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Switzerland's Top Ironman Dedicates Efforts to African Orphans

Mon, 19 Jan 2009 13:45:29 -0600

'A Jersey for an Orphan'
Trinited.com Charity Auction
On EBAY
Benefiting Team Streetkids

In the Summer 2008, Team Trinited participated in one of their favourite races - The Ironman 70.3 Switzerland in Rapperswil-Jona. Also racing that day was Ronnie Schildknecht - currently Switzerland’s strongest athlete on the Ironman circuit. Ronnie impressed us with another win in Switzerland. Far more impressive, however, was his dedication to raising money for a cause that is close to his heart: Project TEAM STREETKIDS.

Project TEAM STREETKIDS is raising money for orphans in Africa. The purpose of the project is to give these children the opportunity to take their lives into their own hands and to live an independent life. Providing the children with proper nutrition and stressing education are key elements to the project. TEAM STREETKIDS aims to teach kids how to be self-sufficient in the long term; it is not enough to simply send money and/or materials to help people in underdeveloped countries – this is simply stop-gap measure.

Through the Not-for-profit organization, weCare4, all the money raised goes directly into a better future for the kids by building homes, providing schools and empowering the children to learn to live independently within the greater community.

This cause and the passion with which the weCare4 people showed in their work with these children in Africa was what caught our attention at trinited.com. We too want to help. We then went to Ronnie Schildknecht and asked if he would help us organize a charity auction benefiting Project TEAM STREETKIDS. Ronnie agreed and thus, the idea to host an auction of signed jersey from the pros was born.

Ronnie kept his word and not only bring back an amazing 4th place from the Ironman World Championships on Hawaii but also some real triathlon treasures to auction off. We then received a few more awesome jerseys donations – all from the who’s who of Ironman World Champions and Ironman 70.3 Champions.

Starting on January 21st the auction begins on EBAY. You will be able to bid on race worn and personally signed tri tops and suits from Belinda Granger, Faris Al Sultan, Norman Stadler and Team Dresdner Kleinwort, Chrissie Wellington, Mirinda Carfrae and of course Ronnie Schildknecht with the absolute highlight being a brand new pair of Crowies very personal Newton Running Shoes. Designed especially for Crowie and no one else.
All items will be auctioned off on Ebay.com starting January 21st at midnight MEZ supported by 'Triathlon' the ultimate magazine for triathletes.

You will find the auction under the key words Team Streetkids on www.ebay.de or via the following link. (link will be published on the 21st the moment the auction goes live)

Every dollar will be benefiting Team STREETKIDS directly!

For more information on Ronnie, STREETKIDS and weCare4, check out the following links:

- www.wecare4.ch
- www.ronnie.absolog.ch

Trinited.com Launches Premier Endurance, Multi Sports and Triathlon Network

Sat, 17 Jan 2009 04:31:41 -0600

Trinited.com has just launched its premier international endurance, multi sports and triathlon network.

Connecting people from all over the world, no matter if you are and Ironman or Olympic Distance Triathlete a Badwater Ultra or beginner Ultra Marathoner or maybe a long distance swimmer, Trinited.com is offering a place for you to share pictures and race reports, to connect with other athletes and learn from the pros.

In a world of social networks, Trinited.com focuses on endurance athletes and those interested in the sport setting itself appart from other sports networks with their very personal approach as well as its green and social awareness.

New and urgently needed categories such as 'A Place to Stay' in which you can find and offer homestays for training camps and races turn this portal into much more than just a fun gadget but rather into a neccessary tool for your athletic needs.

Trinited.com also offers members to choose or recommend the next features to be implemented in the network so the athletes can grow the network together to their specific needs.

If you are an athlete or have friends who are, go check out www.trinited.com and sign up for free. There are many more great features inside the network such as their forums, a place to stray, a training and nutrition category and on and on and on...

Compression Clothing - Legal Doping for Athletes - A Test by www.trinited.com

Mon, 20 Oct 2008 15:29:37 -0500

Wherever you look as an endurance or multi sports athlete theses days its impossible to avoid all the compression clothing sports manufacturers are throwing out on the market.

A lot of scientific have been made to prove the positive effect of especially compression socks. Better regeneration, less lactate and better form are promised.

Just as quickly as new compression products are offered to athletes are there so called 'test' in all sorts of magazines. The only problem - most test don't offer any information I couldn't find out myself by reading the official product description.

The endurance and multi sports network www.trinited.com has now decided to put an end to this and place themselves as THE product testers on the net.

Starting off with a comprehensive long term compression sock test, www.trinited.com is launching a series of tests with the athlete in mind. They will be answering the questions an athlete and potential buyer is really interested in. What effect do you really feel when wearing the product, does it help to get faster or further, is it the same effect for all body types and does the weather have an influence. What is the durability of a product and is it worth the money. Is it for any running style or just for heel strikers.. These and more questions will be answered.

Follow the progress on www.trinited.com to find out what really matters to an athlete.

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Switzerland's Top Ironman Dedicates Efforts to African Orphans

'A Jersey for an Orphan' Trinited.com Charity Auction On EBAY Benefiting Team Streetkids

Trinited.com Launches Premier Endurance, Multi Sports and Triathlon Network

Compression Clothing - Legal Doping for Athletes - A Test by www.trinited.com

'A Jersey for an Orphan'
Trinited.com Charity Auction
On EBAY
Benefiting Team Streetkids