{"id":7486,"date":"2021-03-13T12:09:08","date_gmt":"2021-03-13T12:09:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportsnewsforyou.com\/?p=7486"},"modified":"2021-03-13T12:09:08","modified_gmt":"2021-03-13T12:09:08","slug":"morocco-to-host-its-first-ironman-70-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/?p=7486","title":{"rendered":"Morocco to host its first Ironman 70.3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The new 70.3 race is to take place on October 27 2019, and athletes will take in many of the famous monuments and landmarks historic\u00a0Marrakech is famous for, including the Medina of Marrakech, the Bahia Palace, the Madrasa, the Koutoubia Mosque and Minaret, the Jemaa el-Fnaa Square and the Majorelle Garden.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>    Advertisement<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cIt is a dream come true that the iconic and internationally acclaimed competition, the Ironman 70.3 triathlon, will be held for the first time in the Maghreb by Morocco,\u201d said Simo Azelarab, President of NAPECO and event organiser. \u201cThis event is sure to attract athletes from across the globe and will inspire Moroccan athletes to compete in one of the most personally-satisfying endurance challenges in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The triathletes will begin their race with a single-loop 1.2-mile (1.9 km) swim in Lake Lalla Takerkoust, before embarking on the 56-mile (90 km) cycling course, which winds through the Berber village of Tahanaout and the green meadows of the Ourika Valley with the snow-capped Atlas Mountain peaks as a backdrop. The two-loop 13.1-mile (21 km) run takes place in the heart of the Red City where athletes will pass historical monuments such as the Koutoubia Mosque and Minaret.<\/p>\n<div    >\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The race concludes in the iconic Circuit International Automobile Moulay El Hassan, providing a never-to-be-forgotten finish for those racing in Marrakech.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cMarrakech is one of Morocco\u2019s most memorable experiences. It shines by its exceptional cultural and natural heritage,\u201d added Azelarab. \u201cVisitors can either immerse themselves in the history of this city through its various monuments, palaces, museums and wonderful gardens or discover its various avant-garde and cosmopolitan places. October in Marrakech is also a month of blissful equilibrium after the heat of the summer, leaving idyllic racing conditions for the athletes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Ironman 70.3\u00a0<em>Marrakech\u00a0<\/em>triathlon will offer 30 age-group qualifying slots for the 2020 IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship Taup\u014d, New Zealand taking place on November 28-29, 2020.<\/p>\n<p>    Advertisement<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Visit\u00a0www.ironman.com\/marrakech70.3\u00a0for more information.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The new 70.3 race is to take place on October 27 2019, and athletes will take in many of the famous monuments and landmarks historic\u00a0Marrakech is famous for, including the Medina of Marrakech, the Bahia Palace, the Madrasa, the Koutoubia Mosque and Minaret, the Jemaa el-Fnaa Square and the Majorelle Garden. Advertisement \u201cIt is a&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7486","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7486","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7486"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7486\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}