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Sports Tours International Cycling Jersey made by Santini An exclusive, high quality, Santini cycling jersey is included with your cycling trip with Sports Tours International in 2018 and 2019 (spectator tours and hospitality tickets excluded). Santini is a brand with an enormous cycling heritage. The instantly recognisable SMS logo has been seen on the shoulders of champions over the decades Pietro Santini founded Santini in 1965 after taking over a knitwear factory from his sisters. At first Santini was an artisan factory making clothes for others. But, fuelled by his deep passion for cycling and racing, Pietro made the choice to design and manufacture Santini products exclusively in Italy. Santini can currently be seen in the Pro tour peloton on high profile teams such as TREK SEGAFREDO. Santini are also one of the headline sponsors of the Vuelta a Espana supplying all the competition leader’s jerseys (also for the Tour Down, Tour de Suisse and Deutschland Tour).  They are ...

Every Run We Make, Every Breath We Take, We Will Remember You. As a proud Manchester business Sports Tours International has dedicated our 10K to the We Love Mcr charity for the past 8 years. Today we all stand together in silence at 1430 to remember those who lost their lives in the arena attack, their families, friends and colleagues. In recognition and in remembrance of those who lost their lives, and those who have been affected by the tragic events of May 22nd 2017 this years UKFast We Love Manchester 10K will be dedicated to them all. Our Last mile of the race shall be named the ‘McrTogether’ Mile  which will celebrate the lives of the people we have lost and the spirit of the City of Manchester. #McrTogether The post We Will Remember You appeared first on Sports Tours . from Sports Tours https://ift.tt/2IWOwMi via IFTTT

With only four weeks to go until the Tour of Tameside I was excited to attend the Talk of the Tour event last week. I have never been before and it was great to see all the memorabilia, footage, and meet some amazing runners and long-time supporters of the tour. As a resident of Tameside I am passionate about the tour as I know what a fantastic event it is for our borough, and I am very proud to be an ambassador for the company who has brought it back! I think an obvious highlight of the evening was listening to the inspirational Ron Hill as he shared stories from his racing days and talked about how the Tour first began. I think Tameside is a great place to live for those who like to run, we are a short distance from the city centre so large scale running events in Manchester are easily accessible, but we’re also surrounded by countryside and great places to run right on our doorstep. I run every morning before work and it sets me up for the day both mentally and physically, in fact ...

Here at Sports Tours International we love marathon running and we are very proud to have acquired over 40 years of experience of taking runners all over the world to participate in some of the world’s best marathon events. Sometimes members of our team like to get their trainers on and experience one of the world’s best marathons for themselves. This blog focuses on one of our very own, Simon, who got his running kit on and ran the 2018 Schneider Electric Marathon de Paris. ” I stayed in the 4* Hotel Mercure which was a great hotel, set in a traditional Parisian building that had recently been refurbished in a modern style. The hotels buffet breakfast was good and the staff were very friendly and helpful. The journey to the expo to register took about 40 minutes by metro, which included a spectacular view of the Eiffel Tower as you cross the River Seine. You could have easily spent all day at the expo if you had wanted, they had a great range of runnin...

Sports Tours International’s very own Community Ambassador and professional boxer, Stacey Copeland has made it down to the final three nominees for the prestigious Women’s Sport Trust 2018 #BeAGameChanger Awards. These awards showcase the irresistible nature of women’s sport and inspire others to take action to participate in sport. The awards recognise the efforts of sportswomen who have inspired people throughout the last year! Vote for Stacey to win the #BeAGameChanger award by clicking here Why Stacey has been nominated Stacey is an inspirational role model for women in sport, she is someone who has regularly knocked down the gender stereotypes of sport and is an athlete that the next generation can look up to. Stacey is passionate about sport at every level and about the difference that physical activity can make in people’s lives no matter what their age and gender is.  She believes it’s okay to be strong, to be competitive, to be yourself and love wha...

  The Tour of Tameside each year is developing into much more than a running event. Volunteers, local residents cheering on the runners, school children studying elements of the race and local businesses are engaging all the time and in 2018 we are delighted to be working with Live Well & Active Tameside on the Walking Tour of Tameside. Nayereh Kelly, Active Tameside’s Live Active Community Activator has planned four entry level walking routes, which vary in duration and location in and around the race days themselves, on June 14th, 15th, 16th and 17th. Nez said “I am delighted to be leading the Walking Tour of Tameside for Live Well & Active Tameside this year with the aim to get more people active in the borough at an easy and fun level. The main objective is enjoying the lovely surroundings, a bit of low level exercise and making friendships”. There is no need to book onto these walking events, you can simply turn up and Nez will be there to welcome you and accompan...

Here at Sports Tours International we love the Marathon season and we love seeing thousands of runners compete in Marathon events all over the world. But often there is much more going on around the race than the 26.2 mile centre piece.  Many people now travel to Marathon weekends to compete in smaller races just to be a part of the unique atmosphere. This blog will give you an insight into some of the world’s most famous Marathon events and what other races go on around the Marathon weekend for you and your friends and family to enjoy! BMW Berlin Marathon 16th September 2018 The BMW Berlin Marathon is one of the Six Abbott World Marathon Majors and it is the current Marathon world record course. It is notorious for being one of the fastest Marathon courses of all time and although a time of 2:02:57 may be too much to ask, a Marathon PB is certainly achievable for you in Berlin. In addition The BMW Berlin Marathon has its very own 5k Breakfast Run the day before on Saturday 1...