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A triathlon held in May: swim 3.9 km, cycle 180.2 km and run a marathon of 42.2 km, back-to-back. The Lanzarote event is one of over fifty qualifying triathlons for the world finals in Hawaii. The race organisation had been based in Puerto del Carmen but moved to Club La Santa on the west coast.
An Ironman Triathlon is one of a series of long-distance triathlon races organized by the World Triathlon Corporation (WTC), consisting of a 2.4-mile (3.9 km) swim, a 112-mile (180.2 km) bicycle ride and a marathon 26.22-mile (42.2 km) run completed in that order, a total of 140.6 miles (226.3 km). It is widely considered one of the most difficult one-day sporting events in the world.