{"id":8468,"date":"2021-05-08T09:39:22","date_gmt":"2021-05-08T09:39:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportsnewsforyou.com\/?p=8468"},"modified":"2021-05-08T09:39:22","modified_gmt":"2021-05-08T09:39:22","slug":"lekker-ironman-adding-70-3-durban-this-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/?p=8468","title":{"rendered":"Lekker! Ironman adding 70.3 Durban this summer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p ><strong>Decided your A-race this summer? This could be a contender for all you middle distance athletes: the new Ironman 70.3 Durban.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>    Advertisement<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p >The race will start on 2 August with a 1.9km swim off the city\u2019s world-famous surfing beaches, followed by a 90.1km bike which takes athletes past the iconic Moses Mabhida stadium which was built for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The race will finish with a 21.1km run along Durban\u2019s Golden Mile.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<p><em>(Licensed under CC BY 2.5 via Wikimedia Commons)<\/em><\/p>\n<div    >\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p >\u201cThe popularity of triathlon in South Africa is on the rise \u2013 and athletes have long awaited the introduction of an additional race in the region,\u201d said Keith Bowler, Managing Director for Ironman South Africa. \u201cDurban is a great location that is also one of the original South African triathlon hotbeds, with the South African pioneers of the sport thriving in the 1980s.\u201d<\/p>\n<p >This year\u2019s Ironman 70.3 Durban will have 30 qualifying slots for the 2016 Ironman 70.3 World Championship, taking place in Australia\u2019s Sunshine Coast, and there will also be a total prize purse of US$50,000.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p >Registration will open on 2 February at 1pm UK time, and more info can be found at www.ironman.com\/durban70.3.<\/p>\n<p >Check out Joe Beer\u2019s new year training plan for middle distance racers here.<\/p>\n<p>Click Here: <a href='https:\/\/www.jerstores.com\/Mens-Rugby-Jersey\/Men's-State-of-Origin' title='mens state of origin jersey'>mens state of origin jersey<\/a><\/p>\n<p>    Advertisement<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p ><em><strong>Will you be entering Ironman 70.3 Durban? Let us know in the comments!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Decided your A-race this summer? This could be a contender for all you middle distance athletes: the new Ironman 70.3 Durban. Advertisement The race will start on 2 August with a 1.9km swim off the city\u2019s world-famous surfing beaches, followed by a 90.1km bike which takes athletes past the iconic Moses Mabhida stadium which was&#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-8468","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8468","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=8468"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8468\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}