Jose Manuel López, 30 Ironman in 30 consecutive days and 90 Ironman in one year in the solidary project I'MPOSSIBLE365
The Spaniard has managed to complete 30 Ironman in 30 consecutive days and 90 Ironman in one year in the solidary project I'MPOSSIBLE365
Jose Manuel Lopez It was proposed to carry out the project I 'MPOSSIBLE365 and he has just overcome it, thus achieving the double world record of triathlon. Y Skechers has been with him supporting him in this adventure of solidarity.
The athlete has used the GoRun Ride model of Skechers, with GoImpulse sensors, which allow a better transition and greater control of stability to achieve a good race execution.
In addition, it offers a sole with aResalyte® mortar and Mid-Foot Strike technology patented by Skechers and that positions the body thanks to the footprint in the midfoot area. And it has 4 mm of heel drop (heel drop) which keeps the foot in an almost neutral position
The athlete managed to complete the last Saturday 6 of September the Ironman number 90 and beat two world records: On the one hand, 30 Ironman in 30 days consecutive in September of 2013 in the Triple Deca Ironman of Verona (Italy); and on the other, 90 Ironman in one year (365 days).
While the record of Ironman competitions completed on consecutive days was 15 and no record in the Guinness book, the world record for Ironman distance triathlon completed in a year was 53 and the 20 guiness record.
Manuel Lopez has far exceeded both world records of IRONMAN, a demanding test consisting of swimming 3.8 km., Travel 180 km. by bike and complete 42.195 km. Running
Charity project
The main objective of the project and that has moved them to carry out all this effort, is the subsequent realization of a solidarity project, since all the proceeds of the proceeds will go entirely to a humanitarian project in the town of Panajachel (Guatemala) and a continued social action with street people in Palma de Mallorca (Spain).
On the one hand, on the island of Mallorca, Spain, more than a year ago, José Manuel, together with volunteers from the "Center Cristià de Mallorca", twice a week at dusk, go out to assist people "without a roof". Once every three months, there is a joint day where, in addition to physical food, hygiene workshops are held (shower and personal grooming, arranging hair, manicure, pedicure) and group dynamics with workshops on values and personal improvement.
On the other hand, part of the benefits will go to the people of Panajachel in the Lake Atitlán region of Guatemala. This area has been hit recently by earthquakes that have affected the infrastructures of this town. In this lake due to uncontrolled dumping had been declared unfit for bathing, until a few months ago the situation was restored.
Surrounded by friends
To celebrate this last Ironman, José Manuel was surrounded by many friends as Karen Darke, Paralympic athlete for the United Kingdom, handbike world champion, who managed to complete her first Ironman distance triathlon; Dani Nafría, runner-up of Spain of paraduatlon; Joan Reinoso, Mix Manresa, Mallorcan adventurer in a wheelchair; Valentí San Juan, Pep Sánchez y Miquel Febrer.
Biography José Manuel López Martínez
Born in Barcelona in the 1970 year and raised in Mallorca, this social integrator by profession, has always been very linked to sports. From the 4 years in the Swimming Club La Salle He grew as a swimmer, being champion of the Balearic Islands in several categories and participant in Spanish championships.
Sportsman, federated in triathlon, athletics and swimming, adventurous and supportive, since the year 2008 has combined his work as a social integrator in the psychiatric hospital of Palma de Mallorca (Spain) together with the realization of sports projects with a humanitarian purpose.
After several years of missionary trips, carrying help and smiles to different corners of the world with the clown Yellow in his suitcase, in the summer of 2.008 he carried out his first humanitarian sports project, rehabilitating the hospital in Guercif, a town in the interior of Morocco, together with 6 other friends. After a three-day journey swimming across the Strait of Gibraltar, cycling 500 km through the interior of Morocco and running 84 km through the desert, he changed the lives of his friends. slippers by the overalls and spent a week rebuilding the hospital with tools in hand.
This would be followed by the "Baleares Solidaria" project, crossing from one end of the Balearic Islands to the other in 4 days. bike, swimming, running and canoeing with the aim of repairing some boats in the Paraná River delta, necessary to be able to transport humanitarian aid to the interior of the river.
Involved with associations and NGOs performs social work in different areas such as prison, health, social exclusion, ... Currently is projecting and organizing the following projects such as the construction of sports tracks and different infrastructures for children of a population of Guatemala and the assistance to people at risk of social exclusion in Mallorca.
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