24 hour Anytime Fitness gym franchises sponsor 24 hour world bike champion

Anytime Fitness has announced that its network of 24 hour gym franchises is sponsoring Australian mountain bike rider and current 24 hour world champion, Jason English, to compete in the upcoming world championships.

The world championships are a gruelling 24 hour solo mountain bike event, to be held this year at Stromlo Forest Park in Canberra on the 9th and 10th October.

Jason says that sponsorship from the gym franchises will give him the necessary support to be able to travel to various races.

“Anytime Fitness has allowed me to compete in events I wouldn’t normally be able to attend due to financial constraints. Plus, the concept of 24-hour access to a gym is a great fit with the type of mountain bike racing I do which is 24-hour racing,” he explains.

The 24 hour race is a lap-based event where riders must complete as many laps as possible. In preparation, Jason has been training for two to three hours most days of the week, incorporating hills into his regime to prepare for Canberra’s hilly race profile.

According to Jason, anyone interested in taking their training at Anytime Fitness gym franchises one step further by taking part in a bike racing competition for the first time should remember three important things.

Consistent training is important, he says. A bike racer cannot just train a few days here and there. If they want the race to be easy, they need to do the work prior.

Nutrition is also important, and getting race nutrition sorted could be the difference between a fun race and a miserable one.

Finally, Jason says, riders need to pace themselves during the event, racing to their ability and not getting sucked into going faster than what they can maintain for the duration of the race.

Anytime Fitness gym franchises wish Jason the best of luck at the world championships, and will no doubt be keeping a close eye on his progress in October.