Jim Thijs
So it is official now: I’m an Extreme Endurance athlete. I’m very proud to be part of this amazing family with very smart people behind the scenes and great athletes in the spotlights. After using Extreme Endurance for several months I started noticing the difference. During this period I did a lot of maximum effort work in training because this is one of my weak points. The use of Extreme Endurance made a huge difference compared to the other years in this phase. I’m able to work harder and tolerate more pain. After this experience I decided to sign a contract with this amazing new sponsor. It’s a deal that will make me a better athlete and those deals are what you are looking for as a competitive athlete.
Right now I’m training a lot and doing some smaller cyclocross races to prepare the European XTERRA season. And after the European season we have the XTERRA World Championship in Maui, Hawaii. Lots of plans, lots of goals and lots a dreams. Signing with Extreme Endurance is a next step towards making those dreams come true.
- 2x National Juniors Duathlon Champion (1998-2000)
- 4th World Championships Junior Duathlon (2000)
- 1st Ironman Malaysia age-group 18-24 (2004)
- 4th (87th overall) Ironman Hawaii age-group 18-24 (2004)
- 1st Ironman Lanzarote age-group 18-24 (2005)
- Ironman Hawaii finisher 2005 (the result was so bad that i cannot or don’t want to remember it)
- 3 podium results on national Elite Championships
- 9 top 10 finishes in Xterra World Cup races
- 4th Xterra European Championships (2008)
- 13th Xterra World Championships (2008)
- 5 wins in 2008
- 120th (2000 racers) Megavalanche Marathon mountainbike Dowhill race Alpe d’Huez (2009)
