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«Because the 3,8km in the almost complete dark, the 183km with
5000m of elevation gain and the 42km run, with the famous
Semnoz to finish, oh nothing really (1300m of elevation gain
in 15 km almost exclusively trail) could make many triathletes
looking for intense sensations run away» Steven Le Hayaric
who had chosen this race as a goal for the end of the
season.

Since many weeks, it had been a nice autumn in Annecy
and its region with agreeable temperatures (the sun was
still shining the day before the event), however, on the
morning of the race, it was not the same. We could believe
that Mother Nature had heard the desire of extreme of
the organization !

«An identity «Extreme Triathlon» which is not about
marketing! Extreme Triathlon but also extreme humility from
the organization which succeeded its first edition. The tone is
a just one, the atmosphere is wonderful...» said Christophe
Aubonnet who had chosen this race as the third one of his
summer trilogy (after the Inferno and the Grand Raid).

So what is the Alpsman ? That is the definition of Steven Le Hyaric.

First of all an outstanding adventure, a parenthesis So they were 120 courageous athletes starting this
in this world of records and Slot for Hawaii. We
come here to live something different, out of time. inaugural event that had chosen Marcel Zamora

28 as godfather. When you pretend to be the cousin of

the Norseman, between

the Altriman and the

Embrunman, you

cannot chose anyone

better than the one

who has the record of

number of victories in

Embrun. The Spanish

had however decided

to participate to this

event in relay. He gave

the opportunity to two

amateurs to run with a

legend of the triathlon!

He was the one who

started the race. We

must say that the start

in the dark doesn’t