A triathlete will travel 3 Ironman followed in benefit of one affected by Rett Syndrome

The athlete Víctor Manuel Cerdà will carry out the equivalent of more than three Ironmans -some 927 kilometers in the three triathlon events, 12 kilometers swimming, 745 kilometers by bicycle and 170 kilometers running in four stages- touring the province of Valencia, for the benefit of María Ferre, a girl affected by Rett Syndrome and research into this rare disease.

Between October 10 and 14, the 'Trirettoman' charity race will be held in the province of Valencia, a sports event that will be undertaken by the athletes Víctor Manuel Cerdà and Raúl Zurriaga. The latter will run the path of El Cid –563 ​​kilometers– and will join Cerdà in the last 170 kilometers of the race on foot, from Montanejos to Valencia, as reported by the Valencia Provincial Council in a statement on Friday.

The deputy for Youth and Sports of the Valencia Provincial Council, Miguel Bailach, presented this "tough and innovative" sporting challenge this morning at the provincial corporation, together with Víctor Manuel Cerdà, Raúl Zurriaga and Josele Ferre, father of the girl who has originated the design of this initiative.

"It is worth highlighting their effort, and that is why the Provincial Council wants to be with them in this test that involves a spectacular mental and physical effort, since we are talking about 12 kilometers swimming, 745 kilometers by bicycle and 170 kilometers running in four stages" , Bailach has highlighted.

María is a 13-year-old girl who has suffered from Rett Syndrome since she was 18 months old, a disease that affects one in every 15.000 live births of girls and has caused her to have 87 percent disability.

The girl's father, Josele Ferre, explained that “when the disease begins to progress, you see how little by little she goes from being a normal girl to stop running and walking. María entered a regressive state that we did not know what she was responding to until we already had a diagnosis, after a year and a half ”.

“One day, by chance, I went out for a run with her in the cart to the river, in Valencia, and I saw that this stimulated her because of her happy face, her gestures and that then the episodes of autism disappeared,” Josele stated. So that motivated me to continue doing it for her and to make this disease known."

As he has expressed, "disabled children exist, something must be done for them and also show that no matter how disabled they have, they can do things" and he has insisted that with his personal case he wants to "advance the cure of this disease in time, make possible its investigation and treatment, making it known”.

THE CHALLENGE OF VÍCTOR CERDÀ

Víctor Manuel Cerdà embarks on a new solidarity adventure: touring the province of Valencia doing the equivalent of more than three Ironmans for it. He will be the first to do a test like this, he will only have three days to do it, and the best thing is that he will do his best for a magnificent cause, helping María Ferre with Rett Syndrome.

To carry out this challenge you will hardly be able to rest. He will face the hardness of the night, the exhaustion accumulated by the hours of continuous effort and, above all, the magnitude of 'Rett-o', 927 kilometers in three very tough sports disciplines.

Another member of Cazarettos, an association that carries out extreme challenges for charitable causes, Raúl Zurriaga, will run along the path of El Cid. In total 563 kilometers of hope, joining the Trirettoman challenge to complete the last 170 kilometers of the race on foot together, from Montanejos to Valencia.

The friendship that unites Raúl with Josele Ferre, María's father, made him consider a longer distance challenge for 2012 in order to disseminate and publicize Rett Syndrome. It will leave on October 9 from Orihuela to Valencia on October 14, in a maximum of 130 hours. Sacrifice, tremendous effort and extreme physical and psychological struggle that these challengers who are outside human limits will face.

Victor Cerdá and Raúl Zurriaga are the creators of this project. His good work and experience are reflected in a perfect organization. Its provisioning, logistics and preparation will be in charge of a team made up of seven people: Ramón, Jesús, Vicente, Abel, Alan, Marcos and Josele.

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