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So, how does a heavy metal loving, vegetarian archaeologist from Lancashire England end up with the ridiculous idea of completing IRONMAN Lanzarote at home? We caught up with Chris Wild, a 14 time Club La Santa IRONMAN Lanzarote finisher, to find out more about his love affair with Lanzarote, and the legendary training facilities at Club La Santa. And, indeed we had to learn the answer… So, how did ‘a heavy metal loving, vegetarian archaeologist from Lancashire’ get on, completing an IRONMAN at home? ‘It’s ‘the Club la Santa effect!’ A trip to La Santa Sport, as it was then known, was my first foreign holiday, as a teenager in 1984. The place had barely opened back then, but in many respects, it has changed very little since. Given the appalling reputation of timeshare sales at this time, they were very well priced, and I can still remember being told that we’d be coming back the next year. Even as a sport-mad teenager I had no idea on the impact this place would have on my life.

Here at Sports Tours International, we understand that the COVID-19 pandemic has been very difficult, particularly for those travelling overseas to do an event, with widespread postponements and cancellations of mass participation events. We can’t wait for the good times to return, and, at some point in the future, get back to what we do best; helping people experience active holidays and world class events across the globe. But, we know that there’s one thing everyone wants as we look to return to travel… …Reassurance Holiday makers around the world have seen first hand the chaos that COVID-19 has caused in the travel industry. We know that this has been a very difficult time for everyone. In particular, however, it has been challenging for groups and clubs who travel, as often it’s been one person from the group trying to sort everything out on behalf of the rest of the club/team/group. If you’re doing this by yourself, no doubt the past few months have probably made you think twic