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2nd place at Zarautz 2014 for Fraser Cartmell

Zarautz Triathlon 2014 – 3/80/20k Zarautz is a fantastic race for many reasons and one of those is the punishing climbs that feature towards the tail end of the bike ride. Fraser raced quite a lot in Spain and spent a lot of in the country for training camps over the years. As such he heard lots about what is regularly described as ‘the best race in the country’. Usually he races 70.3 UK in June however this year he decided to have a change of scenery and commited to racing in Zarautz, which is on the northern coast of Spain – not far from San Sebastian. It is a beautiful stretch of coastline and a remarkable location for a race. This race is essentially a half ironman event, but with a longer swim. Strictly speaking it is a ‘double olympic’ distance race and as such he felt it played to his strength. Another nice aspect of the event in Zarautz is the point to point sea swim. The race starts on a little beach a couple of miles around the headland and you essentially try and point yourself towards the far off sandy beach and hope for the best. He rode a fairly good ...

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