Austria eXtreme Triathlon enters its next round!
Graz, April 2016
The Austria eXtreme Triathlon has already once been given great attention by its participants and
guests. Now – at the 25.6.2016 – the second round of the Austria eXtreme Triathlon will take place,
there a route from the Mur close to Graz up to the Dachstein has to be mastered.
The extreme demanding triathlon gives at the same time unforgettable impressions of the Austrian
landscape.
This event caught its participants with a mixture of mystic, a friendly family atmosphere and the
breathtakingly landscape. On your way to northern Styria you will discover the impressive world of four
mountains and at the massive mountain-scenery of the Dachstein you will find the finish line of the
Austria eXtreme Triathlon. For this 125 slots, distributed to over 25 nations, have been awarded in
2016, for the first time including also 6 women from 5 nations.
The focus of the event will the disciplines river-swimming in the Mur for a distance of 3,8 km, followed
by a bike course of 186,6 km and 3.900 meter difference in altitude with its particularly dangerous and
demanding final part at the Sölkpass, which lets also professionals think about getting off the bike.
Also a very spectacular
experience provides the
entry to the running course
at the 150 meter long
Sölksperre
dam.
Well
known too at the 43,6 km
long running course with
1.900 meter difference in
altitude,
is
the
Südwandhütte at a sea
level of 1910 meter and the
subsequent
rocky
way
down.
This contest is in the first
place about the challenge
of this adventure and the
personal commitment of the
participants, and secondly
about the timekeeping.
Quite important too is the
cooperation between the
athletes
and
their
supporters. The discovery
of
new
exciting
and
breathtakingly worlds within
this landscape is for many athletes a unique experience. This powerful emotion will be lasting for all
our participants.
Because of the limited assistance of the organizational team the role of the supporters are of particular
importance. The primary responsibility is about providing the athletes with all necessary things they
will need during the triathlon, but also the joint crossing of the finish line for a successful completion of
the Austria eXtreme Triathlon.
"We start together, we finish together!"