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𝗠𝗘𝗘𝗧 𝗟𝗘𝗫𝗜𝗘
𝘚𝘐𝘎𝘕𝘈𝘛𝘜𝘙𝘌 𝘏𝘖𝘔𝘌𝘚 𝘌𝘔𝘌𝘙𝘎𝘐𝘕𝘎 𝘈𝘛𝘏𝘓𝘌𝘛𝘌 𝘍𝘖𝘙 2022
Lexie Sinclair is a bubbly 17 year old from Darfield.
Super swift Netballer, Swim Instructor, School Student and Emerging Multi-Sporter!
Even though relatively new to the Multi-sport arena, Lexi has completed the 2 day Kathmandu Coast to Coast in a School Girls Team in ’21, tacked the 15km at Mt Oxford Odyssey and had a crack at the Crazy Kea 6hr.
Currently, to pay for her coaching, Lexi works after school 4 days a week. Receiving this opportunity means the year 13 student will now have time freed up to be outdoors training for C2C 2023, where her goal in the future is to finish in the Top 10 2 Day Individual, and we have no doubt we will see he there.
Lexie’s strong community drive, determination and commitment saw her as a strong contender for the ‘Signature Homes Emerging Athlete Programme.’
We look forward to following Lexie over the next year on her journey.
Congratulations Lexie.
Also, thank you to all the young athletes that nominated for this programme, each of you have great futures ahead and we hope to see you on a start line some where over the next year.
We are excited to have this opportunity to supply coaching and support to an emerging Athlete for 2022 with thanks to Signature Homes.

𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗 – 𝗚𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗼𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝘁.
There are a number of us that are either recovering from it, have got it or are going to get it so we thought it important to share this guideline about restarting training.
If you don’t read past this point the key thing is to 𝗣𝗟𝗔𝗬 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗟𝗢𝗡𝗚 𝗚𝗔𝗠𝗘 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗗𝗢𝗡’𝗧 𝗥𝗨𝗦𝗛 𝗕𝗔𝗖𝗞.
𝗜𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆
– Rest hard and rest early – don’t keep training in the hope that you don’t have it
– Sleep, fluids etc – all those things to help your body to fight the infection and recover
𝗥𝗲𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴
– Don’t rush back
– Guidelines say at least 10 days of rest and recovery after being initially diagnosed and at least 7 days symptom-free before starting any light exercise
– Professional sports teams are treating the return to play component like a head injury. Slowly increasing intensity over 3 days once the 7 days symptom free period has occurred.
– Some people may need longer than 10days – 10 days is the minimum for those with mild symptoms.
– There are 3 different strands of Covid-19 that we know of that are all slightly different and everyone reacts slightly differently. You may feel recovered but be patient don’t rush back.
– Listen to your body – Don’t downplay it or take it lightly
– Taking time to recover properly decreases the chance of Myocarditis (inflammation of the heart muscle), Post Viral Fatigue, and Long Covid.
Check out the links below for more information :

ISUZU Whaka 100 2022: HOW TO WHAKA 100 brought to you by CP MEDIA

In our first episode of the 2022 season, we unlock the secrets of how to get to the start line fit, fresh, injury free with a plan of attack for the day. We have four great guests to help us do that.

Michelle Vorster – Michelle is a x2 Olympian from Namibia now living in NZ and is looking forward to her first crack at racing the Whaka 100.

Aaron Hooper – Team CP Coach, Aaron, discusses your foundation phase of your build up. In other words what are the key things that you need to do now to be able to train well over the next few months.

Anita Goodman – We introduce you to Anita Goodman who we will follow throughout her build-up to the 100km event in October. Anita smashed out the 50km event in 2020 and is looking forward to taking the next step in her Whaka development by adding the 100km medal to her collection.

Tim Farmer –We wrap up the show with Race Director Tim Farmer about the key planning and logistic elements that you should be thinking about now to help you have an awesome race day.

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STRENGTH, ADVENTURE AND CHASING KIDS w/ CP Strength Coach, Kim Vargo
What do you get when you take a strength based athlete and throw her into a whirlwind trip with 17 other ultra runners? An absolutely unforgettable experience and more than enough quality banter!
I have to be honest and say there were several times I was really nervous and questioned myself and capabilities….I’m a freight train…slow and steady, then all the sudden I’m out in the wilderness with all the whippet/mountain goat-crosses!
I knew I wasn’t going to be able to keep up, but I knew I was willing to embrace the challenge of giving it a go. It was even more of a confidence boost when the boys expected I’d go on the adventures instead of expecting me to sit out. That in of itself was enough to inspire me to keep moving…and of course all the delicious snacks I had packed! I was all in for everything and I have nothing but epic memories.
I have been an athlete all my life, playing competitive sports and I’ve always been that person who was pretty good at whatever she tried. Fast forward to pregnancies and those capabilities not only got put on the back burner, They got pushed so far back I couldn’t even find them. I suffered debilitating hip and pelvis injuries whilst pregnant and literally couldn’t walk 10m. Getting dressed was excruciating, getting out of a car was almost impossible and the idea of ever being able to run or even move quickly was thrown out the window. There were tears of pain and frustration, lots of why’s as I knew many of my friends had mild versions of my affliction but completely recovered. Why couldn’t I?
I did over 18 months of physio off and on and whilst I found some relief, nothing was getting me to the point of being competitive or being able to walk longer than 100m pain free! It was during this time I decided to hit the weights again. I started working at my local CrossFit gym and slowly building up my strength in every area. The day I did a pain free lunge I almost cried. The day I did a heavy front squat I walked around the gym like a boss!!!!!
My coach understood my journey and while he pushed me, he also challenged me to keep the vision of long term success…to find the ways of dialing it back , I had to in order to be successful in the long run!
So, how does this relate to my epic adventure of fastpacking and epic vertical meter gains? Because I could actually do it! Knowing where I’ve come from to where I was on the weekend has made me incredibly proud of myself. The hard work spent in the gym to make my body strong enough to tackle something like this was and is worth it! This adventure inspires me to do more, but it also emphasizes the fact that strength work is foundational to success in the hills and enjoying more activities that carry more challenges along with them. I would love to run an adventure one day pain free and while that may or may not happen, I do know I can tackle anything I set my mind to because I am strong….be it traversing an Island, climbing mountains or chasing kids!
𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝗖𝗣 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗴𝘁𝗵 𝗖𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵 @𝗞𝗶𝗺 𝗩𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗼 would love to be a part of the team helping you to reach your goals, whatever they are – 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗴𝘁𝗵 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴

CP Media Thursday night live 31 March 2022

with thanks to Team CP Partner @Frontrunner Colombo

4:30 Tom Walsh –

We’re starting the show with shot put star Tom Walsh. Tom is one of New Zealand’s most successful field athletes, having won Olympic bronze medals at both the Tokyo 2020 and Rio 2016 Olympic Games. We’ll be talking to Tom about performing under pressure, his approach to training and how he has continued to push the boundaries in elite men’s shotput over a number of years.

41:20 Ben Jordon – Team CP Athlete

Based out of Sydney Ben is currently training for the Coast to Coast Longest Day next year,. We’ll chat to Ben about his development as an athlete over the past year, how strength training has shaped his training and the many adventures that he has completed recently.

Kim Vargo – Team CP Strength Coach

The amazing Kim is our specialist strength coach, working closely with our athletes to overcome injury, fix imbalances, implementing good movement patterns, and showing people how strength can keep them moving efficiently.

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CP Media Tuesday night live 22 March 2022

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3:20 – Sophie Hart

Sophie and her team mates Chris Forne, Stu Lynch and Nathan Fa’avae of Team Avaya won the latest GODZone Adventure Race. An epic course that traversed from Fiordland on the South Islands Southern West Coast and finished 710kms later just south of Dunedin on Brighton Beach. We find out about how Sophie prepares for such an epic adventure as a working Mum, how they work together as a team to consistently race at the front of the field and how they deal with adversity while being sleep deprived and fatigued during such a long event.

28:00 – Laura Pattie

Laura is one of our own CP Athlete’s who took on the GODZone Challenge. She talks us through her experience and what it took to make it to both the start and finish lines as a team.

42:10 – Warren Bates

Warren is the guy who created GODZone and designed the epic “Southern Traverse” course. We look forward to finding out more about how he plans and puts together a course like this, how participants are managed when they are spread out over more than 400km and the plans for the future.

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CP Media Wednesday night live 15 March 2022

with thanks to Team CP Partner @True Fleece NZ

Ruth Croft –

From New Zealand to Australia onto the USA and later into Europe few Kiwi athletes have achieved more internationally in 2021 than trail running extraordinaire Ruth Croft. With a record-breaking win in the Tarawera Ultramarathon before earning a brilliant second place on her 100-mile debut at Western States, we’re excited to speak with this West Coast local on her year ahead.

Richard Jackson – Team CP Athlete

Event cancellations have meant that finishers’ medals have proved elusive over the last couple of years but this hasn’t stopped Richard from putting his training to the test. Completing the Queen Charlotte and the Heaphy track as there and back missions, completely self supported. We’ll hear about his training and inspiration for these long-distance adventures.

Cushla Holdaway – Dietitian

Cushla will wrap up the show this evening with some insights into fuelling for ultra-running and what it takes to succeed over the longer distance.

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Welcome to our new Coaches Corner Podcast where we connect with a couple of awesome Coaches to share the latest thinking and theories about all things endurance sport.

For this episode we welcomed Craig Kirkwood and Oska Baynes on to the show to talk training, getting old, opportunities and goal setting.

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Kathmandu Coast to Coast: WRAP UP brought to you by CP MEDIA

Bobby Dean – We didn’t see this year’s 5th seed on the start line in 2021, as he sat out the year due to injury. However we saw Bobby Dean back on the start line for 2022 and his 6th KMDC2C. Bobby was one of the youngest within the Top 10 field and made his presence known coming in 3rd behind Dougal Allan and race winner, Braden Currie.

Vicky Jones – Vicky Jones the final person to get to the finish line in New Brighton on Saturday by beating all of the cut offs and in doing so completing an epic Longest Day Kathmandu Coast to Coast. She had a point to prove after breaking her boat in the paddle a couple of years ago which made getting to the finish line even sweeter this time.

Ethan Halliwell – Completed this years Mountain Run in 3:34:42, just under 20 mins ahead of Ben O’Carroll. Ethan breaks down his race for us.

Elina Usher – Lining up for her 17th Coast to Coast, Elina is no stranger to the Coast to Coast experience – with 4 Womens Longest Day titles and now 6th time placing 2nd. It was a tight race out front within the Elite women within only minutes separating race winner, Simone Maier, Elina and 3rd place Fiona Dowling.

Braden Currie – Braden is this year’s Coast to Coast Longest day champion and adding a 4th C2C title to his name. After COVID spoiled the plans for the now cancelled IRONMAN NZ, Braden was spurred on by Coast to Coast owner Mike Davies to hit the Kathmandu coast to coast starting lineup. So with a mere 36hrs of prep time, Braden dusted off his kayak and his multisport roots and headed for Greymouth! Braden began his professional racing career within C2C, racing 5 consecutive C2C’s, with his last being in 2016, when he placed second to Sam Clarke, hanging up his kayak to enter the world of Ironman. Hitting the finishing chute with a 20 minute lead on defending Champion, Dougal Allan on Saturday, it was an epic race to watch.

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Kathmandu Coast to Coast: LONGEST DAY EDITION brought to you by CP MEDIA

Hamish Elliot – Since 1987 the One Day event has only been an option for individual athletes, however 2022 saw the option to enter 3 person teams. One team member to tackle the Cycle stages (plus the first run off the start line at Kumara), another the Mountain Run and the third taking on the 70km kayak down the Waimak.

Hamish Elliot joins us tonight as ⅓ of Team OSM – taking on the Mountain Run, and not for the first time. He is joined by Louis Crosby (biking) and Rachel Clarke, taking on the kayak for OSM.

Dougal Allan – Our next guest wears the #1 Elite Men’s Bib this coming Saturday. Dougal Allan Dougal has become one of NZ’s most successful and consistent endurance athletes. Dougal is Coast to Coast World Multisport Champion two times over – taking the top podium step in 2019 and 2021.

Renee Wootton – Elite Women’s 6th seed, Renee Wootton’s pedigree speaks for itself when it comes to the cycling side of the Kathmandu Coast to Coast, having ridden for pro team Velo Project, competing in the New Zealand Cycling series. And given cycling makes up over half of the race, the Queenstown Engineer is at a real advantage. It’s whether she can put it together on the 30.5 km Mountain Run that will be her biggest challenge, especially after returning from a broken ankle, which kept her out of the 2021 event.

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