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Her Spirit and Sports Tours International partner to empower more women to take part in mass participation events globally The 2020 L’Etape du Tour will be the first of many events by Her Spirit and Sports Tours International. The partnership will enable and encourage women who want to harness the positive power of women supporting women, to invigorate and celebrate a once of a lifetime trip through togetherness. “In 2019, just 7% of the 16,000 starters at the L’Etape du Tour were women. We want to change this and increase the number of female participants to 10% over the next 3 years”, said Mel Berry, founder of Her Spirit. Her Spirit is an app based community providing personalised coaching for women focused on mind, body and fuel. Mel added “At Her Spirit, we love women’s determination, and the energy we create when we get together and support each other to achieve great things.  We are looking for 20 pioneering women to take part in the 2020 L’Etape du Tour with our speci...

Here at Sports Tours International we take people all over the world to experience the world’s best running, cycling and triathlon events. We’ve been doing this for over 45 years and we’ve met some incredible people along the way. So we are obviously very proud when someone who we’ve worked with receives international recognition for the work they’ve done within the sports travel industry. We are delighted that our great friend, Kenneth Gasque, has been inducted into the IRONMAN Hall of Fame. Kenneth is world famous as the race director of IRONMAN Lanzarote and renowned for shaking the hand of every finisher who would cross the line in this amazing event.  It was Kenneth who really made a massive difference to the growth of triathlon in Europe, having originally competed in Hawaii in 1985 and having the foresight to see the potential for an IRONMAN race on the similarly volcanic island of Lanzarote. Keneth’s vision has been crucial not only in the growth of triathlon in Europe but...

Why not TRI going abroad next year? With packages to some of the most physically challenging, visually stunning, and most in demand, middle and long distance triathlon races in the world, you could make 2020 a year to remember with Sports Tours International.   The Races IRONMAN 70.3 Dubai –  31st Jan Mallorca Middle Distance –  9th May The Club La Santa IRONMAN Lanzarote  –  23rd May  Hamburg Long Distance Triathlon – June 21st Austria Long Distance – July 5th Challenge Roth –  July 5th Copenhagen Long Distance – August 16th Cervia Triathlon Weekend –  September 19th/20th Barcelona Long Distance –  September 26th Club La Santa IRONMAN 70.3 Lanzarote –  October 3rd IRONMAN 70.3 Dubai (Jan 31st) The first stop on our 2020 tri tour, and a new destination for Sports Tours International, is the IRONMAN 70.3 Dubai 2020. With a sunrise swim start, in the shadow of the world famous Burj Al Arab 7 star hotel, this race is b...