The Eco + QOOL Box at the Ironman World Championship

The 2022 Ironman in St. George - my 1st World Championship. In summary, it was by far the most brutal and toughest race I have ever experienced.

The Ironman includes 3.86 kilometers of swimming, 180.2 kilometers of cycling and 42.195 kilometers of running. The competition took place in challenging conditions, with temperatures of just 15 °C in the water and up to 30 °C on land.

The race took place in no man's land, as there were only mountains and desert and no civilization to be seen anywhere. This meant that the aid stations had no access to electricity or running water. That's why I'm very happy that QOOL was able to provide their passive boxes. While the water got warm at some stations, the water bottles in the QOOL box stayed pleasantly cool. I liked to pour the cold water directly over my head to cool myself down in the heat of the Utah desert.

Since the QOOL Box keeps drinks cool for up to 10 days, we were able to place it next to the race track and use it for the final training before the start of the competition. Black things heat up more quickly, but even though the black box stood in the blazing sun for days, the contents remained cool like QOOL.

I am so grateful to QOOL!

- Laura Zimmermann