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The Ironman Wales is a triathlon
-sport event on the Ironman distance
(3.86 km swim, 180.2 km cycling and
42.195 km running) in Wales
Pembrokeshire in the UK. Ironman
Wales is part of the Ironman World
Series of World Triathlon
Corporation . It was held for the
first time on 11 September 2011 and
nearly 1,300 athletes competed at
the start. As the race took place in
September and was thus held after
the registration deadline for the
Ironman Hawaii 2011, the
qualification is for a spot in the
World Championship in Hawaii for the
year . A total 50 slots
(starting spots for Hawaii) were
awarded in the various classes.
The
swim course takes place in
Carmarthen Bay on the beach of the
city of Tenby. The athletes swim two
laps of a 1.9-kilometer circuit with
ashore after the first round.
The bike goes on a tour of the
Pembrokeshire and ends back at their
starting point. From there,
the marathon is over four rounds on
a 10.5 -kilometer course through the
town of Tenby and the northern
region.
Pembrokeshire is a county in the
south west of Wales. It borders
Carmarthenshire to the east and
Ceredigion to the north east. The
county town is Haverfordwest where
Pembrokeshire County Council is
headquartered. The county is home to
Pembrokeshire Coast National Park,
the only coastal national park of
its kind in the United Kingdom and
one of three national parks in
Wales, the others being Snowdonia
and Brecon Beacons national parks.
Over the years Pembrokeshire's
beaches have been awarded 41 Blue
Flag Awards (13 in 2011), 47 Green
Coast Awards (15 in 2011) and 106
Seaside Awards (31 in 2011. In 2011
it also had 39 beaches recommended
by the Marine Conservation Society.
Pembrokeshire is a maritime county,
bordered by the sea on three sides,
by Ceredigion to the north east and
by Carmarthenshire to the east. The
local economy relies heavily on
tourism but agriculture is still
important. Since the 1950s,
Petrochemical and liquid natural gas
industries have developed along the
Milford Haven Waterway. Large bays
are Newport Bay, Fishguard Bay, St
Bride's Bay and a portion of
Carmarthen Bay. There are several
small islands off the Pembrokeshire
coast, the largest of which are
Ramsey Island, Grassholm Island,
Skomer Island and Caldey Island.
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