Clemente Alonso 5º and Eneko qualified for Kona at Ironman Texas

Eneko Llanos has suffered more than necessary and finally has been 13th, it was worth finishing to be in Kona ... and in October he will be in his 11th IM in Hawaii

One more year Texas Ironman hosted the North American Ironman Championship, 4000KPR test where a large number of professionals came with the intention of adding many points to the Hawaii World Cup. 

In groups of age in addition there were 75 slots for Kona, reason why also many GGEE come from all the world competed in Texas in search of the glory in "Mecca"

Very soon, at the 6: 35 in the morning local time the competition started. Clemente Alonso was the first to arrive at the T1, it took 48: 43 seconds to cover the 3,8km of swimming and after a few seconds a group of 15 units with Eneko, Starykowicz, Bozzone and Lange among others.

The cycling segment remember that it was cut to 154km, the first to reach the T2 was Starykowicz and 14 'from him to Rapp, Eneko (3º in the T2) followed by several favorites in a few seconds. On the other hand Clemente Alonso was 20º in the T2 to 4 'of the group of Eneko.

In a race so matched with more than 20 triathletes in 5 'the marathon was going to be the judge of the competition, at the first exchange Starykowicz left. The victory was going to be for the German Patrick Lange, with one of the best Ironman marathons of all time, 2h40m. After the American Matt Russell more than 8 'and third the New Zealander Terenzo Bozzone.

Clemente Alonso He became the hero of the day to climb 15 positions on foot, marking the third fastest time in the marathon of all the participants and arriving in a fantastic 5 position.

Eneko Llanos he has suffered more than the account and finally it has been 13º, he was worth finishing to be in Kona ... and in October he will be in his 11º IM of Hawaii

In the female category, Saleta Castro has had to abandon the test. These are his statements in goal to Triathlon News: "Today I felt very good and very strong ... but I do not know why, swimming badly and the bike too, I have no explanation of why I was so bad, physically and muscularly I was perfect. I got off to running with the best sensations of my life, running to 4'30 '' very easy ... but at the km15 I decided tor. "

(Photo Clemente zimibio.com, Photo by Eneko @flacaguerrerog)