduce

post-workout soreness

New Product Announcement : C a r l s o n ’s Norwegian Salmon Oil

January : 2005Issue 045

The New sl e t ter F or Endura nce A t h l e t e sAn E-CAPS & Hammer Nutrition Publication

Every week I receive a large volume of emailinquiries and one of the most frequent ques-tions I field is, “Of all the supplements inthe E-CAPS line, which ones should I startwith and why?” Myanswer (as it has beenfor quite awhile) isalways PremiumInsurance Caps, RaceCaps Supreme, andMito-R Caps. The rea-son I recommend thesethree products so high-ly - and I definitelyrecommend them foryear round use - isbecause I truly believethey provide the widestrange of benefits,encompassing both athletic performanceAND overall health. If you incorporate these

three products first and foremost into yoursupplement program you’ll have a solidnutritional foundation for your early and all-season training and a great platform from

which any other E-CAPS supplementyou take will yieldeven better bene-fits.

The Benefits of the E-CAPS DailyEssentials

If you did an inter-net search of thebenefits of some ofthe nutrients in the

E-CAPS Daily Essentials : Get the Best Start On Your Most Successful Season

Steve Born

Omegasource, a long-time staple in the E-CAPSproduct line, is no longer being produced, and, assuch, has been retired. But not to worry, in itsplace is a “healthy fat” supplement that we feelis superior in a variety of ways, discussed below.After reviewing a slew of possibilities, we choseto go with Carlson Laboratories and theirNorwegian Fish Oil product. It’s the finest prod-uct of its kind and it’s now available to you!

Fish Oils - Providing Potent & Wide-Ranging BenefitsAmong their many benefits for athletic per-formance, the components of fish oil(DHA/EPA) improve endurance by increas-ing mitochondrial efficiency via their positiveeffects on coenzyme Q10 and idebenone, twokey substrates involved in energy produc-tion. For general health purposes, fish oils

(see DAILY ESSENTIALS on page 3)

Omegasource, a long-time staple in the E-CAPS product line, has been retired.

the fall of 2004 we broke ground on a newwarehouse here in Whitefish, and we alsocontracted with our partner firm inWisconsin to expand our facilities there aswell. The addition to our Montana head-quarters will provide office space foradditional staff so we can do what we dobest, serve our family of athlete-clientswith over-the-top customer service andtechnical support.

As you know, we are committed to providingyou quality products directly from us and inselect specialty stores near you. In 2004 weincreased our dealer and distributor rela-tions and partnered with Road RunnerSports to provide SpeedGel, UltraPAKs, andEnduroJoint (private labels for HammerGel, Premium Insurance Caps, and TissueR e j u v e n a t o r, respectively) for runningenthusiasts who appreciate the excellentconvenience, service, and prices of RoadRunner Sports.

We have many plans for 2005 already in theworks that we know will benefit you, includ-ing three new products already on theshelves: the updated Xobaline formula,Carlson’s Norwegian Salmon Oil, and therecently FDA-approved Compex FitnessTrainer. Be sure to check out the articles inthis issue regarding the products. Plus, wehave other exciting new products scheduledfor release in 2005

In this edition you will find an example ofour dedication to overall health. We are con-cerned not only with what you put into yourbodies, but also with how you take care ofyour bodies in general. Some of the inven-tions of the past century have made it easierto cook, clean, and preserve food, but someinnovations have devastating effects on ourlong-term health. In this issue we take alook at one of those items, the microwaveoven. I hope you benefit from this article andit drives you to evaluate your use of this“modern convenience.”

On page 6 you will find an interesting piecewritten by Dr. Bill Misner regarding currentstudies evaluating micronutrients to deter-mine what potencies are “safe” for humans.As Dr. Bill points out, test subjects in thesestudies are not endurance athletes whichrequire a higher level of nutrients than thesedentary subjects used. We encourage youto read this important article and take therecommended steps.

As you assess where you are after 2004 andlook to face the athletic challenges of 2005,

Our Mission

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The objective of Endurance News is to provide you, the seriousendurance at h l e t e , with a valuable resource that you will find tobe informat i v e , e d u c at i o n a l , thought provoking and helpful in yourongoing pursuit of optimum performance and health.

Endurance News features insightful articles on diet, nutrition, train-ing and other topics of interest for endurance athletes — written bymyself as well as professional and elite amateur athletes and otherexperts in the area of nutrition and exercise. In addition, EnduranceNews will include articles highlighting new and existing E-Capsproducts and how to get the maximum benefits from them.

In reading this and future issues, please remember that the viewsexpressed in this publication will always be biased in favor of a healthyd i e t , hard training that emphasizes quality over quantity, and prudents u p p l e m e n t ation to improve health and performance. But above all,we at Endurance News believe there are no short cuts, and successcan only come from hard work.

Back issues of Endurance News are available online at:www.e-caps.com

Legal disclaimer: The contents of Endurance News are not intend-ed to provide medical advice to individuals. For medical advice,please consult a licensed health care specialist.

The FDA has evaluated none of the statements in this newsletter.

As we turn over the New Ye a r, I can’t helpbut think of renewal. Whether it’s a hardand fast resolution or not, January isalways a great time to review our gameplan and make changes for the future basedon where we are today. As we look backover the year of 2004 to assess where weare, we see tremendous growth and bless-ings among the challenges.

Every one of you is familiar with challenge.Challenge is what we do daily to increase ourpersonal bests. Every time we get on a bike,put on our running shoes, go for a swim, orstrap on skis, our goal is to meet or beat thechallenge of the elements and of our own lim-itations to excel in our sport. Our goal hereat E-CAPS and Hammer Nutrition is to helpathletes, whatever their sport, realize thatnutrition is equally important as trainingand equipment. We hope that throughout thepast year you have become stronger andhealthier as a result of our input and productleadership.

2004 was an outstanding year for E-CAPSand Hammer Nutrition. We faced the chal-lenge of meeting your needs both for newproduct and for technical advice and productsupport. We introduced a few new products,such as:

• Recoverite-The best all-in-one recoverydrink on the market.• Hammer Gel Pouches-Our “cornerstone”fuel received a new design and packaging toreflect each flavor.• 12-count boxes for the Hammer Gelpouches-Now an easy way to store yourfavorite flavor.• Compex Sport-This outstanding productsold like hot cakes. It can recruit musclefiber at a level not obtainable through nor-mal workouts.• Mandarin Orange Heed-Another flavorin our sport drink category.• Perpetuem-Our ultra distance fuel nowcomes in a large 32-servings container• Hammer Logo A p p a r e l-Flashy newdesign.• All product labels-Updated all labels forboth E-CAPS and Hammer Nutrition to indi-cate product lines and flavors.

In regards to service and technical support,we launched a new website loaded with eas-ily accessible product and traininginformation. We also launched a speedy newultra-efficient order system.

Growth always creates a challenge; in ourcase it included major facility expansion. In

Dear Client,

Endurance News Staff

Editorial :Steve Born, Dr. Bill Misner, Brian Frank

Editorial Contibutors :Nate Llerandi, Chris Sadowski, Tony Schiller, Joe Arnone,Peggy Kragh, Angela Nock

Proofing :David Levin*

Layout :Angela Nock

*Articles written by Dr. Bill Misner are not proofed by David Levin

ENDURANCE NEWS : The Newsletter For Endurance A t h l e t e s

"The doctor of the future willgive no medicine, but will inter-est his patients in the care ofthe human frame, in diet, andin the causes and prevention ofdisease."

- Thomas Edison

let E-CAPS and Hammer Nutrition help youmake a game plan that will take you to thenext level of performance this year. Don’twait-get started now. Renew your mindsetto focus on nutrition.

As a part of our extended family, the staff hereand I wish you your personal best in 2005.

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(FISH OIL from page 1)

January 2005 : Issue 045

provide one of the best defenses against car-diovascular disease and are also well knownfor their positive influence on brain functionand mood. In addition, Omega 3 fatty acidsfrom fish oil have been shown to provideimpressive anti-inflammatory benefits byreducing specific pro-inflammatory cytokinesand Series 2 prostaglandins, while increas-ing the level of anti-inflammatory Series 3prostaglandins.

Why Omega 3 Only?

Our bodies cannot make the Omega 3 andOmega 6 essential fatty acids (EFAs), hencethe name “essential.” It is essential that weobtain them from dietary sources. Most of usdo more than fine with Omega 6 intake; it’sthe Omega 3s that come up short. Recentresearch points to a 1:3 ratio as ideal, but1:20 (Omega 3 to Omega 6) is common inmost people’s diets. Glaringly missing in themajority of the American diets are adequateamounts of Omega 3s, which are vital forathletic performance and absolutely essen-tial for overall health. Consumption ofcertain types of fish (such as salmon, mack-erel, and sardines) two to three times a week,while being an extremely wise strategy, issimply not possible for most of us.

Why Not Get Omega 3 From Flaxseed Oil?

In the world of fats it’s hard to beat flaxseedoil (the primary component of Omegasource);

i t ’s got an attractive EFA makeup in that it is54% Omega 3 (from alpha Linolenic A c i d ) ,14% Omega 6 (Linoleic Acid), and the remain-der primarily various monounsaturated fats.H o w e v e r, given the fact that most diets arealready loaded with Omega 6 fatty acids, theO-6s in flaxseed oil are not really necessary.In fact, for highest absorption rates, Omega 6should not be consumed with Omega 3, asthey both require the same enzyme fora b s o r p t i o n .

The bottom line is that wereally don’t need any supple-mental Omega 6s. We doneed Omega 3 EFAs, and weneed a lot of them to achieveappreciable amounts of thedesired end products ofOmega 3 EFA m e t a b o l i s m ,Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA)and Eicosapentaenoic acid( E PA). Omegasource had noactual DHA or EPA in it.Instead, it had about 157 mgof alpha linolenic acid (ALA)in each 1000 mg capsule.A L A is a couple metabolicsteps away from becoming actual DHA &E PA, and due to the aging process andother factors, some-to-most of that A L Awill never be converted to DHA & EPA.

So really, the amount of DHA/EPA in just onecapsule of the Carlson Norwegian Fish Oilproduct will be equal to or greater than what 10or more Omegasource capsules could provide.

Carlson - Your Source for Pure, Clean,Contaminant-Free Norwegian Salmon Oil

Carlson has a long history of producing thehighest quality fish oil supplements, which iswhy we’re pleased to include their NorwegianSalmon Oil product alongside our own supple-ments and fuels. Each Carlson NorwegianSalmon oil soft gel contains one gram

(1000mg) of salmon oil fromsalmon found in the deep,unpolluted waters of Norway.This product is regularly testedusing AOAC international pro-tocols for potency and purity byan independent, FDA r e g i s-tered laboratory and found tobe free of detectable levels ofm e r c u r y, cadmium, lead, PCBs,and 28 other contaminants.Carlson Norwegian Salmon Oilsupplies your body with con-centrated amounts of pure,contaminant-free, and ultra-healthy Omega 3 essentialfatty acids... essential for ath-letic performance and overall

health.

Suggested Usage: Two or more soft gels twiced a i l y, preferably with meals.

Note: One capsule taken with Race CapsSupreme aids absorption and assimilation ofthe fat-soluble nutrients coenzyme Q10 andi d e b e n o n e .

products - nutrients like CoQ10 andIdebenone (in Race Caps Supreme) andAcetyl l-carnitine and r-Alpha lipoic acid (inMito-R Caps) - you’d be online for an awfullylong time; the benefits of just these fournutrients are incredibly extensive. To simpli-fy things though, here’s what I consider theprimary benefits from the consistent use ofthese products:

1 . ) Provides ideal replenishment of basic vita-mins and minerals, which athletes deplete ingreater volume than sedentary people, tooptimize overall health.2 . ) Provides enhanced support for theimmune system and cardiovascular systemby supplying a wide range of antioxidants for

the neutralization of free radicals and the cel-lular destruction they cause.

3 . ) Provides key substrates to enhance andensure efficient production of energy.

4 . ) Provides support for mitochondrialhealth. Our belief is that the longer you canstimulate the lifespan or health of the mito-chondria, the longer you will live and thebetter you will perform in endurance events.The athlete who has the most healthy, effi-cient, active mitochondria is the athlete whoperforms at their best.

The three E-CAPS Daily Essentials productsare available in two money-saving kits: theone-month kit (one bottle of each) is $99.95 -about a $10.00 savings compared to the indi-

(DAILY ESSENTIALS from page 1) vidual prices of the three products - and thethree-month kit (three bottles of each) is$289.95 - a nearly $40.00 savings.

So, if you’re looking for the best way to get yourseason off to a strong start (and who isn’t?), Ithink that employing these three products intoyour program, and using them each and everyd a y, is an awfully wise strategy.

More information regarding the E-CAPSDaily Essentials products can be found onthe KNOWLEDGE link on the E-CAPS website, www.e-caps.com/knowledge.

Check it out!

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By William Knoff

Article extracted from Perceptions,May-June 1996 Medical ResearchSummary; Potential Use in Mind Control

Microwave cooking ovens were originallyresearched and developed by German scien-tists to support mobile operations during theinvasion of the Soviet Union. Had they per-fected electronic equipment to prepare mealson massive scale, the Nazis could have elim-inated the logistical problems connectedwith cooking fuels while producing edibleproducts in far less time than they couldusing traditional campfires.

After the war, the Allies discovered the med-ical research and documentation concerningthese apparatuses. The papers and experi-mental microwave equipment weretransferred to the U.S War Department andclassified for reference and scientific investi-gation. The Soviet Union also retrieved someof the devises and began to experiment onthem separately. The Russians - who havedone the most diligent research into the bio-logical effects of microwave ovens haveoutlawed their use and issued an interna-tional warning about the biological andenvironmental damage that can result fromthe use of this and similar-frequency elec-tronic apparatus.

Medical research summary

The most significant German research con-cerned with the biological effects ofmicrowaves was done at the Humbolt-Universitat zu Berlin in 1942-43, urging theBarbarossa military campaign. Beginning in1957 and continuing up to the present,Russian studies in the field have been con-ducted at the Institute of Radio Technology.

In most research, the foods were exposed tomicrowave propagation at an energy poten-tial of 100 kilowatts per cubic centimeter persecond, to the point considered acceptablefor sanitary, normal ingestion.

The observations made by the German andRussian microwave researches will be pre-sented here in three categories:cancer-causing effects, destruction of nutri-tive value and biological effects of directexposure of humans to microwave emissions.

Microwaved Foods Cause Tumors

The following effects have been observed whenfoods are subject to microwave emissions.

Effects on the foods themselvesMeats: Heating prepared meats sufficientlyto ensure sanitary ingestion creates d-nitrosodiethanolamine, a well knowncancer-causing agent.Proteins: Active-protein, biomolecular com-pounds are destabilized.Increase in radioactivity: A “ b i n d i n geffect” between the microwaved food and anyatmospheric radioactivity is created, causinga marked increase in the amount of alphaand beta particle saturation in the food.Milk and cereals: Cancer-causing agentsare created in the protein-hydrolysate com-pound in milk and cereal grains.Frozen food: Microwaves used to thawfrozen foods alter the catabolism (breakdown)of the glucoside and galactoside elements.

Resulting effects on the human body

Digestive system: The unstable catabolismof microwaved food alters their elementalfood substances, causing disorders in thedigestive system.Lymphatic system: Due to chemical alter-ations within food substances, malfunctionsoccur in the lymphatic system, causing adegeneration of the body’s ability to protectitself against certain forms of neoplastics(cancerous growths).Free radicals: Certain trace-mineral molec-ular formations in plant substances-inparticular, raw root vegetables-form cancer-causing free radicals.

Increased incidence of stomachand intestinal cancers

A statistically higher percentage of cancer-ous growths result in these organs, plus ageneralized breakdown of the peripheral cel-lular tissues and a gradual degeneration ofdigestive and excretory functions.

Microwaves Reduce Food Value

Microwave exposure caused significantdecreases in the nutritive value of all foodsstudied. The following are the most impor-tant findings to this date.

Vitamins and minerals made useless: Inevery food tested, the bioavailability of thefollowing vital nutrients decreased: vitaminB complex, vitamins C and E, essential min-erals and lipotropics.Vital energy fields devastated: The vitalenergy field content of all tested foodsdropped 60-90%. Digestibility of fruits andvegetables reduced: Microwaving lowers themetabolic behavior and integration-processcapability of alkaloids, glucosides, alacto-

sides and nitrilosides.Meat protein worthless: It destroys thenutritive value of nucleoproteins in meats.All foods damaged: It greatly acceleratesthe structural disintegration of all foods tested.

Biological Effects of Microwaves

Exposure to microwave emissions also has anegative effect upon the general biologicalwelfare of humans. This was not discovereduntil the Russians experimented with highlysophisticated equipment and discovered thathumans can be adversely affected withouteven ingesting the foods that have been sub-jected to microwave emissions. Merelyentering the energy field of the food causesharmful side-effects that the Soviets out-lawed all such microwave apparatus in 1976.

Here are the effects observed in humans hav-ing “direct” exposure to microwaves, that is,without their having consumed the irradiat-ed food substances: Life-energy fieldbreakdown: Persons near microwave ovensin operation experience a breakdown of theirlife-energy fields which increases relative tothe length of the exposure.

Cellular energy decreases: The cellular-voltage parallels of individuals using theapparatus degenerate - especially in theirblood and lymphatic serums.Destablized metabolism: The external-energy activated potentials of food utilizationare both destabilized and degenerated.Cell damage: Internal cellular-membranepotentials during catabolic processes into theblood serum from the digestive processdegenerate and destabilize.Brain circuitry destruction: E l e c t r i c a limpulses in the junction potentials of thecerebrum degenerate and breakdown.Nervous system: Nerve/electrical circuitsdegenerate and break down while energy-field symmetry is lost in the neuro-plexuses(nerve centers) in both the front and rear ofthe central and autonomic nervous systems.Loss of bioelectric strength: The bio-elec-tric strengths within the ascending reticularactivating system (the system which controlsthe function of waking consciousness) go outof balance and lose their proper circuiting.Loss of vital energies: Humans, animalsand plants located within a 500-meter radiusof the equipment in operation suffer a long-term, cumulative loss of vital energies.Nervous and lymphatic systems damage:Long-lasting residual magnetic “deposits”become located throughout the nervous sys-tem and lymphatic system.Hormone imbalances: The production of

Microwave Madness : The Alarming Effects of Microw ave Ap p a r atus on Food and Humans


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Q U E S T I O N : Any comments on therecent the negative finding(s) regard-ing Vitamin E intake over 400 iu(International Units) daily?

ANSWER : I argue that if taking higher vita-min E dose decreases longevity of only 10%of the subjects, then what about the other90%? This borders on throwing the prover-bial baby out with the bath water. Kind ofreminds me of the smokers whose beta-carotene intake was implicated with lungcancer and other diseases.

Studies should ideally examine two popula-tions, healthy norms and patients, thencompare data. Please note the referencedsubjects were called “patients” in the 19studies, that is, already sick subjects. Theyhad heart disease, cancer, or Alzheimer’s dis-ease (Dickinson). The definitive study is totest vitamin E in a healthy population, thencompare to the sick “patient” population.

Please also note Dickinson’s rebuttal state-ment to WebMD: Annette Dickinson, PhD,president of the Council for ResponsibleNutrition, “Eighteen of the 19 studies in theanalysis showed no statistically significantincrease in total mortality. I believe theypooled the data to arrive at a conclusion thatis based on a statistical artifact.”

In the mid-1990’s we worked with a cardiolo-gist and several associated clinics whoregularly prescribed 2200 iu vitamin E/dayfor cardiopathology-compromised patients.At that time I thought 800 iu was ODA[Optimal Daily Amount], adequate forendurance athletes, and initially I resistedthe suggestion to dose above 800 iu fat solu-ble vitamin E. As I searched the evidencehowever, I concluded that this cardiologistand his associates were rational to enhancetheir patients’ health welfare objective bythis higher dose. You would therefore thinkthat if an ill heart patient were given a

Ask D r. B i l l

Bill Misner, P h . D .


hormones and the maintenance of hormonalbalance in both males and females becomesdestabilized and interrupted.Brainwave disruptions: Levels of distur-bance in alpha-, delta- and theta-wave signalpatterns are markedly higher than normal.Psychological disorders: Because of thedisarranged brain waves, negative psycho-logical effects also result. These include lossof memory and ability to concentrate, sup-pressed emotional threshold, deceleration ofintellective processes and interruptive sleepepisodes in a statistically higher percentageof individuals subjected to continual range-emission field effects of microwaveapparatus, from either cooking apparatus ortransmission stations.

Potential Use In Mind Control

Due to the creation of random, residual mag-netic deposits and binding within thebiological systems of the body (nervous andlymphatic systems damage) which can ulti-mately affect the neurological systems(primarily the brain and nerve centers),longer-term depolarization of tissue neuro-electronic circuits can result. Because theseeffects can cause virtually irreversible dam-age to the neuroelectrical integrity of thevarious components of the nervous system,ingestions of microwaved foods is clearly con-traindicated in all respects.

Their residual magnetism effect can renderthe psychoneural-receptor components of thebrain more subject to influence by artificial-ly induced, microwave-radio-frequency fieldsfrom transmission stations and TV relay net-works. Soviet neuropsychologists atUralyera and Novosibirsk have theorized thepossibility of psychotelmetric influence (i.e.,affecting human behavior by transmittingradio signals at controlled frequencies), caus-ing subjects to comply - involuntarily andsubliminally - with commands receivedthrough microwave transmissions actingupon their psychological energy fields.

For this reason, and due to the 28 other con-traindications listed above, the use ofmicrowave apparatus in any form is definite-ly ill-advised. Present scientific opinion inmany countries clearly opposes them, asexemplified by the mentioned Soviet ban.

Thank you to the Idaho Observer for allowing us toreprint this article originally from Leading Edge

Research.

continued from page 4 harmful dose with life-shortening propertiesthat these clinics would have experiencedlitigious issues. Last I heard their resultsfrom high vitamin E therapeutic dose above2000 iu per day were quite positive. Thoughthat dose is high, it has not been associatedwith harmful side effects in normal subjects,but is excessive in terms of what is the idealminimal dose of 800 iu/day. I make thisstatement to point out that vitamin E dose(even high dose) is well tolerated in humanmetabolism. Foods do not contain highamounts of vitamin E, meaning to consumethe ideal 800 iu daily or more, one must sup-plement.

Vitamin E deficiency, on the other hand, is adangerous proposition and is reported toprosper onset of various cardiovascular dis-ease events. Both ischemic and coronaryartery disease patients may present withinadequate food-born vitamin E. Athleteswho burn fatty acid fuels during prolongedaerobic exercise produce free-radical metabo-lites that may further reduce circulatingvitamin E antioxidant levels. In my opinion,800 iu vitamin E is the minimal intake prac-tice for an endurance athlete. The sedentarysubject’s intake level can be reduced by 50%,but taking the same amount will not resultin harmful side effects, assuming no otherdisorder or medication is contraindicated tothis suggested dose.

If you read the whole argument both sidespresent, neither side concludes that a singlefinding associates vitamin E dose with lifeending except in the one group of at-risk sub-jects. If further you examine vitamin E dosein food intake, it is remarkably lacking in theAmerican diet.

EDITOR’S NOTE: Dr. Bill recently emailedme with a list of 100 references (selected fromover 200 relevant studies) that may indicateevidence for vitamin E’s positive role inlongevity. We hope to have that list of 100 ref-erences on the E-CAPS web site soon.

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D i e t a ry Supplements Safety Report and Is There an Outside Challenge From Codex Bill Misner, Ph.D.

Adverse affects from prescription drugs areamong the leading causes of death in theUnited States. Over 5% of all deaths in theU.S. can be attributed to prescription drugs.Food causes 0.24% of the deaths, whiledietary supplement use is implicated in0.0001%. For every person that dies from adietary supplement reaction, 417 will diefrom eating foods, and 50,000 will die from areaction to prescription drugs. It stands thathuman reactions to over-the-counter foodsand prescription medications present a realand present danger to human lifespan.

Food intake alone does not meet humannutritional needs to prevent deficiency dis-ease disorders, even at the minimal RDI(Reference Daily Intake) levels. From a ran-dom selection of 10 men’s and 10 women’sdietary analyses for 10 vitamins and 7 min-erals from food intake alone, micronutrientswere determined to be 40.5% deficient basedon disease-preventative requirements. (Apaper on this study has been accepted afterreview and is scheduled for publication in theApril 2005 issue of the Townsend Letter ForDoctors and Patients.) With exerciseexpense, water soluble and fat-solublemicronutrient requirements increase.Unfortunately, it is nearly impossible to con-sume enough calories to meet micronutrientdemands without adversely increasing bodymass index. Dietary supplementation is therational choice, but that choice may be inquestion if foreign interests are given con-sent to overrule current American law.

The Codex Alimentarius Commission(Codex) is evaluating micronutrients todetermine what potencies are “safe” forhumans. Their objective is to establish maxi-mum upper limit potencies to guardconsumers worldwide against the so-calledrisks of vitamins. It seems to me that indi-vidual countries should determine their ownrisk associations by utilizing experts selectedfrom nutritional and biological sciences.

CODEX is seeking to set maximum upperlimits for vitamin-mineral products, eventhough supplements used by their citizenshave not demonstrated a health risk. Thislimitation does not account for depletion lossof nutrients by prolonged endurance exer-cise. CODEX will restrict the potencies tolevels so low that virtually no health benefitwill occur. The numbers of milligrams are tobe determined by governmental agents, not

necessarily professionals, to minimum levelsfor sedentary subjects. Potencies needed toachieve optimal health in those of us whoexercise 2-12 hours per day is NOT the con-cern of CODEX, nor are responsiblealternative medicine professionals an influ-ential part of their advisory process.

Voluminous data has been submitted to theCODEX commission to document benefitsthat certain nutrients provide. At least 7000scientific abstracts review both preventativeand therapeutic potencies analyzed for eachsupplement listed below ( E - C A P S / H a m m e rNutrition supplement ingredients in bold):

Acetyl-L-CarnitineFolic Acid

Taurine, Aloe Vera

Garlic Trimethylglycine Alpha Lipoic Acid

GlutathioneVinpocetin

Apigenin Green Tea Vitamin A

Astaxanthin Iron

Vitamin B-1Bilberry

L-CysteineVitamin B-2

BiotinLutein

Vitamin B-3Boron

Lycopene Vitamin B-5

Calcium Magnesium Vitamin B-6

Calcium D-glucarate Manganese

Vitamin B-12CarnosineMilk Thistle Vitamin C

CDP Choline N-Acetyl-Cysteine

Vitamin D CholineNaringin

Vitamin E Chromium

Superoxide DismutasePycnogenol

Vitamin K Coenzyme Q-10

QuercetinZeaxanthin Ellagic Acid

CopperSelenium

Zinc

These are simply a few of many ingredientsformulated in E-CAPS & Hammer Nutritionsupplements used by endurance athletes.

TWO STEPS RECOMMENDED

#1 Write, call, or e-mail your state’s senatorsand congressmen to OPPOSE S.722, theDietary Supplement Safety Act, and tell yourcongressmen to oppose H.R. 3377, theDietary Supplement Access and AwarenessAct. These two bills put the wheels in motionfor restrictions similar to those outlined inthe EU Directive international code of stan-dards to become U.S. law.

The health care freedom we presently enjoyin the USA was established by the 1994“DSHEA” American law.

#2 Tell your U.S. senators and congressmento SUPPORT U.S. Rep. Ron Paul’s H.R.1146, the American Sovereignty RestorationAct. This legislation establishes theConstitution of the United States as thesupreme law-making and judging power toour elected representatives and Americancourts, respectively.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

For further information on the EuropeanUnion Directive on Dietary Supplements andon the Codex Alimentarius legislation, con-tact:

1. The American Holistic Health Association@ http://www.ahha.org 2. The Alliance for Natural Healthhttp://www.alliance-natural-health.org3. International Advocates for HealthFreedom http://www.iahf.com4. Chris Gupta’s website @:h t t p : / / w w w. n e w m e d i a e x p l o r e r. o r g / c h r i s / 2 0 0 4 /1 0 / 1 9 / s a v i n g _ u s _ f r o m _ o u r s e l v e s _ c o d e x . h t ml

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Endurance News Goes Electronic : Inbox Or Mailbox, It’s Your ChoiceIt only took us 43 issues over the course of 12years, but I am pleased to announce that wecan now offer you Endurance News as anHTML e-mail newsletter. Co-produced byour talented graphic artist Angela Nock andweb wizard Mandy Hallos, you can be surethat your electronic version will be just asreadable as our printed version.

If you are wondering why you should sign upto receive Endurance News electronically, letme give you a couple of compelling reasons.The first is consistency. You may havenoticed that even though we publish quar-terly, sometimes you get one and sometimesyou don’t. This is because the size of ourclient base has become so large that we canonly mail to those of you who have orderedwithin the past four months. We used to goback an entire year, but due to ever escalat-ing printing and postage costs and theaforementioned size of our mailing list, we’vehad to cut back.

Of course we wouldn’t mind if you made apoint of ordering every 120 days or so, butwe don’t expect you to just so you canreceive every issue of Endurance News,especially with an increasing number ofyou buying our Hammer products fromyour local retailer. So, you can be sure toget all the news in every issue by subscrib-ing to the e-version. If you prefer to readon paper instead of the computer screen,each issue will have a “printer friendly”button that will allow you to print out yourcopy to read and pass along to friends.

The second reason is our desire to conservenatural resources in all that we do. 15,000issues at 12 to 16 pages each means a lot ofpaper, and that means a lot of trees. If even50% of you sign up to receive EN electroni-cally, we’ll be able to save a lot of trees.

Of course, we save money when we send anissue electronically instead of mailing a

Brian Frank

Most potent Race Cap Formula just got bet-ter (for your pocketbook, that is)

One of our most popular products, Race CapsSupreme, just went down in price. Yes, youread correctly, it went down by $5.00 per 90-capsule bottle. This isn’t a sale; it’s for good.The wholesale price of CoQ-10, a key ingre-dient in Race Caps, has dropped, and we’repassing that savings on to you, our valuedclient. We hope this price drop helps makeyour year and allows us to introduce thishighly effective energy-producing formula tomore athletes.

We have also been able to lower the price onthe Compex replacement pads. Where wecan, we will save you money!

We do have some increases in product pric-ing, but only a few. Here’s the entire list ofprice changes out of our 200 items.

• Race Caps Supreme - $54.95(was $59.95) Now that’s a deal!

• Compex Pads - $9.95(was $14.95) We have savings plans for thesetoo; see the catalog or website for details.

Product Price Changes

paper copy to you, but really, this is not ourprimary motivation. All savings will go rightback into improving the publication and cir-culation. We can reach clients who are morethan four months out from their last order,increase the content of each issue, and possi-bly increase from four to six issues per yearin 2005.

Lastly, let me assure you that by subscribingto Endurance News in HTML e-mail form,you are not agreeing to let us spam you dailywith junk mail or sell your address to a thirdparty. We take your in-box very seriouslyand we’ll put Endurance News in it only ifyou subscribe. Go to www.e-caps.com todayand enter your email address into the fieldon the left. You’ll be signed up for EnduranceNews online.

As you can see, there are several good rea-sons to subscribe, and I can’t think of anynot to. Do it today; you’ll be glad you did.

• Tissue Rejuvenator - $24.95(was $19.95) Still a bargain.

• Hammer Gel Pouches - $1.09/pouch, or12 of one flavor for $12.95 (was $0.99 per pouch)Still far below our competitors.

• Endurolytes (capsule or powder) - 3 for $15.95 (was 3 for $14.95)Single bottle remains unchanged at $17.95.

Everything else has stayed the same as our2004 pricing. Stop by our website or give usa call to place your order for Race CapsSupreme and our other great products today.

If you’re fortunate enough to live wherewinter means continued groundcovers n o w, chances are you already Nordic ski,which I believe is one of the greatest work-outs you can ever get. If you’re arecreational skier, plan a move up to fit-ness skiing. If you already are a fitnesss k i e r, try the competitive level.

2005 Nordic Ski races sponsored by Hammer Nutrition :

2/05 : Alley Loop Marathon, Crested Butte, CO2/05 : Wells Fargo Boulder Mountain TourSun Valley, ID 2/08 : Idaho Nordic Tamarack Loppet,Tamarack Resort, ID 2/12 : Subaru North American Vasa,Traverse City, MI 2/19 : Minnesota Finlandia, Bemidji, MN 2/26 : Payette Lakes Marathon, McCall, ID 3/05 : Banknorth Rangeley Lakes X-C SkiLoppet, Rangeley, ME 3/06 : Banknorth Great Glen to BrettonWoods Nordic Adventure, Gorham, Bretton Woods, NH 3/13 : Great Bear Chase Ski Race, Calumet, MI TBA : Nicolet Norski Classic, Lakewood, WI TBA : OSCR Seeley Lake Nordic Marathon,Seeley Lake, MT

Winter Sport SponsorshipPeggy Kragh

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To ny Schiller : Ten Sure-fire Steps You Can Take Now to Launch a Great Season

for the BETTER!iFLORA Has Changed...

Sedona Labs, the makers of the iFlora pro-biotic supplement, recently informed us ofsome changes to the product:

Easier to Read LabeliFlora’s previous label indicated that theproduct has 30 billion cells per GRAM,which means each 500mg CAPSULE had15 billion cells. This could confuse manyAmerican consumers who aren’t familiarwith the metric system. The label has beenchanged to indicate that each capsule has15 billion cells - as it always has. Thepotency is still the same.

Less FillerSedona Labs has reduced the amount offiller by nearly half, thus reducing theoverall capsule from 500mg to 260mg.

Smaller, Easier to Swallow CapsuleBy reducing the amount of filler, SedonaLabs has made a smaller, easier to swallowcapsule-with the same potency.

Yes, it’s the coldest month of the year, but thedays are getting longer, and before you knowit, the spring and summer racing season willbe upon us. So take some time now to con-sider these ten tips for turning 2005 into agreat season of racing.

1. Think Back - Review the first 90-120days of seasons when you raced exceptional-ly well, and identify the elements that madeyou deserving. Repeat them this year. Hereare some questions to prompt your process:

- What was your level of passion?- How excited were you for the season?- What was the motivation driving your

success?- Did you have specific goals in mind? - Did you have them written down?- Were you training alone or with a

partner/group?- What were your training frequencies and

volumes?- Did you incorporate weight training or

alternative training?- Did you do winter racing (same or other

sports)?- Which of your attributes from that season

stand out as special?

2. Look to the Classics for Inspiration -If your video library doesn’t include the 1989Tour de France and Hawaii Ironman races,get them now. And if you do own them, I’ll betit’s been a decade since you last viewed themfor a supercharged workout. Either way, it’snever been easier to find motivation in videofrom the ‘80’s classics. I prefer the 6-packs ofL a n c e ’s conquests to the state-of-the-arttraining DVDs now available. And if theworkout room needs a DVD player, you cannow pick one up for under $30, or aDVD/VCR combo deck for $79.

3. Become a Student of Your Craft - Knowwhat you don’t know and seek to change it.Start by simply identifying one conceptyou’ve never fully comprehended. Just one.Name it and commit to a study plan to mas-ter that element or concept. Then apply yournewfound knowledge to your routine orapproach. It’s really that easy.

4. Get Rejuvenated by Re-mastering OldSkills - Sameness is the kiss of death. Sodecide on a skill or technique you feel excep-tionally competent in and pretend you’relearning it now for the very first time. Seekto find the freshest ideas and thinking avail-able on the skill. Google™ it. Then have funpracticing and applying the latest concepts to

bring your skill to an entirely new and high-er level.

5. Be Honest with Yourself - Here’s a quickquiz. If you were competing against yourself,what weakness would you attempt to attackor exploit for a competitive advantage? In myworkshops, I often ask attendees that ques-tion with the instruction to raise their handwhen they’ve got the plan, and always handsshoot straight up. The point is that we tendto know our weaknesses all too well. Butdoing something about it is another matter.How about you? Are you truly willing tocourageously act to eliminate your biggestweakness? If so, what is your plan?

6. Shave Your Legs (metaphorically speak-ing) - Let go of ego-driven stubbornness toreinvent the wheel. While some rituals orbehaviors might seem insignificant on thesurface, there’s a profound power and sym-bolism gained from adopting the “bestpractices” of forward-thinking past and pres-ent champions in your sport.

7. Winning Costs Money . . . - Why shouldracing be different than anything else in life?Adopt the belief system that you’re alwayson the lookout for smart ways to invest togain a competitive advantage. Refuse to losebecause of inferior equipment. Refuel withthe finest (legal) sports nutrition. Make per-formance treatments, massage, and injuryrehabilitation a part of your routine. Travelto competitions that bring out your fullpotential.

8. . . . But Victory Cannot be Bought -Contradiction? Not really. The way we investin and take care of ourselves and our equip-ment reflects the pride we put into theendurance lifestyle. It sets a tone of profes-sionalism that leads to performing our best.But we know that our success ultimatelycomes down to what’s inside.

9. Become a Fan of History - Can you tellthe stories of the epic battles in your sport?More than just great entertainment, we canlearn much from learning how the championsof the past won, often due less to science andtechnology and more to superior grit, desire,and true mastery of skill and technique.

10. Bad News, Good News - First, the badnews... if you’ve read this far you’ve provenyou’re an over-the-top-endurance-obsessed-junky (join the club - it takes one to knowone). The good news: this makes you among

the fittest people in the world, plus you havethat single-minded focus that defines yourstrength. So honor that strength, but alsochallenge yourself to have more balanceaway from the sport. Grow a few friendshipswith those from “the other side.” You’ll feelf r e s h e r, perform better, and maybe eveninspire a cp (couch potato) to make a whole-sale lifestyle change.

Have a great year!

Tony Schiller is among less than a handful ofmen or women to be named Overall AmateurTriathlete of the Year ('95) and MasterTriathlete of the Year ('02) by USA Triathlon.He's started 8 ITU world championship racesand earned 8 medals (5 gold, 1 silver, and 2bronze), and he credits being an E-CAPSclient since 1988 for his amazing consistency.Professionally, Tony works with corporationsas a speaker and consultant on buildingBreakAway performing teams.

You can email Tony at [email protected]

Tony Schiller

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When devising a training plan for theupcoming year, whether you do it yourself orhave a coach outline it for you, consistency inyour training is key.

Skipping workouts, however infrequent itmight seem, will hamper your progress andinstill a sense of guilt. How many times dowe think, “I should have done _____ today.”Even if we don’t have the time, the thoughtof a missed workout eats at us until our nextopportunity to sweat.

And if you do find yourself skipping work-outs frequently, then it might be time torethink your plan. Maybe you’re schedulingtoo many hours or workouts during yourweek. When I ask my athletes to figure outhow many hours, maximum, they have eachweek to train, I tell them to subtract 20-25%from that figure to come up with a realistictraining budget. That 20-25% deductionallows for those “unforeseens” that take up

Nate’s Corner : Consistency Is Key 2005 Catalog : In The MailHave you seen it? The just-printed 2005Hammer Nutrition/E-CAPS catalog is head-ed to your mailbox. This year’s catalogfeatures updated product descriptions of ourclassic line-up, a few terrific new items, andan expanded apparel and soft goods section,all interspersed with new photos and ourpopular endurance mini-series, “The 10Biggest Mistakes Endurance A t h l e t e sMake.” All this and more in a great quick-reference tool, the 2005 catalog is one you’llwant to keep around. If you haven’t receivedyour copy yet, call us at 800.336.1977, andwe’ll send one out right away.

our time but we can’t really put our fingerson. For example, I didn’t work out todaybecause I spent a lot of time taking down andputting away holiday decorations. I decidedto keep the day low stress rather than addanother “to do” to the list.

The holidays are behind us and it’s time tostart focusing on the new season. The moreconsistent you can be, and the more stressyou can remove from your training schedule,the more progress you’ll make and the morefun you’ll have.

Happy Training, Nate Llerandi

Nate Llerandi is a former national championclass swimmer/world class triathlete. He has beencoaching since 1990 and creates programs for ath-letes of all sports and ability levels. You cancontact him at n a t e l l e r a n d i @ y a h o o . c o m

Putting Faces With Names : Meet The Staff At E-CAPS/Hammer NutritionWe thought we’d take this space in the newslet-ter and introduce you to the staff here atE-CAPS/Hammer Nutrition. It’s always nice toput faces with names isn’t it?

Brian and Sonia Frank: Brian and Soniaare the owners of the company. Brian’spassion remains health, whether nutri-tional or physical. Where he leads, wef o l l o w. Sonia just stepped down from herresponsibilities as personnel director tospend more time home schooling hertwo youngest children.

Joe Arnone: Joe is an avid cyclistwho doubles as our resident chef. Hehas been working with dealers, spon-sored athletes, and internationaldistribution since April of 2001.

Steve Born: Steve is the 5thinductee in the UltraCycling hall offame. Steve has worked for E-CAPSsince April of 2000 and is our SeniorTechnical A d v i s o r.

Karen Corcoran: Karen is a pas-sionate animal lover and the ‘ContinuityQ u e e n ’ taking special care of our auto-shipclients. She has been a member of the teamhere since October of 2002.

Stephen Denys: Stephen works in thewarehouse and keeps us all entertained withstories about food. Stephen has been packingyour orders with care since October of 2002.

Gail Dolan: As the Office Manager Gailkeeps us all in line (we’re pretty sure she’sSuperwoman). Gail has been keeping thingsrunning smoothly since August of 2001.

Sarah Finne: Sarah is the second newest

member of the team, starting in December of2004, and is already hard at work with pub-lic relations, proof reading, and clientservice. Welcome aboard!

Jessica Frank: Jessica has been a part ofthis company since her birth although she

w a s n ’t a regular on the payroll until A u g u s tof 2003. When she’s not pursuing her educa-tion she takes your orders as a Client A d v i s o r.

Mandy Hallos: Mandy joined the team inMarch of 2004 and we’ve given her the title of‘web wizard’. Mandy keeps busy making sureyour online experience is a pleasant one.

Autumn Kenfield: Autumn joined theteam as a Client Advisor in February of 2003and then returned to work in July of 2004following a three-month maternity leaveafter the birth of her little girl, Violet.

Peggy Kragh: Peggy likes to ski deep

powder. She joined the team in August of2003 and keeps extremely busy as the Headof Operations.

Max Kutzman: Max has worked in thewarehosue since December of 2004 makinghim the ‘newbie’. Glad you’re here Max.

Bill Misner: Known as Dr. Bill,Bill Misner heads up our R&Ddepartment from his location inSpokane, WA.

Dave Nixon: Dave has been amember of the E-CAPS/HammerNutrition family since March of2003. When he’s not working in thewarehouse he and his wife make thebest salsa on the planet.

Angela Nock: Angela, our resi-dent snowshoer, has been using hercreativity as the Graphic Designersince January of 2002.

Tony Siorek: When Tony isn’thunting or fishing, he holds the titleof Warehouse Manager. Tony hasbeen an E-CAPS/Hammer Nutrition

employee since 1998. Michael Stewart: Michael is our

Purchasing Manager and keeps our invento-ry fully stocked. He has been an employeesince February of 2004.

Casey Tate: Casey is a Client Advisor andhas been a part of the team since May of2004. At 6’4”, he’s also our go-to-guy when weneed light bulbs changed.

Jonathan Weaver: Jonathan has been aseasonal employee since 2001 helping outwherever he is needed as his college schedulepermits.

Back row l to r : P e g g y, Angela, Steve, Casey, Jonathan, Stephan, Brian, Dave,Michael, Joe, Tony Front row l to r : M a n d y, Sarah, Gail, Soni, Autumn

Nate Llerandi

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C o m p ex Comparison : Which Unit Is Right For You?Strength, Explosive Strength, Endurance,and Active Recovery, cover all your trainingand recovery needs throughout the season.The Sport is especially useful for enhancingand even replacing weight training in thegym during the off-season.

The Compex Fitness trainer is a scaled-downversion of the Sport. Having three programs,Endurance, Resistance and Active Recovery,this unit sells for $499.00. If you aren’t inter-ested in building pure strength and musclemass, and you don’t normally incorporateoff-season weight training into your yearlyroutine, this may be the unit for you. I thinkthat runners in particular, and anyone elsewanting to maintain their existing musclemass, are good candidates for the FitnessTrainer. The Resistance program is a lightstrength program that can be used to helpincrease strength to some degree without

The FDA has just cleared the way foranother Compex model, the CompexFitness Tr a i n e r, to be sold in the USA, andE-CAPS/Hammer Nutrition is one of thefirst to sell it. If you are looking to enhanceyour training and recovery, there is nothingmore effective than the Compex Sport orFitness Tr a i n e r. We have outlined belowsome of the major differences between theSport and the Fitness Trainer models tohelp you make an informed buying decision.

We first started selling the Compex Sportwhen it debuted in the USA in late 2003.More than a year later, we have many satis-fied customers now using this remarkabletraining tool. At a retail price of $899.00, theCompex Sport is the choice of many cyclists,triathletes, and others who are looking for atraining advantage. The six programs,Potentiation (Warm-Up), Resistance,


Joe Arnone

building large amounts of muscle mass.

If you are looking for a significant trainingadvantage over your competition, we highlyrecommend the Compex. You can learnmore about both models on our website atw w w.e-caps.com, or call us anytime and wewill be happy to discuss the details. We canwalk you through the evaluation process tohelp you decide which training device isright for you.

B O N U S !

Read what Olympic gold medalist HermannMaier has to say about his experience withthe Compex on page 18.

Calling all athletes....Our graphic department is always looking for good photos of our athletes to use in advertisements, b r o c h u r e s , c at a l o g s , and other printed mat e r i a l s . If you have any

photos of yourself that you’d be willing to share, email them to grap h i c @ e - c aps.com or send them snail mail to the address on the back of this newsletter (at t n . g r ap h-

ic department). Photos will be returned. Please be sure to include your name, the name and location of where the photo was taken, and to whom photographer credit should

be given. One thing we ask is that you not send in any copyrighted photos. Thanks so much!

Program Compex Sport Compex Fitness Trainer Primary Purpose

Potentiation * Warm-up

Resistance * * Light strength or strength maintenance

Strength * Strength building

Explosive Strength * Pure sprint strength

Endurance * * All endurance sports

Active Recovery * * Excellent recovery

PRICE $899.00 $499.00

Please evaluate all factors, not just price, to get the unit that will make your performance soar.

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Honoring A Fellow Cyclist : The Larry Schwartz Year-Rounder Century ChallengeJohn Hughes of theUltra Marathon CyclingAssociation (UMCA)recently informed us ofthis new cycling chal-lenge. The Year-Rounderhonors Larry Schwartz,

who won the UMCA Mileage Challenge in2001, was second in 2002, and was leading in2003 when he was struck and killed by aschool bus. For a profile of Schwartz, go to: w w w. u l t r a c y c l i n g . c o m / a b o u t / h o f _ s c h w a r t z . h t m l

Hughes writes, “Club centuries are the high-light of many endurance riders’ seasons: thefun of a day on the bike with friends and thechallenge of riding 100 miles. And, at leastfor the day, an unrestricted diet!

The Year-Rounder is for century riders look-ing for a new challenge: consistentperformance throughout the year! Can youride a century (or longer) every month of theyear? You can maintain your fitness andhave more fun cycling. If you reach the goal,we’ll award you a Year-Rounder medal.

The Ye a r-Rounder is a division of the UMCAMileage Challenge. All you need to do is signup for the Mileage Challenge, and submit yourcenturies - we’ll do the rest. Centuries can be

either organized centuries or personal ridesthat you design yourself (explained below).

Although the goal is a century a month, itmight be too snowy or icy some months; sowe’ll allow two make-up rides. For example,if you get snowed out in January, just do twocenturies in February.

For routing reasons, some centuries are justunder 100 miles. In the Mileage Challenge aCentury is a ride of 90 - 149 miles.

You don’t have to ride alone - UMCA mem-bers lead HUB rides in many parts of thecountry. These are low-key rides - no t-shirts,no catered rest stops - just friends out for aday on the bike. More information at:h t t p : / / w w w. u l t r a c y c l i n g . c o m / e v e n t s / h u b d i-rectory.html.

To get started, sign up at: www.ultracy-cling.com/standings/umcform.html. Thenput on your wool jersey, head out the door,and we’ll do the rest. Mileage Challenge par-ticipants receive many benefits including ane-book Century Tips on training, nutrition,equipment and technique; an e-newsletter,sharing tips and stats; a bi-monthly YearRounder column by Crista Borras and ChuckWood, who ride centuries every weekend; a

section at www.ultracycling.com devoted tothe best century stories sent in by riders.

Rules Summary:An “Organized” century is a ride with: aname, designated start/finish location andstarting time(s), route plan, organizer, andadvance publication of the ride or ride seriesin club newsletters, etc.

A “Personal” century is a personally designedride. For credit, you must complete at least90 miles in a 12-hour period including off thebike time (and maintain an 8.33 mph aver-age after that). Personal centuries providecentury-length riding opportunities for rid-ers in seasons or locales where Organizedcenturies are sparse.

Any Mileage Challenge ride counts in theYear Rounder-brevets, double centuries andultra events.

We like to keep the holidays free for time withthe family, so the Mileage Challenge and Ye a rRounder will end on December 22, 2005.”

For complete rules and ride documentationform, go to: www.ultracycling.com

Gear Up : The 2005 Highline HammerAt this time of year it’s hard to think aboutcycling through the mountains, but beforewe know it, August will be right around thecorner and we’ll be gearing up for the 4thAnnual Highline Hammer. This year’s ridewill take place August 4th -7th and will havemany new features, as well as the specialtouches that helped make past events ones toremember. There will be sensational mealsserved all weekend, full support for all rid-ers, breath-taking scenery, epic rides, andgreat fellowship.

This year we are expanding the seminars,adding an informal introductory talk/Q&Asession with Steve Born on Thursday, and acutting-edge discussion with Dr. Bill Misneron Friday. We’re also offering an optionalshorter version of our epic Highline Hammerso we can include riders who might be daunt-ed by the 130+ mile course through GlacierNational Park.

The price tag for thisincredible weekend is just$300 per person. Thisincludes meals, seminars,ride support, photos, andmore. Participants areresponsible for their owntravel, accommodations,incidentals, and mealsbefore and after the 4-dayweekend. Be sure to lookin the next issue ofEndurance News for allthe details and the com-plete weekend itinerary. Ifyou just can’t wait thatlong, cruise over tow w w. e - c a p s . c o m / h i g h l i n eto read more about thisamazing weekend. Welook forward to seeing youin August!

Christian and Joe relax atop Going-To-The-SunRoad in Glacier National Park during the 2004Highline Hammer • Photo : Angela Nock

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Welcome to our first Endurance News of2005! All of us here at E-CAPS/HammerNutrition want to wish you a healthy, happy,and successful year. I don’t know about you,but I always get super-psyched during thefirst part of the year, primarily because Ithink of it as being a great time to make afresh start for myself, learning from bothsuccesses and mistakes of the past, in thehopes of improving myself as a person aswell as an athlete.

With that in mind, please know that we’rehere for you, ready to assist you in achievingyour athletic/health goals for the upcomingyear. This issue of Endurance News is loadedwith useful and interesting articles, sugges-tions, and new product info (definitely checkout the articles about the new Xobaline for-mula and the Carlson’s Norwegian Fish Oilproduct!). Also be sure to read Tony Schiller’sarticle, “Ten Sure-Fire Steps You Can TakeNow to Launch a Great Season,” which pro-vides some great tips for you to consider.

The beginning of the New Year also gets meamped because I start thinking about whichevents I’ll get to attend during the upcomingyear. Being at events, though it is technical-ly “work,” has always been really fun for me.The reason is that I get to meet you athletes(putting faces to names is always great) andof course to help “spread the word” in personabout E-CAPS/Hammer Nutrition products.

Speaking of Travel Plans

I don’t have all my travel plans finalized yet,but some 2005 event appearances include:

Noquemanon Ski MarathonMarquette, MI - 1.29.05Boulder Mountain Tour (Nordic Race)Sun Valley, ID - 2.5.05PAC Tour Desert CampTucson, AZ - 3.7-12.05Powerman AlabamaBirmingham, AL - 4.10.05St Anthony’s TriathlonSt Petersburg, FL - 4.22-24.05Powerman North Carolina

Carrboro, NC - 5.1.05Georgia Rock ‘N RollMan Triathlon - 6.5.05orMooseMan Triathlon FestivalBristol, NH - 6.4-5.05Pacific Crest Tr i a t h l o n / Weekend SportsFestival - Sunriver, OR - 6.25-26.05Spirit of Racine TriathlonRacine, WI - 7.24.05Great Buckeye ChallengeWaynesville, OH - 8.21.05 orTimberman TriathlonGilford, NH - 8.20-21.05US Half Triathlon ChampionshipsKansas City, MO - 9.25.05

This is just a potential list - other event pos-sibilities certainly exist - and most of it istentative at this point. I’ve already commit-ted to the first three events on the list, andas other events become finalized, I’ll let youknow; it would be great to meet you at someof these events!

2004 Furnace Creek 508

Due to the Endurance News printing sched-ule, it’s only now that I get to tell you aboutmy favorite race of all, the Furnace Creek 508Ultra Cycling Race. Once again, race directorChris Kostman (who we profiled in the lastissue of Endurance News) put on a magnifi-cent race and this year's edition of The 508was the largest ever, with 117 entrants com-peting in either the solo or team races. It wasalso one of the toughest years for the race interms of weather conditions, as tremendous-ly strong winds (we’re talking desert windshere) battered the field for much of the race,causing one of the highest dropout rates inthe history of the race. Only 31 of 59 (52%) ofthe solo riders rolled the full 508.

Seemingly impervious to the already-diffi-cult course and the unusually harshconditions, was E-CAPS/Hammer Nutritionsponsored rider Marko Baloh of Slovenia.Marko simply crushed the field and thecourse, taking the early lead and extendingit throughout the race, finishing in an amaz-ing time of 29:26:25, over four hours ahead ofthe second place finisher. Finishing this raceat all is a major accomplishment, finishing itin a fast time is never easy, but going sub-30in those conditions is downright eye-opening.I have worked with Marko on his supple-ment/fueling program the past couple ofseasons, and he used several E-CAPS sup-plements and Hammer Nutrition fuelsduring the race. Needless to say, they workedincredibly well, as expected. CongratulationsMarko on a superb effort!

Race results and other news and informationabout this year’s and previous Furnace

Creek 508s are posted at www.the508.com.

The Shadow Tour™:The Ultimate Cycling Adventure

As most of you know, we sponsor/support avariety of endurance events, and that num-ber grows every year, with over 2000 on ourlist so far for 2005. One of the new eventswe’re supporting is The Shadow Tour. Myfriends Larry Gitman and Jim Knight (who,by the way, won this year’s two-person teamdivision at the Furnace Creek 508) are thecreators/founding members of Shadow Tour,LLC. They sent me the following pressrelease:

“The Shadow Tour™ is an upscale, cus-tomized reproduction of the entire 23-dayTour de France presented entirely inSouthern California’s San Diego, Imperial,Riverside, San Bernardino, Orange, LosAngeles, Ventura, and Santa Barbara coun-ties. This epic tour is synchronized with theactual Tour de France and matches it interms of total distance (2,100+ total miles)and total elevation gain (100,000+ verticalfeet of climbing), The Shadow Tour™ coversaverage daily distances of 110+ miles and5,000+ vertical feet of climbing.

The 2005 Shadow Tour™ is offered primari-ly as a complete three-week adventure, withpartial-package slots available to riders whowish to test themselves for just one or twoweeks. Each stage of the Shadow Tour™ isdesigned to closely resemble the actual stageoccurring on the same day in France. Safetyis a primary concern in stage design. Riderswill stay in very nice hotel and resort prop-erties, and each night will be able to viewthat day’s televised stage from France-withthe added authentic context of having riddenall the tour stages to that point.

The Shadow Tour™ is a unique and highlychallenging event; there is no comparabletour offered anywhere-in or out of the UnitedStates. It provides riders with an opportuni-ty to experience the ultimate cyclingadventure, fully supported, on safe roads, ingreat weather, traveling through a variety ofoutstanding areas-deserts, mountains, andPacific coast-all in beautiful SouthernCalifornia.”

We’re excited to be associated with ShadowTour, LLC for 2005! For more information onthe 2005 Shadow Tour™ or other tours andtraining camps offered by Shadow To u r,LLC, go to www.shadowtour.com.

Have a great 2005!

Steve

From The Saddle Of Steve Born : Welcome to 2005

Steve Born : Senior Technical A d v i s o r


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Product Spotlight : Xobaline Steve Born

Improved RNA synthesis = enhanced mus-cle tissue regeneration & better recovery

What’s the big news with Xobaline? A potentnew formula and a more efficient deliveryformat, that’s what! Gone are both the liq-uid and encapsulated formulas. NowXobaline comes in small, sublingual (underthe tongue) tablets, available in 30 and 90count bottles. More importantly, the newXobaline formula now consists of vitaminB12 in the methylcobalamin form, the mostbiologically active form available, and folicacid. After much research, we’re absolutelyconvinced that this dual nutrient combina-tion presents several significant advantagesover the original B12 only formula, especial-ly in regards to recovery. We know you’llagree! One tiny tablet dissolved under thetongue after your workouts goes a long waytowards enhancing the recovery process.

RNA - An endurance essential

RNA is a long-chain nucleic acid composed oflinked nucleotides, the building blocks for allcellular reproduction. Science suggests thatimproving RNA “status” within the body

results in, among other benefits, gains inboth lean muscle mass and mitochondrialresynthesis. When this occurs, the athletemay expect increases in energy capacity,metabolism, and enhanced recovery afterexercise.

Folic acid & vitamin B12 - Necessaryand inseparable nutrient partners

Both folic acid and vitamin B12have key roles in the manufactur-ing and resynthesis of RNA,which, as mentioned earlier, iscrucial for the regeneration oflean muscle mass. Folic acid,when ingested, is converted tofolinic acid, the required co-factorfor the resynthesis of RNA. Inaddition, folic acid plays an impor-tant role in the lowering ofhomocysteine, elevated levels ofwhich are believed to be a primaryculprit in various cardiovasculardiseases. Lastly, folic acid is arequired substance for the synthesis of theiron-carrying heme component of the hemo-globin in red blood cells.

Vitamin B12 is an essential co-factor for theconversion of folic acid to its metabolicallyactive form and, like folic acid, plays animportant role in the reduction of elevatedhomocysteine levels. B12 improves themetabolism of carbohydrates and fats, whichof course plays a role in energy production.B12 is known to alleviate the tiredness asso-ciated with fatigue and is required for the

formation of red blood cells.

In order for these two vitaminsto provide maximal benefits,they need to be taken together.Dr. Bill Misner writes, “Folate[folic acid] & B12 must betogether for gains hoped for inRBC [Red Blood Cells], homo-cysteine methylation,cardiovascular effects, anddownstream DNA strand syn-thesis.” With the newlyformulated Xobaline formulayou get both folic acid and B12in an ideal 4:1 ratio.

The new and improved Xobaline - the cata-lyst for increased aerobic capacity andsuperior recovery!


Congratulations : Inside Triathlon’s 2004 All-Americans

Each year, Inside Triathlon magazine liststhe top athletes in both duathlon andtriathlon - their annual “All American” list.According to the magazine’s editors, “Tomake the list, athletes had to show up andrace well at the big events, such as theU S AT Nationals, Ironman Hawaii, andITU Worlds.” The Jan/Feb issue of InsideTriathlon magazine lists the 2004 A l l -American Duathletes and Tr i a t h l e t e s .Considering the tremendous numbers ofcompetitive multisport athletes, beingnamed “All American” is a prestigioushonor indeed.

We’d like to recognize the following E-CAPS/Hammer Nutrition clients on beingnamed All Americans! C O N G R AT U L AT I O N S !

DUATHLON

Stacey Richardson - Women 30-34Lara Block - Women 35-39Kristen Villopoto - Women 40-44Cheryl McGinnis - Women 50-54***

Mark Beversdorf - Men 30-34***Jeremy Sipos - Men 30-34Rod Jette - Men 35-39***John McGovern - Men 40-44***Robert Imbriale - Men 45-49Kerry Mayer - Men 55-59***Robert Egan - Men 60-64Leroy Lamm - Men 65-69

TRIATHLON

Kelly Bergkessel - Women 20-24Annie Warner - Women 20-24Margaret Shapiro - Women 25-29Sabine Bildstein - Women 30-34***Amy McGrath - Women 30-34Kirsten Kincade - Women 35-39Kathleen Johnston - Women 45-49Cheryl McGinnis - Women 50-54Mariana Phipps - Women 60-64Molly Hayes - Women 70-74

Steven Duplinsky - Junior MenJoshua Riff - Men 25-29

John Reback - Men 30-34Mitchell Gold - Men 35-39Rhett Bonner - Men 40-44Patrick High - Men 40-44Terry Labinksi - Men 40-44Mike Llerandi - Men 40-44Steve Pyle - Men 45-49Tony Schiller - Men 45-49Herb Thompson - Men 45-49Jim Bruskewitz - Men 50-54Dean Harper - Men 50-54Tim Kerr - Men 50-54Duncan Thomas - Men 55-59Ed Letourneau - Men 60-64Dan Neyenhuis - Men 60-64Jon Adamson - Men 65-69Antonio Panizza - Men 65-69Donald Frantz - Men 70-74Odd Sangesland - Men 75-79

*** Denotes a #1 ranking

J: Wh at Hammer and E-CAPS prod-ucts do you use and how have theyhelped you?

P : When jumping I take Ti s s u eRejuvenator for the knee, I also use Race

Caps Supreme,P e r p e t u e m ,HEED, andRecoverite formy regularworkouts. Forcycling I useRace CapsS u p r e m e ,E n d u r o l y t e s ,P e r p e t u e m ,HEED andRecoverite. A l lof these prod-ucts are topnotch additionsto my dailydiet and haveallowed me toperform wayabove the lev-els I was beforeI started usingt h e m .

J: We understand you are using theCompex like Hermann Maier. What ben-efits have you seen and what goals areyou trying to achieve with this product?

P: I have just started using the Compex, butmy muscle tone seems to be advancing veryrapidly. I have not jumped since starting, butI have been doing some ski race training andI feel really strong. My goal is to add powerto my jumping in an effort to break theGelande World Record (only 16 feet to go, notvery far at 65 mph). E-CAPS and HammerNutrition products are without a doubt thebest products of this kind on the market. AsI stated above, I would not be able to performat the level I am now without them.

J : We heard you were invited to skion the 1988 Olympic team in Calgary.How did they get your name andwhat happened that you weren't ableto compete?

P: In January of 1988I raced in the BritishM i l i t a r yChampionships, theyinvite all of theN ATO countries, andall of Europe hasmandatory service,so some of the coun-tries send some oftheir best skiers tothese events. I placed4th in the GiantSlalom and 7th in theDownhill. There werea few guys in the racefrom France andGermany that werealready headed to theOlympics, so I turneda few heads. A f r i e n dof mine knew one ofthe US team coachesand knew that wewere having trouble

finding guysthat could com-pete at thatlevel. So after afew phone callsit was decidedthat I might beput on theteam. BecauseI did not havean internation-al license (FIS)the decisionmakers figuredthat we couldnot get me onein time for theGames. Ti m i n gis everything.

J: Have you had many injuries partici-pating in your chosen sports?

P: Yes, 2 knee surgeries, 2 AC shoulder sep-arations, 1 MCL knee injury, 1 ripped quadmuscle, and several minor things like roadr a s h.

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This issues’Athlete Spotlight is closely related tothe goings-on here at E-CAPS/HammerNutrition. Pat Arnone is the kid brother of ourvery own Joe Arnone. Recently Joe took sometime to talk with Pat about his career, his goals,and where he’s headed next. Enjoy.

Joe: You are featured on the cover of our2005 Winter catalog. Can you tell usabout the photo, what you are doingand what possesses you to do this?

Pat: The picture was taken in SteamboatSprings during the 2004 Alpine Ski FlyingChampionships, I went 343 feet, my person-al best. We jump on regular alpine ski racingequipment, long skis 223 cm, but regularboots and downhill speed suits, betterknown as Gelandesprung or Gelande. I havealways loved catch-ing air, bmx,skateboards, andespecially skiing.When I moved toSteamboat, I final-ly got theopportunity to trythe nordic stylejumps, there isnothing like it.The further you flythe more fun.

J: Whatbrought you tothis point inyour athleticcareer andwhat othersports have you or do you still participate in?

P: I was and am an alpine ski racer andraced in high school, in Europe in FIS races,and then in college before moving toSteamboat. I have and still race road bikesand do a little nordic skate skiing.

A Soaring SuccessPat Arnone


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A New Warehouse : Growing To Meet Your NeedsWe broke ground last fall and now the workis almost complete on our new warehouse. E-CAPS/Hammer Nutrition is growing and wewant to continue to meet your needs with thequickest shipping options and state-of-the-artwarehousing and transport equipment. Our newdirect order system makes the process fast andefficient. So efficient, in fact, that you need to besure you have your entire order list ready whenyou call, because once you place your order, it’sdone! Along with improving the process of get-ting orders out the door, we’re also remodelingour current building to make room for additionaloffice space. This means more client advisors toassist you in placing your order and answer all ofyour technical questions.

We’re excited by this expansion and the oppor-tunities to better serve you.

Peggy Kragh

Benefits of TEAM membership :• HASSLE FREE RESUPPLY

We keep track of what you want and send it to you every 90 days. Ofcourse you can advance or delay shipments if you need to.

• SAVEDiscounted pricing on your favorite E-CAPS or Hammer products.

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• COURTESY REMINDERSWe’ll e-mail or call you a week before your order ships to see if you want anything added. Ground shipping is still free, no matter howmuch you add.

• FREE GIFTSOn your second auto shipment as our thanks for joining the TEAMyou can choose anything from our casual or race wear offerings up to$20. On your 5th shipment, you’ll receive a complementary cycling,triathlon or running kit, up to a $75 value.

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Lance Heppler finishes the2004 Highline Hammer

Photo : Angela Nock

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Chris Sadowski : An Iron ManIf you watched the telecast of the 2004Ironman Hawaii, you probably saw the cover-age of an athlete who had to walk the lastseveral miles of the bike course after beingaccidentally hit by one of the official motor-bikes. In a show of tremendous courage andfortitude, this athlete kept his focus on the goalof finishing, despite the catastrophe that hadjust befallen him. The athlete? ChrisSadowski, one of our valuedclients. We have his own reportof this remarkable example ofeffort, focus, and courage toshare with you.

Chris wrote, “I have to hand itto your company for productsthat really work. Without themI would have not been able todo the 2-1/2 hour walk at 2PMwith no water. Like the belowarticle states, I was preparedfor a grueling marathon andwas completely hydrated priorto the crash. I have followedevery guideline that your com-pany offered and then I tookmore of both the Endurolytesand Perpeteum (so much sothat my intestines hurt).During the bike portion I had a 5-hour bottleof Perpeteum with me. And, I prepared astrong squeeze bottle (the small Hammer Gelplastic hand held) of Heed for the marathon.At some points, I was taking two Endurolytetablets an hour. It all worked like a charm. Ionly took water, soup, bananas and fig new-tons from the aid stations. I stayed away fromthe Gatorade and Coke. I had previously usedthis method for Ironman Switzerland (11 : 0 5 )in July of this year.

Congratulations Chris on a truly heroic effort!

Below is his account of the bizarre accidentand his complete dedication to finishingthe race.

I had trained for an extremely hard race, butnever expected that while I was thinkingabout how bad my toes were hurting fromstomping my pedals against the wind, that Iwould have been hit from behind by a motor-cycle. I was also trying to pay attention to theupcoming “Energy Lab” intersection. Therewere a lot of people, cars and cones near thebike course. I remember making a 6” movefrom the right of the white line to the left ofthe white line to avoid hitting some of the

upcoming staggered cones and pedestrians inthe shoulder. I then remember hearing tiressquealing before the impact. It was a hugeforce that struck the rear of my bike.Immediately I thought it was another bikethat hit me and then a milli-second later, Ithought it was a car, and then a second later Ithought it was a semi because of how hard itthrew me from the bike.

While I was watching my feet fly up, I remem-bered thinking that this was really going tohurt once I made impact with the asphalt onmy back. The road-rash on my right butt,both forearms, both elbows and my rightthumb showed where all the impact occurred.I was lucky not to have hit my head. Themedics were in the area and immediatelyrushed over. I rolled over as they were doinga quick assessment. My left calf was dis-placed and I had to slap and massage it backinto place. Both my elbows were swollen. Myright thumb was numb. But as I looked upand over at my bike, all I could think aboutwas, “Kim (my wife) is going to kill me. Thereis no way I can explain this to her and the bikewas only 10 months old”.

The medics were still freaking out and want-ed to put me on a spine board and tape me uplike a mummy. After their initial exam waso v e r, I had to tell them all to settle down andtell me my options. If they would have helpedme, I would have been DQ’d. My rear tire wasdestroyed and my carbon Giant TCR Zeroframe was cracked at the rear diagonal. Thebike techs were there and trying to put on anew tire, but the frame wouldn’t accept it. I


had two options, but quitting the race was notgoing to be one of them. So, my only optionwas to pick up the bike and walk it in.

I never really thought that what I was doingwas ‘unheard of ’ or ‘crazy’. Even the headmarshal told me to ‘stop being a martyr andput on these shoes’. He wanted me to use hisshoes to finish the walk. I wouldn’t have

dreamed of taking outside assis-tance and later be DQ’d. Theunderlying rule of this event, as wellas all tri’s, is that you do it on yourown. Period. I’ve had enough of avariety of endurance training tounderstand that you have to beready for anything that will comeyour way. Sometimes you just haveto wipe the blood off, swallow youranger and just continue. This wasjust another one of those obstaclesto overcome. My anger subsidedonce I started concentrating onwalking as effortlessly as possible toavoid tearing my socks. I had toldmy wife the day before that this racewas ‘special’ and that I would finishit at all costs, no matter if thatmeant crawling across the finishline. I just knew that I had to finish

the bike portion so that I could relax duringthe marathon. I’ve been a runner for about 15years, and for some reason, I wasn’t reallyworried about this marathon. I kept thinkingthat it couldn’t be any worse than the 48-mileultramarathons I do in Switzerland (I’ve doneit 8 times). Little did I know that it was goingto be a tough run.

It was a long 2-1/2 hour walk with the bike onmy shoulder and, amazingly, my bike socksd i d n ’t have any holes afterward. It’s a goodthing that I fully hydrated in anticipation of agrueling marathon because I went withoutwater the entire 7-mile walk and barely madethe bike cut-off time. Once I finished the walkand started the marathon, my heels, left calfand rear hurt extremely bad. My anklesswelled up too. I had to alternate betweenrunning and walking and was afraid that Iw o u l d n ’t make the 17-hour finish mark. TheNBC cameras wouldn’t leave me alone. NowI know what it feels like to be a pro on film.

I distinctly remember that mentally I had areally tough time slowing down and walkingduring this championship race. I had

Chris Sadowski with intro by Steve Born

Chris Sadowski smiles from behind a fence after completing a race in Switzerland

(see IRON MAN on page 17)

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The 1996 Olympic mountain bike course inConyers, Georgia was the scene of the latest24 Hours of Adrenalin mountain bike race.The 8.5-mile course was challenging and fun,with short steep climbs, a load of slick rock,and not a moment to rest. The weather wasdarn near perfect, sunny and 70 degrees, and50 and dark at night. I led the race from startto finish, completing a course record 25 lapsbefore high noon Sunday. Edward O’Dea andJimmy McMillan (last year’s solo winner)battled back and forth for 2nd place through-out the race, finishing with 23 and 22 lapsr e s p e c t i v e l y. The field of solo and team riderswas 800 strong. With pit crews and specta-tors, more than 1000 people filled the grassyGeorgia International Horse Park.

- Mark Hendershot

Race Report : Catching Up With A Few Amazing Athletes

Athletes....do you want the E-Caps/Hammer Nutrition

community to know what you’re up to? Have a great

photo you want to share? Send a short email to

[email protected] (please put Race Report in the

subject line) about your recent accomplishments and

we’ll try to include it in our Race Report.

Hendershot Shoots Them DownMark Hendershot


trained my butt off (and now I had actuallyleft some of it at Energy Lab on the asphalt!)and didn’t want a weak finish. So, instead ofjust walking the entire 26.2, I pushed myself.But my heels were toast, my ankles hurt likehell, and for some reason my right butt feltlike it was going in a different direction. Ialso had shooting pains in my left calf, andmy knees starting hurting. However, I wasgoing to move (however pitiful it looked) asfast as I could.

My adrenaline was so high that I sprintedthe final quarter-mile and almost fell overright on the timing mat. For the past tenyears, I have finished every race with asprint. The ‘Sadowski Sprint’ will be my sig-nature until I cannot race again. A n d ,especially for this race, I wasn’t going toslack off and just jog it in.

I felt a certain form of closure and comfortonce I saw myself finishing on the big screen.The day was over and I had made it in under17 hours. I was able to overcome the obstacle.People like Wendy Ingraham, Rob Hylandwith NBC, the bike tech gurus, the medics,the racers who said, “‘finish so we can buy youa beer” and the one referee who constantlychecked up on me during my long walk mademy ordeal so much easier. It was a humblingexperience for me, but now I know that mylevel of pain tolerance and task concentrationhas intensified over the years instead ofbecoming dull. I can honestly say that thisexperience has made me a stronger racerinstead of turning me away from racing.

I was so tired after I finished the race that Id i d n ’t have the energy to stick around the fin-ish area, or to sit down somewhere nearbyand drink a beer (that means I was deathlytired). Plus, the road rash on my rear pre-

vented me from sitting. I am recovering withno broken bones, but a lot of scrapes. I can, ofcourse, drink beer now. It’s helping.

It was an ‘official’ Ironman motorcycle thatr e a r-ended me at mile 105 of the 112 bike leg.The ‘official’ driver was carrying a red-shirted‘ v o l u n t e e r’ that was observing the bike courseat the time (it was his daughter). They weredone for the day, but decided to continue ontheir own and do some spectating.E s s e n t i a l l y, they were trespassing on thecourse. A bicyclist behind me said that theywere traveling extremely fast. I guess theywanted to outrun the pack of cyclists behindme to make a right turn into Energy Lab tosee the pros, who where running already.

Hopefully I can do the race without incidentnext year. However, next time I will be attach-ing two spare wheels and a spare frame to mybike in case I’m as unlucky again.

Just had a phenomenal race in Brazil in the nutritional context. BLAZING exposed humid heat,sweating like you can’t imagine. Four days around the clock, virtually no sleep. Karen and I feltinvincible... and Ted, the new E-CAPS kid on our squad. This was the most switched on we’veever been on fuel. Around the clock (as in 60 hours no sleep, and HARD navigation) and men-tal alertness was ON. E-Caps/Hammer is unreal.

Team Epi/SOLE Shines AgainPaul Romero, Karen Lundgren and teammates

I want to update you on my latest accomplishment. Last weekend I competed at this event, theWorld 24-hour championship in Brno, Czech Republic, as a member of the American team. I fin-ished 11th overall with a personal best 144.02 miles. I also qualified for the 2005 team, whichwill compete in Worschach, Austria in July. Thanks for the continued support.

- Scott Eppelman

Eppelman is THE MAN!Scott Eppelman

After Switzerland, I decided not to race many short local races and focus purely on Kona thisyear. At the end of August I did one Olympic triathlon in Houston (Cinco Tri). I won the raceoverall by 6 minutes. That gave me confidence that the speed is still there. On to Hawaii.Conditions were very tough this year. Early on I knew times would be much slower this year.Many athletes dropped out because of dehydration or gastric problems. I stuck with my planand during the entire race I did not have any gastric or energy problem.

I was able to finish in place 97 overall - first time I made it into the top 100. I was also able tofinish as the fastest Texas athlete again - not that it matters much, but we are talking about itdown here in Austin. Once again, I was very pleased and impressed with your products.

- Stephan Schwarze

Top Texan in HawaiiStephan Schwarze

(IRON MAN from page 16)

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Introduced in 1996 in Europe, Compex is now an integralpart of the training regimens of most top pro and amateurathletes there. We strongly believe that within 3-5 yearsthis device will enjoy the same level of acceptance andwidespread use here in the US. Being among the first toadopt this technology will give you a competitive advan-tage for years if not indefinitely since you’ll be that farahead of the curve.

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Compex has always been an important part of my training routine, butafter an accident it helped me regain muscle strength lost during anenforced training break.- Hermann Maier

REAL ATHLETES : REAL RESULTS

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Math and Endurance News Jeff Henderson

Not long ago we received the following letterfrom Jeff Henderson. We liked it so much thatwe thought we’d pass it along to our readers.

Hi Steve,

Jeff Henderson here from the MusselmanTriathlon and the Triathlon Informer. I’mnot sure how much feedback you get on theEndurance Newsletter you send out, but Iwanted to share a story and my appreciationfor the work you put into that.

I got my newsletter two days ago in the mail,and I was reading it over dinner that night.By day I teach high school mathematics, soI’m always looking for things that the kid-dies might find interesting that involvesmath and does NOT involve their textbook.Lo and behold, I found it in your [Dr. Bill’s]front-page story about the dangers of a diethigh in simple sugars.

A month ago we had talked about correlation

coefficients in class, and I came across theending to that story that talked about inges-tion of simple sugars and itss t r o n g e r-than-cigarettes correlation withheart disease. I brought the article intoschool this morning and read it to my class-es, who curiously were able to remain quietand focused for the whole thing - this in itselfis a minor miracle.

After they stopped teasing me about read-ing something called the “EnduranceN e w s l e t t e r,” they actually began discussingthe findings. Back when I taught themabout correlation coefficients they hadabsolutely no interest in the subject,instead choosing to relegate it to the pile ofAll Things Useless that they are forced tolearn about in math class.

Unbelievably, one of my kids suggested writ-ing a letter to the Surgeon General askinghim to require warning labels on sugar pack-ets. He also wanted extra credit for it, but

that’s beside the point.

So anyways, thanks for producing somethingthat was not only interesting to myself, adevoted endurance junkie, but to my classesof hyperglycemic and attention-span-defi-cient high schoolers. That article may haveaffected more parts of their life today thanthe rest of my year teaching polynomials andother “nonsense.” :)

Keep up the good work. Thanks for beingsuch a standout company.

Kind regards,Jeff Henderson

Race DirectorMusselman Triathlon

EDITOR’S NOTE: The Musselman Triathlon( w w w.musselmantri.com) is a race thatHammer Nutrition enthusiastically sponsors.

The E-CAPS Bookstore : Open For BusinessWe’re not trying to compete withamazon.com, and we won’t be offering dozensand dozens of titles. However, for severalyears now I’ve wanted to provide a very shortlist of books that I feel are classics in theirfield, titles that every health-conscious ath-lete should have in their library. Some ofthese books are the originals that spawnedthe health food and sugar awareness move-ment and others are simply hard to find. Youwon’t find any trendy titles or the latest NewYork Times bestsellers in our bookstore.

So, without further ado, here are the titlesand brief descriptions of current offerings,available either through our new website orby calling 1.800.336.1977.

Food Is Your Best Medicine by Henry G.Bieler, M.D., $6.99 - This is the book thatstarted the health food revolution. Hundredsor thousands of books have been writtensince then on this subject, but this is theoriginal. This book features a fascinatinginterpretation of how the body functions tomaintain good health, and it addresses allkinds of ailments with specific nutritionalapproaches. An essential volume for anyhealth library.

Sugar Blues by William Dufty, $6.99 - Over1.6 million copies in print. The classic #1health bestseller that exploded the sugarmyth and inspired a health revolution.

Water: The Shocking Truth That CanSave Your Life by Paul C. and PatriciaBragg, $8.95 - What is the best type of waterto drink? This book tells everything there isto know about water and its central role inyour health and longevity.

The Artificially Sweetened Times, 50¢-Acommunity service publication sponsored byThe Idaho Observer newspaper and pro-duced in cooperation with Mission Possibleand Vaccination Liberation. The intent of theeditors is to present a balance of informationregarding the synthetic food and beveragesweetener aspartame.

Treat Your Own Back by Dr. RobinMcKenzie, $10.95 - Dr. McKenzie is thegrandfather of conservative (non-surgical)back care. Help yourself to a pain-free back.This easy-to-follow book presents over 80pages of education and clinically provenexercises. The simple and effective self-helpexercises in this book have helped thousands

worldwide find relief from common low backand neck pain. It will help you understandthe causes and treatments, along with a sys-tem of exercises that can help you relievepain and prevent recurrence.

Treat Your Own Neck by Dr. RobinMcKenzie, $10.95 - For those of you withchronic neck pain and headaches, this is thebook and exercise program for you.

Nutrition For Endurance: FindingAnother Gear by Bill Misner, Ph.D., $19.95- This book explains, in terms we all canunderstand, how our muscles and bodiesreally work, what fuels endurance, whichnutrients and minerals are essential for ath-letic performance, and how their depletioncauses premature exhaustion. Our very ownDr. Bill tells us why, what, how, and when touse athletic supplements, nutrients,micronutrients, and fluids to find anothergear-and live better, too.

We’ll be adding more titles soon, so check thebookstore in a few weeks for more great books.

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The Back Page

Inside This Issue

- Carlson’s Norwegian Salmon OilNew product announcement

- The Compex Fitness TrainerNow available

- Price Changes For The New YearYou may be surprised at what’s changing

- Microwave MadnessLearn more about this convenient tool

- Gearing Up For The 2005 Highline

- Athlete SpotlightGet to know Pat Arnone

- Product SpotlightThe new and improved Xobaline

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Don’t Let TheSugar Blues

Get You Down

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