TRAINING FOR GOLD
THE COOLANGATTA GOLD STARTED IN 1984 After many years of on again off again the Coolangatta Gold has in 2010 become a strong event with many ahtelets setting personal and team Goals in open and masters as well in Junior Events.
The Coolangatta Gold has many chalenges in Surf Ski, Board, Running, Swimming and Transitions.
We supply a personal program to develop you to reach your goal
2007 Coolangatta Gold
Open Entree
First Japanese Individual to finish a Coolangatta Gold.
This is Yutaka,s – Story:
Arriving in Australia as a representative for the Japanese and Gold Coast City Council Lifeguard Service International Lifeguard Exchange Program. Yutaka fell in love with Australia and soon applied for a Student visa and started studying in Australia as a chef working part time as a Professional Lifeguard. Yutaka started training for the Coolangatta Gold. As Yutaka had a surfing fitness background we had a base to start with. Never being on a Surf Ski before we had to start from scratch. However we had 2 years to prepare.
The race in 2007 Comprised of an 23km Ski Paddle, 3.5km Swim, 5km Board Paddle, and a 11km,4km, and 1km Run
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