DBM Endurance

Introducing NEW DBM Endurance World Championship PRO, over 300% more potent than the original Kona Endurance PRO. This is unlike anything in the world and is for the athlete that demands the absolutely most potent endurance supplement available. If you are looking to DRAMATICALLY increase your aerobic threshold, then you must try World Championship PRO. Your endurance training will reach heights you otherwise thought were not possible and you will not only place in the 10% of your age-group, you’ll win it!

WHAT MAKES IT SO POTENT

Now formulated with Rhodiola rosea containing 15% Rosavins….this is unheard of and cannot be understated! This strain of Rhodiola rosea is extremely rare, very difficult to source and extremely expensive! The original PRO contains 5.1% rosavins, which makes the Rhodiola rosea in World Championship PRO 3 times as strong. We have also added L-Arginine-Alpha-Ketoglutarate to the DBM Amino Fusion component to help improve endurance and increase workout capacity. DBM Endurance World Championship PRO is also formulated 1200mg of Cordyceps sinensis, containing 8% cordycepic acid and the amino acid endurance combination of Citrulline Malate 2:1, L-Leucine, L-Valine and L-Isoleucine and L-Arginine-Alpha-Ketoglutarate. This unique formulation will allow you to rapidly increase oxygen intake and reduce lactic acid. This is a must for any serious triathlete, cyclist, runner or swimmer.

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP PRO $64.95                Leading Competitor $74.95
Rhodiola rosea, 15% rosavins, 360mg               Rhodiola rosea, 10% rosavins,300mg
Cordyceps , 8% Cordycepic acid, 1200mg        Cordyceps, 7% Cordycepic, 1000mg
 
You will notice that the Rhodiola rosea in World Championship PRO contains 15% rosavins compared to only 10% rosavins in a leading competitor. THE Rhodiola rosea in WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP PRO is a whopping 50% more potent than the leading competitor. In addition to the Rhodioa rosea being 50% more potent, you will notice that World Championship PRO contains 20% more Rhodiola (360mg vs 300mg). Notice the dosages and potency of Cordyceps sinensis in World Championship PRO vs a leading competitor. Not only does World Championship PRO contain an amazing 20% more Cordyceps sinensis, it also is formulated 8% cordycepic acid vs only 7%.

Dear readers and users of DBM Endurance products.

I managed to win my first pro race this season in Belgium thanks to my DBM Endurance products.

You can find the results on this site:

http://www.cyclingnews.com/road.php?id=road/2009/mar09/waasland09

Also a little movie on http://users.telenet.be/johancoenen/media/20090315.mpg (in dutch)

Greetings Johan Coenen

Posted by Johan Coenen

We are happy to welcome Danny Finneran of Rock Racing to the Kona Endurance family. Danny is a heck of a fast cyclist and someone who is on the rise bigtime. We have supplied Danny with Kona Endurance PRO and Kona Endurance CitraBeta Shot. He’s starting to feel the physiological effects as he was second in a road race a week ago.

Last year Danny won the bronze medal at the Nationals Criterium http://www.rockracing.com/press/2008-08-07_Williams-Wins-Gold-Finneran-Bronze-At-Nationals-Crit.php so he know what it takes to go to the next level. Look for Danny to win some major races this year.

So Sublime…

After a week off the bike resting and spending time with family in from out of town, it was time to get back on after my victory at 24 Hours in the Old Pueblo. Unfortunately, I had some work to do on my road bike and spent little time sleeping the night before!

I had also just received some positive news from our teams’ title sponsor, so I was happy to show off our kit just minutes up the road from their dealership.

It was a chilly, but clear Willamette Valley morning as I drove across town to the Sublime Sublimity Circuit Race. We rolled west onto a brutal course with relentless short climbs, some rough roads and even a little winter wind. The race was five laps for a total of 63 miles and finished with a super-steep 20+% kick! With little time for warm-up the talented local field immediately raced hard and I hung on to the back of the group after dropping my chain on the hardest climb of the circuit. Things began to settle down midway through the second lap and I rolled to the front to see how things looked. The brisk early pace seemed to have tempered the groups’ ambition, so I pressed a little and opened a sizeable gap.

I bridged across to the lone leader and immediately dropped him on the next climb. After a lap I had 50 seconds lead, and assumed an aero position to see how long I could stay out front. I maintained a comfortable tempo and increased my advantage to nearly two minutes. At the end of the fourth lap, the now motivated chasers trimmed my advantage to 50 seconds. With a lap to go, I became focused on making the break stick and increased my pace. With less than a half-lap to go, I was up but nearly 90 seconds and cruised in for easy win–thankful not to have to sprint on that final hill!

It was my first CAT 1 race, my first victory on the road in over 10 years, and nice to win so close to home! Sublime indeed…

VICTORY!!!

Many of you know that I opened the 2009 racing season with a visit to the 10th annual KONA 24 Hours in the Old Pueblo. This was to be my first attempt at a 24 SOLO event, so I wanted to be well prepared. With support from my family and teammates, I was able to train consistently since the 1st of January and arrived at the race in decent shape for this time of year.

The race began with a “shotgun” start and a 1/4mile lemans run. I was able to get out in the top 20 and settled into a reasonable pace. My plan was to maintain my 100 mile pace for the entire 24 hours. It worked well and soon I had caught and passed the early leader Tinker Juarez and was riding alone in the lead as darkness approached. I stopped for about 10 minutes to install my lights and add some more clothing. Throughout the night I maintained consistent laps and stopped only at midnight to lube my chain and change batteries. My form was good until about 5am when temperature seemed to drop and the wind began to pick up. I started to get cold even after daylight and another quick stop to remove my lights. I wasn’t able to warm up and my lap times did not improve even though it was daylight. At 11:11am I lapped Tinker and decided that it was time to rest. We had a little recovery meal, pulled some cactus spines out of my legs (overzealous cornering!), and crossed the finish line victorious at 12:01 pm.

I want to thank all of my sponsors, but especially NoTubes.com for the totally rad new race wheels/tires, Magura for the new brakes, fork, and rear shock, and Scrub Components for the sick brake rotors that all arrived just in time to win! Even though I rocked it last year, this was a tough year for sponsorship. This race was on me, but I appreciate all of you out there that believe in my dream and support my cause. Thanks again and savor this one with me! The best is yet to come…

VP

Some very sad news to post:
Qatar continues in memory of Nolf
By Gregor Brown in Doha, Qatar

The Tour of Qatar continued Thursday despite the sudden death of Belgian Frederiek Nolf the night before at the official race hotel. The riders rode a shortened, neutralised stage of 30 kilometres from Al Shahaniyah to Doha. They took 55 minutes in memory of the 21-year-old of Team Topsport Vlaanderen-Mercator, who died of a suspected heart attack in his sleep.

“The riders were not in shape to compete today, above all the Belgians. I think that to stop the race all together would have been bad. When [Fabio] Casartelli died they did not stop the stage [Tour de France stage 15, July 18, 1995 - ed.], they kept going,” said cycling legend and race official Eddy Merckx.

The stage started at 14:05 after the 131 riders observed one minute of silence in honour of Nolf. Teams Katusha and Doha led the riders from the start at the camel racetrack.

The peloton covered the short ride east to Doha’s capital city. Team Doha led a silent peloton over the line.
It was not a day to take pictures or go racing

Riders reported the mood of the group silent and sombre during the stage.

Posted by Johan Coenen

Lance Armstrong said Wednesday that he will join Kazakhstan’s Astana team for the 2009 season.

“I will race in 2009 with Astana,” he told a press conference in New York. Armstrong with race the Tour Down Under in Australia to begin the season.

Also at the news conference was anti-doping scientist Don Catlin, who is the guy that is going to monitor everything with Armstrong. “I know as much as anybody does how to beat the system; he’s not going to beat me,” Catlin told The New York Times.

“Honestly, I don’t know. I’ve been off the bike three years,” Armstrong said when asked about his chances of winning. The big question is whether Alberto Contador will stick around. He has indicated he does not want to play second fiddle to anyone.

The pro cycling team Quickstep tried to get Armstrong. They are losing Paolo Bettini, the UCI Italian Road Racing Champion, and the the two main sponsors, Quickstep and Specialized Bikes would of loved to have Armstrong (the irony there is that Lance has a lifetime deal with Trek).

It will interesting to see just what Lance can do this year. Based on his mountain bike races this summer, he could be very tough this year.

Hi

Now everybody is watching the “tour of France” a lot of people forget about the “other” riders who don’t do the tour of France. I’m one of the riders not doing the tour; why not? Because our team is not invited… so during the last 3 weeks I was only doing training on my own and preparing myself for the second part of the season.

For me the second part start in the “TRW” (www.trworg.be)
a 5 day race in the Ardens, the part of belgium with hills, the opposite of the flanders region.
I’ll be racing with guys like Boonen, Betinni, etc so it’s going to be a hard time, getting back in competition after 3 weeks withour competition.

But i’m sure Kona endurance pro and citrabeta shot will give me an EXTRA helping hand.

Greetz from Belgium
Johan Coenen

Posted by Johan Coenen

I just got home from race three of the NUE 100 mile MTB series, the Lumberjack 100 in Michigan. Unfortunately I just missed victory–again! This time I finished 2nd overall just a minute behind the winner Jeff Shalk (Trek/VW). After an unnecessary early flat, I was able to re-join the leaders and did my best to put the pressure on. However, the frantic chase and a little residual training fatigue caught up to me with less than five miles to to. Jeff was hammering up each small climb (it was Michigan) and my legs finally just couldn’t answer the call. Anyway, I am happy with the result minus the bad luck and I am looking forward to even bigger races in July.

Unfortunately it looks like I will have to settle for 2nd overall in the NUE series. With only two races remaining (for me). It is mathmatically impossible for me to overtake the lead. Not bad, but I want you all to know I was there to win!

Speaking of training, I decided to do one more ‘block’ directly following the NUE race in Ohio. 10 days and 50+ hours later I took a few days off before the race. Maybe not a enough, but I think it was almost just right. Without using a product like Kona Endurance Pro, I cannot imagine being able to recover this well, this fast! Not to mention the continued performance increases I have sustained this season!

Now, I am in a long taper leading up to the National Marathon Championships in Breckenridge on July 4th. A race I would most dearly love to win!

In the meantime, I travel to eastern Oregon tomorrow to race the Elkhorn Classic road stage race. This should help me start finding my legs before our Oregon State Championship MTB race the following weekend.

Here is a link to a report on the NUE series event in Michigan:

http://www.cyclingnews.com/mtb.php?id=mtb/2008/jun08/lumberjack100_08

Thanks for reading, and go well!

Posted by Evan Plews

Congrats to our guy Johan Coenen of TopSport Vlaanderen on his very impressive 11th place in GC at the VERY tough Tour of Belgium. Johan finished ahead of super cyclists such as Tom Boonen, Gert Steegmans, Sven Nys and so on. The world is catching on that Kona Endurance PRO makes you faster, it’s clinically documented that you will increase speed. Great Job Johan!