Archive for News & Events

TCR Show 11-13th February 2011

Orbana is very pleased to announce that it will be attending the TCR Show at Sandown Park, Esher this weekend (11th-13th Feb 2011). Keen triathletes come from all over the UK to get the latest tips, gadgets and little edge that will improve them in their quest to be the best they can be.

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The 2 Swim 4 Life Challenge – So you think you can swim?

The 2 Swim 4 Life Challenge is the ultimate test of endurance swimming. All in aid of a great cause – Help For Heroes. Competitors are set the task of swimming a mile, on the hour, every hour, for 24 hours. In the first year only 7 people completed the “full monty” challenge. How good a swimmer are you?

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The Spring Onion : 120k Scenic Cycle Ride

The Orbana team are pleased to announce they will be providing every cyclist participating in ‘The Spring Onion” with an Orbana bottle to give them that naural boost of healthy energy they will need to complete the 120k cycling event. The 500 places have already sold out proving this is a popular event. It will [...]

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Kevin Holt: Improve your race speed – Triathlon

Kevin Holt’s Top Tips on improving race speed Bike can be done outside or on the turbo 1. Warm up with 20 minutes’ gentle spinning. When your legs are loose, you’re ready to begin. aim for a low gear and 100rpm cad get the h/r up 2. Ride for two minutes at your race pace, [...]

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Cold Water Swimming Championships 2011

350 swimmers take part in the 5th Annual Cold water championships, Tooting Bec London.

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Kevin Holt: The benefits of ice baths

Kevin Holt explains the benefits of having ice paths in order to aid recovery between training.

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Cold Water Swimming Championships 2011

TOOTING BEC LIDO, LONDON, 22 JANUARY 2011 On Saturday 22 January 2011 South London Swimming Club will be holding the 5th UK Cold Water Swimming Championships at Tooting Bec Lido. This biennial event has become a must for cold water swimmers, each year attracting many people who are trying it for the first time. Age [...]

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Is fruit sugar (fructose) bad for you?

Melane Ryding, GB triathlete, after responding to queries on twitter, researches into whether fructose can actually cause you to gain weight. She decides to experiment herself by giving up all fruit sugar for 2 weeks.

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Eddie Izzard runs on Orbana Fuel

How Orbana Healthy Energy Drink helped get Eddie Izzard through his 1,100-mile run How does a 47-year old comedian, with only five weeks of training, make it through 27 miles a day, six days a week, for seven continuous weeks? With a lot of tenacity. And a little help from Bruce Tulloh and Orbana Healthy [...]

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