The I Carrera y Marcha San Paddys Beer Running event will take place at 17:00 in Puerto del Carmen as part of the St. Patrick’s Day Festival.

Pre-inscription can be completed by email to tripasion@gmail.com before the 13th of March. Inscription and collection of race numbers is on Friday 14th & Saturday 15th of March from the Tripasion shop by Centro Deportivo Fariones on Calle Timanfaya in Puerto del Carmen.

The entry fee is €10. Read more »

The Sports Café at Club La Santa is home to Lanzarote’s sporting “hall of fame.” The walls are covered with photos and bios of sporting heroes going back many years, and they all have something in common. Each of them is either a World or Olympic champion, and each has stayed and trained at Club la Santa.

Yesterday we attended the ceremony for the latest addition to this very exclusive club – Ironman World Champion Frederik Van Lierde, from Belgium. After several years as a pro triathlete, Frederik became World Champion last year, winning the prestigious Ironman World Championship at Kona. Read more »

Saleta Castro and Stephen Bayliss win the III Desafío 8ª Isla in La Graciosa.

We’ve published the top three finishers of each category for male and female, the full results can be downloaded below.

Desafío Male:

1. Stephen Bayliss

2. Antonio Perdomo Cabrera

3. Viktors Vovrusko

Desafío Female:

1. Saleta Castro

2. Lucia Funes Mendez Read more »

Everything’s ready for the III Desafío 8ª Isla this coming weekend in La Graciosa.

A total of 390 competitors will take part in the 3rd edition of the event, with more than a thousand people expected to travel over to La Graciosa including friends, family and spectators.

There are 325 men and 65 women competing from Germany, France, United Kingdom and País Vasco, Castilla León, Andalucía, Galicia, Madrid, Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, Tenerife & Gran Canaria.in Spain. The number of participants for each category include:

Desafío 8ª Isla' (triatlón + Trail 31 Km) 102

Triatlon Cross Individual 92

Triatlon por Equipos 15

Trail 31 Km 60

Trail 20 Km 97

The winners of last year’s Desafío 8ª Isla are participating to defend their titles Antonio Alexis Perdomo Cabrera & María Elena Fernández Barreto plus runner up Víctor Manuel González Gómez, as well as the winner of the first Desafío 8ª Isla, Miguel Angel Duque Toribio. Ironman Lanzarote 2013 winner Victor del Corral and winner of last weekend’s Timanfaya Triathlon 2014 Yvonne Van Verklen are also competing. Not forgetting triathlete Saleta Castro who trains in Lanzarote.

The Desafío 8ª Isla is well supported with major sponsors including: Binter, Embotelladora de Canarias, el Ayuntamiento de Teguise, Sands Beach Sailfish, Deport Clinic, Nutrición Canaria, Club La Santa, Cash & Carry Lanzaroteño, Biosfera Expres, Panrico Bonuts, Kalise, Agua de Guayadeque, Más Deporte, Línea Marítima Romero, El Veril, Cash Fruta & Top Time.

Programme III Desafío 8ª Isla

Friday 21st February Read more »

The second edition of the Timanfaya Triathlon took place Saturday 15th of February in Playa Blanca the Southern most part of Lanzarote. The day greeted us with wind, rain and a coldness in the air not synonymous with Lanzarote.

The event is classed as a sprint which entails 750 m swim 20 k bike and a 5 k run. Most of the competitors would be competing in their first triathlon of the season.

The day started off with two children's races that were well supported from local clubs or schools. Always a good spectacle to see as the kids gave their all from the swim in the sea onto their bikes and finally running around the local town. So well done to all.

The main event was to start at 3pm but being Lanzarote it was 3 30 if not later. The women and 15 to 16 year old cadets were to go first followed 5 minutes later by the men's field. All had to negotiate 2 yellow buoys in a triangle off the town beach. Once the main field of men had set off the sea was awash with arms and legs splashing and jostling for position. A little over 9 minutes and the leaders were back on land. All the favourites at the front Victor Manuel, Stephen Bayliss, Per Bitner, Jim Thiss, Alex Domenech and Genis Grau.

The transition in sprint triathlon is very important as every second counts. They set off on the new bike course which went out on the old Playa Blanca road heading toward Yaiza out in a strong headwind and a more favourable wind on return. As one by one the competitors exited the water to set off on the bikes the main field were battling it out up front. On their return there was nothing between the leaders Bayliss Bitner and Thiss arriving first with a cushion of 20 seconds to the two competitors from Cataluña Domenech and Grau.

The run section was 3 big laps through the local town in no time at all the two from Catalunya had taken the lead only Jim Thiss was able to keep the same rhythm. Eventually the younger pair were able to push on and cross the line together with Thiss back in 3rd.

The women's event was dominated by Yvonne Van Vierken currently in a purple patch of form winning the previous duathlon and the half marathon in Gran Canaria. After a steady swim she pushed on with the bike section kept up the rhythm on the run to turn out a comfortable winner.The remaining podium places went to Ana Godoy part of the Catalunya team and Delioma Gonzalez.

The event was a great spectacle to watch and as competitors continued through giving there all, in not the greatest of weather.

We all look forward to next year's race hopefully bigger and better.

Top 5 Males

1 Aleix Domenech Guix 53:44:00
2 Genis Grau Plana 53:44:00
3 Jim Thiss   53:49:00
4 Per Bittner   54:09:00
5 Stephen Bayliss   54:14:00

Top 5 Females

42 Yvonne Van Vierken 01:01:08
54 Anna Godoy Contreras 01:04:14
58 Delioma González HernÁndez 01:04:55
68 Elena Negrín Figueroa 01:07:40
70 Anna Flaquer Porti 01:07:52

You can download the full results as an attachment below.