{"id":7530,"date":"2021-03-13T22:01:11","date_gmt":"2021-03-13T22:01:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportsnewsforyou.com\/?p=7530"},"modified":"2021-03-13T22:01:11","modified_gmt":"2021-03-13T22:01:11","slug":"norseman-xtreme-are-you-tough-enough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/?p=7530","title":{"rendered":"Norseman Xtreme: are you tough enough?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>On the 4th August one of the toughest iron-distance triathlons in the world\u00a0takes place in Norway, the iconic\u00a0Isklar Norseman Xtreme Triathlon<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>    Advertisement<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>It all starts with a jump off a ferry into a dark and icy fjord, which has an average temperature of 14\u00b0C, and it doesn\u2019t let up from there.\u00a0 Both the bike course, which has an elevation of nearly 3,000 metres, and the run course, with a climb of nearly 2,000 metres to the race finish at the top of a mountain, are designed to test the toughest of the tough, and with a 15:35hr median finish time, it really isn\u2019t a race for the faint-hearted\u2026\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Isklar Norseman Xtreme Triathlon race tips<\/p>\n<div    >\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u00a0 The scenery is pretty stunning too, taking in some of Noways most beautiful parts including Hardangervidda mountain plateau, before finishing at the rocky peak of Gaustatoppen, Telemark\u2019s highest mountain at 1,850m above sea level.<\/p>\n<p>Norseman Xtreme Triathlon gallery<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Above:\u00a0Gaustatoppenn by\u00a0iStock \/ Getty Images Plus \/destillat\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>One of the founders Paal H\u00e5rek Stranheim\u00a0says on Norseman\u2019s website:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to create a completely different race, make it a journey through the most beautiful nature of Norway, let the experience be more important than the finish time, and let the participants share their experience with family and friends, who will form their support. Let the race end on top of a mountain, to make it the hardest Ironman race on earth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Two-time Ironman world\u00a0 champion\u00a0Tim DeBoom won the race in 2011. He says: \u201cNorseman is like going back to the roots of triathlon. Events like this are why triathlon is so big today. The fact that events like Norseman exists\u00a0gives me hope for the sport.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>British pros racing in 2018 include Emma Pooley and Harry Wiltshire \u2013 can they threaten, or come close to, the course records set by the Norweigians Lars Christian Vold (09:52:03) and Anne Nevin (12:04:18) last year?<\/p>\n<p>Can\u2019t make it there to watch or race? Don\u2019t worry we will be streaming all the action live on our website, just go to the 220 home page<\/p>\n<p>    Advertisement<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>If you want an adventure of a lifetime this race is it\u2026<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tClick Here: <a href='https:\/\/www.ifootballshop.com\/liverpool-424.html' title='liverpool mens jersey'>liverpool mens jersey<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the 4th August one of the toughest iron-distance triathlons in the world\u00a0takes place in Norway, the iconic\u00a0Isklar Norseman Xtreme Triathlon Advertisement It all starts with a jump off a ferry into a dark and icy fjord, which has an average temperature of 14\u00b0C, and it doesn\u2019t let up from there.\u00a0 Both the bike course,&#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-7530","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7530","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=7530"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7530\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7530"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7530"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7530"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}