Aloha from Kona! Team Newton is representing in Hawaii, supporting all of the Newton pros and age-groupers training and racing in the Ironman World Championships this week.
For those of you in Kona, here are some Newton activities and events to check out:
Slowtwitch Lounge
Defending World Champion Craig Alexander will be on hand signing autographs on Tues., Wed., and Thurs. afternoons.
Newton Booth – located at St Michael’s on Allii Dr.
On Tues., from 6-7 pm Craig and Natascha Badmann will sign autographs at the booth
On Wed,. from 3-4 pm Michellie Jones will sign autographs
At the Expo we’ll also be selling special Crowie ‘evolution’ t-shirts and Newton tribal socks. Proceeds will go to support the St. Michael’s drug rehab program.
We’re also creating a special commemorative book from the 2009 Ironman World Championships and we’re asking all of the Newton tribe to come and sign the book. We’re hoping to get photos and signatures from everyone wearing Newtons in the race!
For those of you at home, be sure to go to Itunes and download the Crowie Backstage App for your Iphone. Very cool behind the scenes photos, updates and insight on Crowie’s training and racing.
Here are the Newton sponsored athletes we’ll be cheering on:
Craig ALEXANDER BIB #1 PRO MALE
Natascha BADMANN BIB #120 PRO FEMALE
Michellie JONES BIB #121 PRO FEMALE
Jozsef MAJOR BIB #39 PRO MALE
Pete JACOBS BIB #161 PRO MALE
Jessica JACOBS BIB #145 PRO FEMALE
Tatiana VERTIZ BIB #1872 Female 18-24
Hans MUELBAUER BIB #172 Male 25-29
Jason TUFFS BIB #1089 Male 35-39
…and of course all the age-group triathletes who have worked so hard to get here! Best of luck to all of you!
We’ll try to post more from Kona later this week….
Where does one find the Crowie ‘evolution’ shirt?
In Kona
We’ll see if we can find one for your Brandon….
Awesome! Oh, and… WAY TO GO CROWIE!!! All bias aside, the fact that he went from 10th out of T2 to winning in a VERY deep pro field speaks volumes about the validity of Newton shoes and technique!!