Food, mood, rest......some of the key elements required for a healthy athlete. Kylie Cox digs a bit deeper into the topic of  'The Menstrual Cycle as an Indicator of Female Athletic Health'.Nutrition, motivation & enthusiasm for training, recovery, recurrent injury/illness, extended sessions, study, work.....all contribute to the overall wellbeing of an athlete.

Dr Kevin Bax is a general urologist but with a subspecialist interest in urological malignancies, particularly with minimally invasive therapeutic options. He has a particular interest in robotic surgery.Originally from South Africa, Kevin completed his undergraduate medical degree at the University of Cape Town. In 1999 he was drawn to the West Coast, New Zealand by the rural community and the wonderful fly fishing of the South Island.He began his surgical training in Greymouth then spent four years at Christchurch Hospital before moving to Adelaide, South Australia where he completed his advanced urology training. While in Adelaide he worked at hospitals affiliated with both Flinders University and the University of South Australia.After completing his advanced urology training and gaining his Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons in Urology, he moved to Bristol in the United Kingdom where he did an extended urology fellowship programme with David Gillet through the Bristol Urological Institute.  This fellowship was in uro-oncology and robotics.

Sue and John Gibb (Sujon for short) started their business in 1981. They were picking berries on their Nelson farm, and had an eureka moment!By freezing the berries, all New Zealanders could eat well anytime! Back then it was considered a little bit crazy. But it proved to be seriously popular. So they got busy finding the best fruit-growing partners in NZ, and then the world, to add to their own amazing produce. Today, along with their daughter Michelle, they still run the original berry company and is a proud berry family business.Sujon Blackcurrant Powder is 100% natural and contains all the goodness of fresh blackcurrants. The antioxidants found in blackcurrants are essential to health, wellbeing and active longevity. Blackcurrants have long been highly regarded for their health properties. The level of vitamin C present in Blackcurrants is up to 4 times that of oranges, long regarded as a benchmark for vitamin C in fruit. Sujon Blackcurrant Health Supplement can be a great addition to a healthy diet. Sujon is New Zealand's premier, free flow (IQF processed) frozen berry fruit specialist.

Bob is a Board Certified Specialist in Sports Dietetics, the former Director of Sports Nutrition for the University of Florida and most recently served as a Sport Dietitian for the US Olympic Committee. Bob travelled to the 2008 Summer Olympic Games as a Sport Dietitian for the US Olympic Team and the personal Sport Dietitian/Exercise Physiologist for the Olympic Triathlon Team.Bob has a bachelor's degree in Exercise and Sports Science, a master's degree in Health and Exercise Science and a second master's degree in Food Science and Human Nutrition. He is a Registered Dietitian, Exercise Physiologist, NSCA Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist, and a USA Triathlon Level III Elite Coach. Being an out of the box thinker, Bob created the concepts of Nutrition Periodization™ and Metabolic Efficiency Training™ in the early 2000’s.

Kylie Cox.......43, wife and mum [two children 12 and 10]Kylie  grew up in Christchurch New Zealand and went to St Margaret's College.Playing netball was her primary sport but Kylie was pretty sporty throughout her childhood.Kylie attended Otago University and graduated with a Bachelor in PhysiotherapyShe then worked in Sports Physio and did a Post Graduate diploma in Sports Medicine in 2004.As a full time mum/mom, and part time physio, triathlon and multi sport type events come into Kylie's life when she 30Then, Kylie decided to return to uni/varsity/college to do her Masters in Sport Science and her dissertation is  'The Menstrual Cycle as an Indicator of Female Athletic Health'. 

The breakthrough......* MitoQ is instantly attractive to the negatively charged mitochondria* MitoQ is able to pass directly through the mitochondrial membrane.MitoQ is an enhanced form of the antioxidant CoQ10 that has been engineered to be able to get into your cells’ power plants - your mitochondria - at significant levels. No other antioxidant, CoQ10 or form of CoQ10 can do this as effectively. Once inside the mitochondria, MitoQ helps to support their function.The results? Your body’s energy levels, mental focus, organ and body health, sleep and stress are supported. For athletes and active people, you’ll notice optimized performance, endurance and recovery.www.mitoq.com 

The Click! Colours were created by Greg Barnes and David Koutsoukis after more than 40 combined years of using, studying and applying personality and psychometric profiling tools with world class sporting and corporate teams.They  found that their clients were seeking a better, faster, cost effective way of understanding why people think and behave the way they do. David and Greg wanted an new way that addressed some of the key limitations of existing instruments. So with ‘Better, Faster, Cheaper and Easier’ as their motto, they started to develop criteria for what was to become the Click! Colours.

The Black Sheep of the family, Matt Hurley is the first to admit that his circumstances were of his own making. A defining moment - jail time - allowed Matt to see a new path and chose the road less travelled. Matt's dad said it best, “life ends up being the small choices you make along the way.” And Matt added "It’s also the small, or seemingly trivial decisions that other’s make which allow those moments to occur, other’s open the door- even if we still have to walk through them".  As Matt  closed one door and walked through another he said "it’s not a small decision, but one of those moments I can appreciate for what it is and have gratitude for those small decisions others made which changed my life. It would be impossible to name them all, so suffice it to say I am grateful for the relationships I’ve had, because they are the the most important things in life. The ties that bind". 

Bob is a Board Certified Specialist in Sports Dietetics, a former Director of Sports Nutrition for the University of Florida and served as a Sport Dietitian for the US Olympic Committee. He has worked with top athletes with the likes of Hunter Kemper, Tim O’Donnell, Leanda Cave, Andy Potts, Ben Kanute and Meb Keflezighi. Bob has a bachelor's degree in Exercise and Sports Science, a master's degree in Health and Exercise Science and a second master's degree in Food Science and Human Nutrition. He is a Registered Dietitian, Exercise Physiologist, NSCA Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist, and a USA Triathlon Level III Elite Coach. Being an out of the box thinker, Bob created the concepts of Nutrition Periodization™ and Metabolic Efficiency Training™ in the early 2000’s. 

Rebecca Cantrell quit her job, sold her house, and moved to Hawaii to write a novel. She started with the Hannah Vogel mystery series set in Berlin in the 1930s–including A Trace of Smoke, A Night of Long Knives, A Game of Lies, and A City of Broken Glass–after a faded pink triangle on the wall of Dachau inspired her to find the story behind it.She then co-authored the Order of the Sanguines trilogy with James Rollins, delving into the world of vampires and ancient secrets.Trips on the subway led her to wonder about the spaces between the stations and she started the Joe Tesla mystery series set in the tunnels underneath New York City.Her screenplays The Humanitarian, A Taste for Blood, and iDrakula were finalists at Shriekfest: The Los Angeles Horror/Sci-fi Film Festival.