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We have a new Sports Dietitian joining the team! Megan Evans will be working Saturdays at Walter Rd East GP’s from August. Megan is an Accredited Practising Dietitian, Sports Dietitian and is also a Diabetes Educator. Megan specialises in Rowing, Triathlon, Marathon and also Cross country and downhill mountain bike riding and Motorcross.

In addition to sports nutrition Megan has a keen interest and extensive knowledge in childhood/adolescent nutrition, growth and development, diabetes, gastrointestinal disorders, weight loss, impaired glucose tolerance, pregnancy and breastfeeding.

Welcome Megan to the team!

Also, Bethanie will be finishing up with us soon as my maternity leave ends. Thanks Beth for all your help!

Unfortunately Tom’s attempt to reach the North Pole solo and unsupported has ended with a fall through the ice on the 48th day of his expedition. After spending 10 long minutes in the freezing water, most people would only survive five minutes, Tom was able to pull himself out of the water, set off his EPIRB and get into his tent and luckily six hours later he was rescued.

To read the full story and listen to an interview with Tom click here

I must say I’m so proud to have been a part of Tom’s team and have thoroughly enjoyed and been inspired by the adventure. Thanks to all the team, especially Jim and Georgina on keeping us all up to date. I wish Tom a speedy recovery and look forward to catching up with him in the very near future.

Simone

Tom is now over halfway in his goal to be the third person and first Australian to reach the North Pole solo and unsupported. I have now become slightly addicted to Jim’s blog of Tom’s progress and lookout for each new posting which includes phone conversations to Tom, tales of a possible extraction over Easter due to frostbite worsening and Tom’s continual struggle with the ice and everchanging conditions. Click here to check out the blog.

With only 12 days left to complete the epic journey, which I’m told is achieveable if Tom is handed the right conditions, my thoughts are turning to how best to ration out the last few food packs to stretch over a few extra days if need be and also how to assist Tom in his recovery once the journey is complete and he is back in civilisation. Look out for updates..

Foodie Fact #3: While Tom needs to eat ~40-42 MJ (or 40 -42, 000 kJ) daily to meet his daily nutritional requirements, we were limited to the food weighing only 1.2 kg daily! Like to see how we achieved this? Click here

To listen to an interview with Tom from this morning on ABC radio click here

The Busselton Half Ironman is fast approaching and the team from nutrition works is looking forward to heading down south for this fantastic event!

nutrition works’ team of Sports Dietitians; Bethanie, Gemma and myself, Simone, will be available at our expo site all day Friday, April 30th,  and Saturday, May 1st ready to provide last minute race nutrition tips or to provide recovery nutrition advice. We will also have available the very popular AIS Survival Cookbooks for sale and we have plenty of sports nutrition goodies to give away also.

Bethanie is also participating in the run leg of the half so keep an eye out to cheer her on!

I will also be presenting at Busselton Festival of Triathlon Seminar @ Lords Sports Club, Wednesday, 28th April, 6.15-8pm. Click here for more information

Tom is now 2 weeks into his solo and unsupported journey to the North Pole and everything is pretty much on track.

Everyday he is covering more ground as the ice becomes easier to navigate and the conditions are stable with minimal wind and ice drift.

Would you like to know what is fuelling Tom ? Click here for the nitty gritty on Tom’s food, how we estimated his energy requirements, the barriers we had to over come and how the pieces of the puzzle all fitted together to form Tom’s Daily Fuelling Plan!

Would you like to know what 20,000 kJ of food looks like while still weighing only ~1000g? Click here to see the photos of Tom’s food packing day on our facebook page.

Foodie Fact #2: Tom took 70 food bags with him, one for each day on the ice, ~45 “Pack A’s” and ~25″Pack B’s” .  “Pack A” provides ~40,700 kJ and weighs 1267g. Pack B provides 42,500 kJ and weighs 1363g.

Tom Smitheringale is now into Day 5 of his 800km trek to the North Pole. I must say I am getting addicted to reading the blog on his website as Jim is updating it daily with Tom’s latest adventures and progress.

While the ice is not in the best condition, very difficult to cross at present and Tom is currently “double hauling” dragging one sled over the ice and then going BACK for the other sled, other conditions are fairly favourable with good visibility, low winds (although Jim’s latest report says they are increasing) and minimal ice drift.

The distance Tom is covering each day is increasing which is great to hear but Tom will need to do some back tracking as he has encountered some impassable ice and a new tack is needed.

Tom is chowing through his 41-42,000 kJ (that’s ~10,000 cal for you calorie counters) daily with no trouble and I’m currently working on a “Tom’s Fuel” factsheet, so keep an eye out for the lowdown on all the yummy goodness that is fuelling Tom on his epic journey.

Here’s just one interesting foodie fact on Tom: Tom has 3 meals and 2 snacks daily. Each of these is ~7,100 to 11,000 kJ! With the average adults diet providing ~8700 kJ that means Tom is eating 4 to 5 times the average adult daily!

Tom on Sunday Night, channel 7

Happy New Year and welcome to our new website!

We hope it provides you with all the information you need and that you find it easy to navigate.

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Welcome Bethanie!

Bethanie Allanson has joined the nutrition works team while I’m on maternity leave, which starts in March.

Bethanie has worked at the some of the best sporting Institutes including the AIS in Canberra and the English Institute of Sports in the UK. To read more about Bethanie just click on “Our Team” tab. I’m sure you’ll find Bethanie shares the same passion for sports nutrition as Gemma and I do.

One Man Epic begins!

Tom Smitheringale has left Perth to begin his One Man Epic. Tom is aiming to trek 800km, solo and unsupported, to the North Pole commencing Feb 26. Tom is currently in Iqaluit, Canada acclimatising and in his final training phase. nutrition works have been fuelling Tom since June last year to help him gain weight for his trip and have also planned his daily food intake which is a mammoth 40-42MJ (yes, that’s 40, 000 to 42, 000 kJ daily). This is approximately four to five times the average daily intake of most adults!

To follow Tom’s progress and provide your support visit www.onemanepic.com and become a friend on facebook.

We hope you all have a great Australia Day, best of luck to those competing in the Honda North Australia Day Tri!

Simone