Going
the Extra Mile
Success
Stories
Paulien
understands the importance of endurance. As Team Captain for
her Wellness team in the RopaRun, a non-stop relay race from
Rotterdam to Paris, she finds her competitive edge is enhanced
by using the Wellness International Network, Ltd. (WIN) products.
“I feel less muscle soreness after strenuous workouts,
increased concentration and better overall,” says Paulien.
Last
year, her team consisted of 25 people: eight runners, four
bikers (including herself) and 13 support members to maintain
the health needs of the athletes during this incredibly long
(31 - 41 hours) event. “You hardly get any sleep because
you are biking multiple times, day and night, through rough
terrain,” she explains. “It’s a hard but
exhilarating test for your physical condition.”
During
the 329-mile competition, teams race against the clock to
beat the RopaRun time allowed to finish each segment. “If
I hadn’t taken WIN’s products, I would have been
exhausted after my first ride through the mountains, and I
don’t think I would have been able to complete the other
four,” Paulien says, adding that she was able to maintain
her focus and clearly navigate the course. “If you miss
one part you can really get lost, and if you don’t finish
the segment in the allotted time, the whole team is disqualified.”
Paulien
and her team were among the 189 teams to finish the race,
and actually beat the allotted time by an hour! “I had
tears in my eyes because of the bond that formed within our
team over a few days,” she says. On top of finishing
the race, Paulien and her team are proud to have been a part
of an event that raised more than $3.3 million to benefit
cancer patients. With her winning attitude and the memory
of what she and her team accomplished, Paulien is eager to
do it all over again this year, and is already packing her
Wellness International Network, Ltd. (WIN) products to help
her along the way.
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