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Tailwind Nutrition athletes race to global success

Dauwalter and Sonnesyn compete in Transgrancanaria and The Birkie
Courtney Dauwalter, pictured after she won the Hardrock 100 in record time in last year, started 2023 with another record in the Transgrancanaria Classic last week in Spain. (Courtney Dauwalter/Instagram)

Tailwind Nutrition athletes had a banner weekend on both sides of the pond last week. Courtney Dauwalter dominated the Transgrancanaria Classic 128-kilometer race and Alayna Sonnesyn won the 55K American Birkebeiner cross-country ski race.

Dauwalter finished the challenging course on the Spanish Island of Gran Canaria with a women’s course record of 14 hours, 40 minutes, placing seventh overall. She finished nearly two hours before the next female competitor.

Fellow Tailwind Nutrition athlete Tyler Green placed third in the men’s category in 14 hours, 6 minutes.

“One of the keys to racing well was my nutrition plan,” Green said. “Any time I took in calories, I told myself, ‘This is an investment into the future of the race’. Once solid calories started to be difficult to take down, I always had a bottle of Tailwind (grape flavor) to sip on.”

The win sets a high bar for Dauwalter in 2023. She plans to complete the Western States Endurance Run followed by the Hardrock 100 in Silverton three weeks later. Last year, Dauwalter won the Hardrock while setting a new course record. She also set a Fastest Known Time on the Collegiate Loop.

Green will also focus on Western States.

Dauwalter was recently named the “most inspiring athlete” among North American respondents in an academic survey released by the University of Central Lancashire in England. She was named ahead of Kilian Jornet and Jim Walmsley in the study titled “Trail and Ultra Running: The Growth of a Sport, Culture, and Community.”

In Wisconsin, Sonnesyn won the skate ski division of “The Birkie” with a time of 2:27:35. Sonnesyn had also been racing in the FIS Cross-Country World Cup this season.

“I am just so proud of this team we have built at Tailwind Nutrition,” said Maggie Guterl, Events and Athlete Manager at Tailwind. “This weekend’s results are a strong start to the season, and we can’t wait to see what our athletes can do the rest of the year.”

The team features 22 endurance athletes, including Durango bikers Ellen Campbell and Sam Vickery.

The Durango-based brand recently celebrated its 10th anniversary in 2022.