The Dolphin Academy - working for change
The Dolphin Academy has a simple mission: “to present the truth about dolphins despite their popular and sometimes mythological image.” They aim to protect both dolphins and the environment that’s so crucial to dolphins’ well-being.
Polaroid is a sponsor of the Dolphin Academy and their latest video is all about our sunglasses
The Dolphin Academy loves Polaroid Sunglasses
We could spot Roxy and a lot of other styles. How about you?
10/10 for Vector 99.
Declaring the pair the Editor’s Choice above other leading brands, Health & Fitness magazine were impressed with Vector’s adjustable arms, interchangeable lenses and comfortable fit. As the magazine says, ‘they make you look like a pro.’
The Polaroid Eyewear team has successfully completed the Caledonian Challenge.
Eric Boinard, Technical Manager of Polaroid Eyewear, his wife Barbara and friend, Peter completed the gruelling walk – equivalent of a double marathon and walking up Ben Nevis twice-over. They finished the walk in an impressive 18 hours and 37 minutes, beating their own target time of 19 hours. Overall they finished a remarkable 19 out of 179 teams.
From taking part in this challenge, the Polaroid Eyewear team has so far raised over £2,000 for The Scottish Communities Foundation.
Active Travel - for an unforgetable trip
Some people just don’t look forward to relaxing on a beach soaking up the sun. For them, only the rush of adrenaline and aching muscles will do. If you like a holiday that’s more about jumping off rocks than sitting at a bar, then this post is for you. And, don’t forget, our range of Sports sunglasses will give you the durability and performance you need. They’ve been engineered not to fog up or fall off. Once you’ve got your sunglasses sorted, all you need is a place to go. Here’s our guide to the top sites that can help. (more…)
The team arrive back in Glasgow.
We nailed it! 16 hours and 40 minutes after leaving Glen Brittle the Polaroid Eyewear Cycle Team arrived in Glasgow. With 12 hours and 10 minutes actual cycling time, we covered the 187 miles at an average speed of 15.5 mph, including the 9700 feet of hill climbs along the way.
Glen Brittle - a brutal climb!
Here’s how the day went. We started at our planned 0445 time, leaving the stunning Glen Brittle with the sun rising over the Cuillin Mountains.
Glen Brittle is a bit of a brutal climb – the steepest gradient of the day and a shock to the system after porridge, bananas and four hours sleep (at best – many thanks to the Italian visitors sharing the youth hostel). We cruised across Skye with our cycling sunglasses and the roads to ourselves, with the dawn chorus as a soundtrack, arriving at the ferry almost one and a half hours to spare.
The sun rising over the Cuillin Mountains.
The support team of Pete and Jan, Barbara and Evelyn kicked in straight away. While Pete, Jan and Barbara prepared and served breakfast, Team physio Evelyn started what would be a day long task to work on Eric’s dodgy knees.
Then leaving Mallaig disaster struck. My (six week old!) chain snapped tearing my rear gear off and buckling my rear wheel. Pete and Jan supplied me with the spare bike and then raced ahead to Oban to see if a cycle shop could repair it in time. With almost half an hour lost in changeover we set off on the Mallaig to Fort William Road.
The third and final Thursday evening event of the 2010 Polaroid Eyewear Series continued the success of this year with over 940 entrants for the Dumbarton event.
Overall winner was Tewoldeberhan Mengisteab from Shettleston Harriers in a time of 29 mins and 58 seconds.
First lady was once again Alison Doherty of Central AC in a time 36 mins and 50 seconds.
The final event in the series is this Sunday 13 June at Loch Lomond shores, a festival of running for ages 3 – 93+! The races start with the pre-school and primary 1-3 run, followed by the primary 4-7 schools race in which 13 local primary schools will compete. The 5k fun run and 10k race start at 10.15 am and 10.00 am respectively and all races will finish through the main finish tunnel at Loch Lomond shores. Get your running sunglasses ready!
For more details visit the 10k Series website.
Paul reflecting on the reason for this challenge.
Welcome to the last Polaroid Eyewear cycle challenge update before the big event itself this Saturday. The training has stopped, the over-eating has started, and the final preparations were agreed tonight.
Its all gotten a little technical recently, with the focus moving to glycogen stores, complex carbs and optimum hydration rates, minimum intake of 400 calories per hour not including meals….not very 1962.
Paul taking a break and not training, Xiamen area coast, China.
Welcome to this week’s Polaroid Eyewear cycle challenge update – team of colleagues cycling from Glenbrittle in Skye to Glasgow in one day. For the background and reasons why look at the previous posts on this blog page.
Its now 10 days to go until the date of the event itself, Saturday morning is ‘Last Chance Saloon’ for preparation. Last weeks training for me was severely disrupted by travelling to Asia with Polaroid Eyewear for the week and whilst I did make it to the gym bike 4 times, it’s not quite the same.
From our sports collection comes Mercury - perfect for all conditions
Winter seems a long time ago – now that the days are getting longer and the Caledonian Challenge is getter closer. Roll on June – fingers crossed for great weather. But whatever the weather, Polaroid sunglasses will protect your eyes from UV light and glare.
Loch Katrine from Stronachlachar on Paul Sheerin's route on the Polaroid Eyewear cycle challenge.
Welcome to this week’s Polaroid Eyewear cycle challenge update. It’s getting close to crunch time with the planned date now only three weeks on Saturday.
Last week I went for miles without a lot of hills, so this week it was miles and hills – delightful. Well actually it was – a chilly start at 0520 but blue skies and very light winds all the way. For one section of the route (around Lock Katrine) I cycled for 2 hours without passing or meeting a car through some glorious scenery.