CurraNZ ambassador Kiko Matthews, 36, has become the fastest woman to cross the Atlantic solo, smashing the record by a phenomenal six days and becoming only the seventh woman to achieve the feat.
The Londoner arrived in Barbados on Thursday evening to throngs of people, including her family, who welcomed her in after completing the 3,000-mile crossing from Gran Canaria.
Kiko, who had never rowed before the challenge, described CurraNZ as ‘my blackcurrant lifesavers’ that she says spared her from any significant muscle soreness.
After reaching land, Kiko said: “I literally can not believe I rowed 3,000 miles and barely had any muscle pain at all. It’s unheard of and I can not attribute this to anything else other than the two lots of CurraNZ I used daily.
“In fact the last day I forgot and it was the only day I had muscle aches. It’s true.
"I didn’t use a foam roller or do any stretches, except for elevating my legs once or twice. Towards the end I massaged my forearms as I was getting claw hand, but I think that was inevitable!”
Kiko endured 15-hour rowing shifts on as little as two hours’ sleep, clocking up over 700 hours of rowing in a range of extreme conditions that pushed her to her mental and physical limits.
Considered one of the most gruelling endurance challenges known to man, this was the first time any athlete has used CurraNZ for a physical test of this scale and duration.
Experienced ocean rower and expert Angus Collins describes Kiko's DOMS-free experience as 'very rare'.
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