barcelona 70.3

[owen53]

I Guys, is there any one out there that knows that exact date of the above race? Im getting two dates 16th may and 23rd.. same race two different websites.. people in my club have registered an booked flights for the 23rd race and are being given completly conflicting stories by both race organisers. any help woul be grateful.

[rebekahkeat]

Hi There Owen I jus looked on the Challenge Website the official race website says the 16th of May!This will be the correct date, but please let me know where you saw it for the 23rd as I am good friends with Felix the challenge family organsier and he will check this so no one else has your problem!Really sorry if you had booked already thats terrible! 

[owen53]

Hi Rebekah, Thanks for the reply! when we registered we were directed to a web site which stated the race was on 23rd.

When we heard of the confusion our club sent an e mail to the orginisers, they told us the race was definitly on the 23rd, an the people who were trying to run the race on the 16th were not telling the truth.

Hopefully all our registrations will be transfered.

Thanks again,
Owen

[jvigaray]

For sure will be the 16th .
There´s been problems between last year´s organizing company (Evolution) and Challenge Group . They´ve broke the agreement and the case is on court .
Evolution  settled the race for May 23rd and they are still accepting entries , which seems unbelivable because they won´t have any permissions to organize the race. Their website is http://www.challenge-barcelona.com/home/intro4.html.
May 16th will held the Challenge race with all the permissions and supported by Challenge familiy (Felix et cia.) . Their website is
http://www.challenge-barcelona.es/. Ends with .es
So you got to be careful where you register , IT IS NOT THE SAME company.
Here in Spain there´s still the feeling that nothing is clear yet , so the triathletes have not signed in large amounts like last year , waiting for the case to be solved .
This is all i can say from a closest place .
IMO the race (May 16th) will be held but entry numbers will be lower due to this situation.

[rebekahkeat]

Hello this is terrible for Challenege family they are such amazing people and the events are second to none..Thankyou for clearing this up and i feel sorry for the athletes that have been mucked around by the other organiser(Evolution). I talked to Felix about this while he couragously limped his way to finishing challenge Wanake...HE DID IT!!..He said definately on the 16th also ...Hope this helps and all the best to Felix and CHallenge family!