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Powergirl Story

Posted Mon, 03/23/2009 - 09:48

I was living and training in Aussie in 2003 after over a year of travelling, and was planning to return home to Canada after the year's finish. However, before doing so, I had heard about the Speight's Coast to Coast. Being an icon of an event that it is, I thought I had better come over to New Zealand to race before going home. In the month prior to the race while I was training, I was also baking my cookies to use in my training, and give to friends. Over the years, I had always been encouraged to should sell my "power cookies" because everyone loved them so much and no other product as good was available.

The 2004 Coast to Coast was very tough because of the extremely bad weather, but I still survived in the race and was 3rd in the Women's Longest Day. After the race, I had a conversation with race organizer Robin Judkins drinking tea and discussing life. I thought about living in New Zealand, and told Robin that I had always wanted to run my own business like my Dad did. But since my Dad had passed away, I could not go to him for advice anymore. So I recieved the mentoring help I needed to start marketing and selling my Em's Power Cookies® sports cookies.

At first, I was renting kitchen space from a local business, baking as many cookies as possible and delivering them on my bike, as I did not have a car! But now I have some help from a local bakery and a slightly more advanced delivery system!   However, because I must also train, you might see me racing around on my bike promoting my cookies just the way I started!  

I entered the 2005 Coast to Coast and placed a close 3rd in the Women's Longest Day. And since then I have 3 Championship titles under my belt from 2006, 2008 and 2009!

I am the only company in the world that can state, "My marketing plan is to win the Speight's Coast to Coast multiple times so I can promote and sell my Products using these achievements as a personal testament!" Sometimes, you've just got to take the bull by the horns.

As Coast to Coast organizer Robin Judkins says, "They're bloody brilliant!"  I hope you feel the same.

~Emily Miazga, CEO

Creator of Em's Power Cookies & Bars

 

Emily's Professional and Athletic Profile

Emily was born in Canada and went to university in the USA where she ran collegiate track and cross-country and earned her Master’s degree in Dietetics and Nutrition. After practicing as a Clinical Registered Dietitian in Oregon for 4 years, she left her job to travel, and stumbled into adventure racing when she had an opportunity to participate in the 2002 Mild Seven Outdoor Quest. There, she met her Australian teammates, and moved to Aussie to train and race. After this time, Emily came to NZ and now resides on the West Coast with her husband Mitch. Through her experience in nutrition, Emily has given many public speaking engagements, local TV interviews on nutrition, and has also taught cooking classes.

Race Experience:

  • 1st        Speight's Coast to Coast, NZ, 2009
  • 1st        Speight's Coast to Coast, NZ, 2008
  • 1st        Speight's Coast to Coast, NZ, 2006
  • 1st        Tour de Tasman Kayak Race, NZ, 2007
  • 1st        Mt. Isobel Challenge, NZ, 2005
  • 1st        Lees Valley 75k Mtb Bike Race, NZ, 2005
  • 1st        Crazyman Multisport Race, NZ, 2004
  • 1st        Flight Centre 100km Mtn Bike Epic , Australia, 2003  
  • 1st        Norwegian 54km Mountain Run, Norway, 2003
  • 1st        Triathlon Champs, Sask, Canada, 2000
  • 2nd       Mototapu Icebreaker Mtn Bike Race, NZ, 2009
  • 3rd        Speight's Coast to Coast Longest Day, NZ, 2005
  • 3rd        Speight’s Coast to Coast Longest Day, NZ, 2004
  • 4th        Outdoor Quest World Multisport Teams, Borneo, 2004
  • 6th        Oregon USA Cyclocross Series, USA, 2001

Professional Experience:                                         

  • Certificate of Proficiency in Advanced Sports Nutrition, University of Otago, 2007
  • Master of Science, Clinical Nutrition and Food Management, MN State Univ, USA, 1998
  • Bachelor of Science, Dietetics and Food/Nutrition, Univ of Central OK, USA, 1997             
  • 4 years clinical experience, Inpatient and Outpatient education, USA
  • 2 years clinical experience in Sports and General nutrition education, NZ
  • 4 years experience as a Sports Nutrition Consultant, NZ
  • Multiple appearances local TV news in Eugene, Oregon as nutrition consultant

Other:

  • Collegiate track and cross country runner
  • Backcountry tramper and telemark skier
  • Mountaineer/rock climber