The "Eighth Island Challenge" is born, a race that gathers cross and trail triathlon in La Graciosa
El calendar Lanzarote sports centre adds a new sporting event to its extensive offering, the "Eighth Island Challenge", a sporting challenge that combines the celebration of a sprint distance cross triathlon with a 31 kilometer mountain trail race that will go around the island of La Graciosa. “Desafío Octava Isla” is an adventure and endurance competition, especially suitable for athletes who love nature.
It is an event that It consists of two sports modalities to be developed for two days and touring the entire island, that of La Graciosa, which is located within the Chinijo Archipelago Natural Park, which includes the largest Marine Reserve in Europe.
Organized by the Insular Sports Service of the Cabildo de Lanzarote, the new test will take place on days 18 and 19 February of 2012, The cross sprint triathlon will take place on Saturday, February 18, and the 31-kilometer mountain trail on Sunday, February 19.
The queen test will be precisely a combined one in which you will have to participate in both races, with the winner being the one who achieves the best total time of the sum of both tests. But in addition, the “Eighth Island Challenge” allows other modalities of participation for all those who do not want to venture into the queen test. Thus, it will be possible to carry out only the cross triathlon, do the team triathlon, compete only on the 31-kilometer trail or also do a shorter trail of 21 kilometers long.
Registrations for any of these four modalities are already open, and can only be done through the website of the Island Sports Service of the Cabildo de Lanzarote, www.lanzarotedeportes.com. The registration period will end on February 9, or before if all available places are filled
