Ironman Triathlon select Kona as official coffee
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Annual ironman triathlon or 30th annual Ford Ironman World Championship Triathlon 2008 has choose Kona coffee as official brew. What is Ironman in Ironman triathlon? Hawaii’s most-enduring homegrown sports events held yearly in October on a Saturday close to the full moon. 1500 crazy people jump in the ocean at 7AM and swim 2.4 miles. Then get on a bicycle and ride 112 miles to Hawi and back, through the blistering hot lava fields between here and there.
This year, Kona coffee is official brew of ironman triathlon. As an official coffee of Kona Ironman 2008, Kona coffee with One-pound bags size are available at the Ironman retail store, at Lava Java coffee shop on Ali’i Drive and through Ironman’s Web site.
One-pound bags of Kona coffee are available at the Ironman retail store, at Lava Java coffee shop on Ali’i Drive and through Ironman’s Web site.
But the world-famous triathlon competition hasn’t abandoned the South American beans: the Ironman World Triathlon Corp. also targets Peruvian and Guatemalan coffees official brews and sells both on its Web site.
The Kona product comes from Nancy Griffith’s Aama Coffee Farm in Captain Cook. Griffith said she has lingering anger from last year but was pleased to sell 600 pounds of green beans to Ironman through the Kona Coffee Farmers Association.
“We are excited to be offering 100 percent organic coffee from Kona this year,” said Blair LaHaye, Ironman communications director. “Having local coffee for our 30th year symbolizes the importance of Kona and Ironman’s heritage.”
Ironman World Triathlon Corp. introduced its first official coffee last year. But it had to quickly withdraw the product and issue an apology when Kona farmers and coffee industry leaders found out it was Guatemalan.
Last year, when Ironman sponsored by Guatemalan coffee, it make Kona coffee grower upset.
Sotero Agoot, representing about 300 local growers, says Ironman can sponsor any coffee it wants, but if they want to boast about Guatemalan coffee, they should do it elsewhere.
What is Kona, Kona coffee btw? Wiki wrote: Kona coffee is the market name for a variety of coffee (Coffea arabica) cultivated on the slopes of Mount Hualalai and Mauna Loa in the North and South Kona Districts of the Big Island of Hawaii. This coffee has developed a reputation that has made it one of the most expensive and sought-after coffees in the world. Only coffee from the Kona Districts can be legally described as “Kona”. The Kona weather pattern of bright sunny mornings, humid rainy afternoons and mild nights creates favorable coffee growing conditions.
Currenty there is some sport running event held across US, not Only Ironman Triathlon but there are also Chicago marathon october 2008, Baltimore running festival 2008, Manhattan invitational 2008, Hartford marathon 2008
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