Enduroman

The Enduroman Arch to Arc Triathlon is an ultra-distance triathlon. The triathlon starts with an 87-mile run (140 km) from London's Marble Arch to Dover on the Kent coast, then a cross-Channel swim (shortest distance 21 miles/33,8 km) to the French coast, and finishes with a 180-mile (289,7 km) bike from Calais to the Arc de Triomphe in Paris.

The clock starts at Marble Arch, London and stops at Arc de Triomphe, Paris. Only 28 athletes have ever completed the challenge. As of June 2016 the record for the course is 59 hours and 56 minutes, set Cyril Blanchard of France,[1] beating the previous record of 61 hours, 27 minutes set in 2014 by Jon Van Wisse of Australia.[2] On August 19, 2011, Rachael Cadman became the first woman to complete the challenge, in 97 hours, 37 minutes.[3] Joanne Rodda finished in 78 hours, 39 minutes on 30 September 2014 to become the fastest female finisher.[4] In August 2015, 25-year-old Freddie Iron became the youngest man to complete the Arch to Arc, in a time of 77 hours, 17 minutes.[5] On 21 September 2015, at 53 years old, Grantley Bridge became the oldest man to complete it, in 88 hours, 7 minutes.[6]

In 2018, the French woman Marine Leleu finishes the competition in 69 h 52, setting the new female record on the event. She will lose her title few weeks later due to Perrine Fages who finishes the competition in 67 h 21.[7]

As of August 2017 the relay record is held by the six-person Team Manchester's Blood Brothers, with an overall time of 33 hours, 5 minutes in September 2014.[6]

In August 2017, Douglas Waymark got into difficulty about half-way through the cross-Channel swimming element of the event. After being airlifted to William Harvey Hospital in Ashford, he later died.[8]

Prize list

Palmarès masculin
Année Temps Temps temps
2016Cyril Blanchard59 h 56
2015Freddie Iron77h 17' Andrei Roşu85h 30' Grantley Bridge88h 7' 
2014John Van Wisse61h 27' Elad Benjamin79h 54' Nick Thomas80h 50' 
2013Roderick Elder64h 52' Andrew Moore67h 18' Paul Gosney69h 7' 
2012Mark Bayliss73h 39' 
2010Jonnie Goss106h 41' 
2009Dave Farrell134h 51' 
2008Tom Beaver85h 56' 
2007Julian Crabtree87h 37' Steve Hayward103h 48' 
2003Andy Mouncey115h 28' 
2001Edgar Ette81h 5' 
Palmarès féminin
Année Temps Temps
2018 Perrine Fages67h 21
2017 Rachel Hill 88 h 30
2014Joanne Rodda78h 39' 
2013Judith Martin76h 23' Rachel Hessom167h 7' 
2012Michelle Rothwell92h 0' 
2011Rachael Cadman97h 37' Michelle Santilhano120h 16' 

References

  1. ↑ Camille Dicrescenzo (24 June 2016). "Le Beauvaisien Cyril Blanchard bat le record de l'Enduroman 2016" (in French). France 3.
  2. ↑ Patrick Hatch (29 August 2014). "Australian John Van Wisse breaks world record in Arch to Arc triathlon from London to Paris". Sydney Morning Herald.
  3. ↑ "RAF officer Rachael Cadman completes Enduroman race". BBC News. 24 August 2011.
  4. ↑ Natalie Glanvill (23 October 2014). "Woodford Green resident is fastest female to complete 289-mile Arch to Arc triathlon". Lancashire Telegraph.
  5. ↑ "Freddie Iron's Enduroman Arch to Arc charity triathlon triumph". Sidney Sussex College, University of Cambridge. August 2015.
  6. 1 2 "Arch to Arc Records". Enduroman Ultra Events. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  7. ↑ "Records - Enduroman". www.enduroman.com. Retrieved 2018-08-31.
  8. ↑ "Douglas Waymark dies attempting to swim English Channel". BBC News. 8 August 2017.


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