8th ITH-Hennesee-Triathlon 2015 welcomes international starters from England

“I’m a triathlete since three years”, Margret Hutchings explains enthusiastically. Meanwhile she is also a coach for the local “Louth Triathlon Club”. “But only for level 1”, she adds quickly. 

On their journey to Germany Margret and Sean will be joined by their friends Steve Hunt (51) and Jo Hunt (45) from the Louth Triathlon Club. They all will take part in the olympic distance where 1,4 km swim, 44 km cycle and a 10 km run in the hilly countryside around the Hennesee are waiting for them.

„Triathlons in England are big events for the whole family”, Margret Hutchings says. “And I always dreamed about my little granddaughter Lilly cheering for me when I run across the finishing line”. That was her motivation to take part at the 8th ITH-Hennesee-Triathlon and now she makes this precious dream come true. Her son Mike Hutchings – who lives near Cologne in Germany – will travel to Meschede to support his mother and father together with Lilly, who is now two years old.

“The hole organisation team is happy about our guests from England. We always focused on the family friendly atmosphere of the ITH-Hennesee-Triathlon”, explains Frank Hohmann, who is the general manager of the company, ITH Bolting Technology, which sponsors and co-organizes the triathlon. 

“For example, our children triathlon is an established part of the schedule and well attended. Additionally our team of organizers decided it should not be an official event for the qualifying for the German Triathlon League which keeps out some of the very, very ambitious athletes”.

Jörg Brouwer, who is the president of the local triathlon club in Meschede “TriFun Hennesee” adds: "It has been and will always will be an everyone’s triathlon. To have fun doing this sport is our main target”.