Gurutze Frades faces the first goal of the season.

The triathlete from Bizkaia Gurutze Frades completes his preparation in Granada, in the High Performance Center of Sierra Nevada, located at 2.320 meters of altitude, where he usually prepares his big dates.

A good winter

Gurutze Frades She is quite a specialist at this distance and has extensive experience preparing for these tests. He claims to be well, he has been training with good weather for much of the winter in Peñiscola-Benicarlo, he has competed the cross season and has also tested himself in a long distance duathlon with good results.

Now she is focused on facing the most demanding training sessions and hopes to arrive at the competition in her best form. In your opinion, having participated in the two previous editions helps you visualize what you will find.

The March 29 will travel with his coach Roberto Corujo to the South African city of Port Elizabeth. During the week prior to the competition, the approach to the race will be the most important to finish the set-up.

Changes in the classification system.

The circuit Ironman changes its qualification system in order to obtain a place in the Ironman World Championship. Until 2018, the 35 women and 50 men who occupied the top positions in the world ranking of these events qualified for Hawaii. Now the classification is obtained directly obtaining the place that distributes each competition.

For Gurutze, this change is significant and he thinks that obtaining the classification for the World Cup in this way is more complicated.

 Spain's Women's Ironman distance record is still valid.

Throughout his career, Gurutze Frades has stood out especially in ultra-endurance events. In addition to getting the Women's Spain Record of Ironman distance in Brazil in 2017 with a time of 9: 01: 00

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