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		<title>2014 Ultraman World Championship Report</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Dec 2014 00:40:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Report is coming soon &#8211; stay tuned &#8230; will be in 3 parts &#8211; each day broken down.</p><p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.peterkotland.com/blog/2014/12/2014-ultraman-world-championship-report/">2014 Ultraman World Championship Report</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.peterkotland.com/blog">Peter&#039;s Blog</a>.</p>]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Report is coming soon &#8211; stay tuned &#8230; will be in 3 parts &#8211; each day broken down.</p>
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		<title>Ultraman World Championship Nutrition Plan</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Dec 2014 00:30:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>For anybody interested how to fuel for an ultra-distance triathlon &#8211; Ultraman World Championship &#8211; you can find a 3 day plan on First Endurance Blog &#8211; Nutrition Plan. This plan is very individual &#8211; worked really well for me. Has absolutely no stomach or nutritional problems during the 3 day race.</p><p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.peterkotland.com/blog/2014/12/ultraman-world-championship-nutrition-plan/">Ultraman World Championship Nutrition Plan</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.peterkotland.com/blog">Peter&#039;s Blog</a>.</p>]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>For anybody interested how to fuel for an ultra-distance triathlon &#8211; Ultraman World Championship &#8211; you can find a 3 day plan on First Endurance Blog &#8211; <a href="http://firstendurance.com/2014/12/02/fueling-ultraman/">Nutrition Plan.</a></p>
<p>This plan is very individual &#8211; worked really well for me. Has absolutely no stomach or nutritional problems during the 3 day race.</p>
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		<title>2 WEEKS UNTIL ULTRMAN HAWAII WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 2014</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2014 22:33:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s almost here! Ultraman World Championships in Hawaii. There’s not much else to do other than to rest, get as much sleep as possible, and prepare everything for the trip. As always – we’re finalizing the last sponsors in the 11th hour but a necessary evil of sponsorship. But it&#8217;s all good, and all will [&#8230;]</p><p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.peterkotland.com/blog/2014/11/2-weeks-ultrman-hawaii-world-championship-2014/">2 WEEKS UNTIL ULTRMAN HAWAII WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 2014</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.peterkotland.com/blog">Peter&#039;s Blog</a>.</p>]]></description>
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<p><span style="font-size: medium;">It&#8217;s almost here! Ultraman World Championships in Hawaii. There’s not much else to do other than to rest, get as much sleep as possible, and prepare everything for the trip.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;"> As always – we’re finalizing the last sponsors in the 11</span><sup><span style="font-size: medium;">th</span></sup><span style="font-size: medium;"> hour but a necessary evil of sponsorship. But it&#8217;s all good, and all will go well. At least the things that my crew &amp; I can control.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;"> As far as training – it went well by default. Coming back from 1.5 year of injury where my running was limited during 2012, and early 2013 – through the late season 2013. The entire 2014 was dedicated to getting stronger, and faster on the run!</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;"> In that same short period of time, I continued competing, and later on raced a combined 9 Ironman races. Each race, it was great to see the finish times getting faster, mostly due to continued improvement on the runs.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: medium;">So – now that the run is strong, combined with a large swim base, and significantly improved bike times, the Ultraman should be a great race.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;">Stay tuned for more posts as we get closer to the race. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;">Also, a huge thanks to all of my supporters &amp; sponsors who are making this race possible (might name few more later on depending on the final Ultraman sponsorship):</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;">Tim, Dean, Michael, <a title="Rudy Project" href="http://www.e-rudy.com/en/" target="_blank">Rudy Project</a>, <a title="First Endurance" href="http://firstendurance.com/" target="_blank">First Endurance</a>, <a title="Hypoxico" href="http://www.hypoxico.com/" target="_blank">Hypoxico</a>, <a title="Xentis Wheels" href="http://xentis-usa.com/" target="_blank">Xentis Wheels</a>, <a title="Aquaman Wetsuits" href="http://www.aquamantri.com/" target="_blank">Aquaman Wetsuit</a>, CafeRacer.</span></p>
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