All set to enjoy Extreme Man 226 Salou - Costa Daurada

Salou. Costa Dorada. 30 May 2012. Over 400 athletes will gather this Sunday 3 June, the international long distance triathlon Man Extreme 226 Salou - Costa Dorada By Artroactive that host Salou. Organized to Win Sports Factory in collaboration with the City of Salou, this event has been presented by the Mayor of the city, and by Mr. Pere Granados Councillor for Sports, Mr. Felip Ortiz. After Getxo, and for the second consecutive year, Salou host a long distance triathlon. Narbonne (2 September) and Menorca (23 September) are the other two cities in the circuit of triathlons Extreme Man. The mayor stressed that Salou has all the focus for a triathlon, "this year increased by 15% the number of enrollments, which is great news, and to Salou is an event to promote our city because it is an international test. " Granados also added that "we demonstrate our ability to conduct major sporting events to stimulate our economy as they travel to Salou about 1,500 people and strengthen us as a municipality by reference in this field." The organization, Luis Genero, said "by next year we hope to double the participation." All outstanding beauty as the bike tour is a tour of one round of 180km, but also emphasize the harshness of it. "Says January. Elite and popular participation Among all participants, we will find the duel between Catalan Xavi Llobet facing for the first time in long distance and French winner of the Man Extreme Salou 2011, will fight to retain the title. Although the participation of elite, is a competition in which athletes are also popular place both federal and non federal. Among them, the athlete Chema Muñoz, who, during the press conference, he called to enjoy the test but appealing to the responsibility of participants to the hardness and popular demand the same level. Muñoz explained that takes 4 years preparing for such tests and more than half a year specifically dedicated to training to go to Extreme Man "My message is you have to exercise in health." In this sense, Cristina Martinez Bioibérica Artroactive representative, sponsor of the event, has advanced a major triathlon related peculiarities of this commitment to health. "For the first time in Salou Man Extreme analyze the consequences of such a test has on athletes. Therefore, all participants will be weighed before and after the test to ascertain the total number of pounds that have lost. " He also added that "there are studies that indicate that over half of this test athletes suffer some type of respiratory infection and articular wear of the intensity of the test." In addition, further research on improving the performance of athletes, the study carried out Artroactive Iles (Research on Injury Practice in the Health Osteoarticular). The competition will begin at 06:30 is the Levante beach and have a distance of 226 kilometers, divided as follows: 3.800m. swim, 180km. cycling and 42.2 km. Race walking, 4 times a circuit of 10.5 km along the boardwalk where it will end at 15:30 pm. with the arrival of the last participants to finish. Special traffic measures On the other hand to ensure security in the area, the City Council adopt a series of special measures that will affect the traffic of people and vehicles that are properly labeled. Therefore, the City Council requested the collaboration of both retailers and restaurants as neighbors and please apologize for any inconvenience that these measures may cause.

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