The international expansion of the Challenge Family long distance event series continues, with Challenge Family’s newest member – Challenge San Gil Queretaro, taking place over the half distance on 7 June 2015.
Challenge San Gil brings the total number of Challenge Family races in Latin America to four, joining Challenge Florianopolis and Challenge Maceio in Brazil and Challenge Ixtapa also in Mexico. There are now 16 races on the American continent, marking Challenge Family’s significant growth in the region.
Challenge San Gil is the result of a partnership with the organizers of the popular Triatlon San Gil event, which will be rebranded for 2015.
The new event’s stunning location is expected to attract athletes from all over the world, but Challenge San Gil will be particularly targeted at athletes from the United States, Canada, Mexico, and also for Central American athletes.
The 1.9K swim will take place in a calm, private lake followed by a demanding 90K bike course, full of spectacular scenery and impressive uphills and descents where athletes are expected to reach high speeds in the final downhill kilometres, making all that climbing through the Queretaro Mountains worthwhile!
The flat 21K run is through the residential area of San Gil as well as around the lake before finishing in central San Gil.
Since 1991, San Gil has been of Mexico´s top triathlon locations and this triathlon venue is already well known to Mexican triathletes. The State of Querétaro is one of the fastest growing athletic communities in the country.
The event venue has a long history hosting Olympic and sprint distances races in the 1990s, and in the past six years the area has seen a promotion of longer distance triathlon events in Mexico.
“We’re delighted to join forces with Mario Herrera and his team at this spectacular and well-proven venue,” said Zibi Szlufcik, Challenge Family CEO. “With its stunning course, outstanding quality race delivery and warm Mexican welcome, I have no doubt Challenge San Gil Queretaro will bring a new dimension to long distance triathlon in Mexico.”
Querétaro, also known as ‘Santiago de Querétaro’, is located 190 kilometres north of Mexico City. It is a colonial tourism destination with lots of attractions for triathletes and their families. San Gil also has San Juan del Río city nearby where many of the hotels in this municipality are found in luxurious colonial haciendas.
