The island of Mallorca is a place where triathletes love to travel in order to swim, bike and run. Now there is even more reason to spend the vacations there while participating in a professionally organized triathlon: TriStar111 and TriStar55.5 Mallorca offer unique distances to those who love to combine the triple effort with vacations in breathtaking destinations.
Triathlon: TriStar111 Mallorca
When: Sunday, April 17, 2011
Where: Portocolom, Mallorca, Spain
Events: TriStar111, TriStar 55.5
Divisions: Age Group, Relay
Website: www.tristarmallorca.com
The TriStar111 Mallorca triathlon will take place in the municipality of Felanitx and brings fun to the island on April 17, 2011. It will consist of a 1km of swimming, 100km of cycling and 10km of running, which adds up to the total distance of 111km.
On the very same day, TriStar55.5 Mallorca will replace the former Portocolom Triathlon. This format covers a total distance of 55.5km while still providing the easy-to-understand approach that TriStar has brought to the sport: Choose your favourite cycling distance, and then divide it by 10 for the run and by 100 for the swim. 0.5km of swimming, 50km of cycling and 5km of running add up to TriStar55.5 Mallorca.
Both TriStar111 and TriStar55.5 will take athletes on the same courses. TriStar111 participants will do two loops of each while 55.5 athletes will complete only one. The swim will take place in Portocolom's harbour; the bike loop will take them along a rolling course including the spectacular climb of Sant Salvador, well known by thousands of triathletes and cyclists who are visiting Mallorca each year, with its 494m height and awesome views towards the island and the southeast coast. The run will take athletes from the old town along the beaches of the Portocolom bay before they cross the finish line of TriStar Mallorca.
The authentic village of Portocolom is located in the southern half of the east coast of the Balearic island of Mallorca, about 65km from Palma. The village belonging to the municipality of Felanitx is popular for not providing mass commercialisation - so those looking for water parks and endless karaoke bars will need to look elsewhere. Portocolom has the largest natural harbour of the island, and claims to be birthplace of Christopher Columbus, whose voyages led to general European awareness of the American continents.
This will be the fifth TriStar111 triathlon event in the series, which already has events in Estonia, Germany, Monaco and Nevis.
Registration is now open for the TriStar111 Mallorca and TriStar55.5 Mallorca events set to take place in April. Visit www.tristarmallorca.com for details.
The TriStar label is owned by Star Production SARL, a Monaco based company specialized in organising high quality sports events that are focused on fun, social responsibility and environmental protection. The TriStar Series has introduced new distances to the sport of triathlon (A/N: 111km and 222km). More Info: star-events.cc.
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