We very much thank your for taking part in our first survey.Fortunately, we found that 82 % out of the 224 participators have been several times in Kona before, most of them not racing but probably having been there as spectators.
Regarding immune hick-ups before a race nearly everybody of you experienced some: nearly the half had a sore throat or a common cold (46%), followed by 39% of those who had problems with their gut / stomach and 32% with injuries. According to this, 96% consider a strong immune system as a key to their performance and nearly a third of you know already about Biestmilch and its immunity strengthening properties.
The first 20 who filled out the survey form shall receive the Macca base cap special edition. We are going to ask you for your postal address during the next days.
I usually experience a sore throat leading up to the race, I tend to tone down my training significantly in order to avoid hitting the sick zone. Nothing worse than training hard and not being able to race.
I try to slow down the days before a race, not to be in rooms or cars with an air conditoner, not to freeze. Also it´s important to get enough sleep these days. I take some vitamin c pills, not to much. If there are little injuries i do some physical therapie till the day before the race. So i am prepered in most times, but for the next time im going to test biestmilch too.
I tend to get a cold post event. The hard training leading up to the event have the immune system pumping and then the race itself seems to deplete the systems abisilty to protect. Luckily it does not last long or if I only take a day or two it minimizes the effect.