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I've seen a lot of races in beautiful places during my career as a PRO athlete. And I always liked those races the most that had a philosophy beyond the pure competition. Now that we're setting up our own event we want to take the opportunity to implement a philosophy which also contains environmental and health protection as a core element.

The wine regions around Worms that we're passing with the race is not only of unique beauty but also the natural basis of live for the people in this region. Together with 4vita we want to preserve that, we want to establish an event that offers more than just a race and we want to have some greater positive impact.

Lothar Leder, Organizer TriStar111 Germany

TriStar111 Germany

Passing the wine regions of Worms the TriStar111 Germany gives you the opportunity to enjoy the greener side of Germany.

Date: 29 May 2011

Distance: 111km (1km swimming, 100km cycling, 10km running)

Location: Worms, Germany

Organizer: 3vento GmbH

www.tristar111germany.de

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Passing by the wine

In its first edition in June 2010 the TriStar111 Germany welcomed 600 athletes in the beautiful southwest of Germany.

Main event venue is the city of Worms, located at the Rhine and in the heart of the hilly wine regions of Rheinhessen and Vorderpfalz. The race course passes seven different districts- famous for its rich natural culture. On the running part the course passes an eco reservoir area next to the Rhine. The Star&Co village with several exhibitors offered a rich selection of products and services to the athletes, family, friends and visitors.

Sustainability as core element of the philosophy

The format with its total 111km (1km swimming, 100km cycling and 10km running) is supposed to favour recoverage and preserve the health- while still being a sportive challenge. As the event is part of the international TriStar series it is also looking to live the TriStar philosophy. This is based on three main elements: fun, social responsibility and environment protection. This philosophy perfectly matches the vision of the organizing team as they choose the Worms region as destination also for its affinity with nature.

Big efforts planned for the future

Ironman champion and PRO athlete Lothar Leder organizes this race with his team and sets a high value on the sustainability of this event. Coaching amateur athletes himself he knows about the importance of a health oriented sport approach. And coming from the region of Worms he also wants to make big efforts to preserve the environmental conditions of this area by embedding the race with a minimum impact.

After a light cooperation in the first edition race in 2010 a close partnership is planned for next years event. The 4vita program will supports the development and realization of sustainable sports solutions in all fields of the event (see activity planning) and help to achieve the ambitous goals of the organizers.

4vita at TriStar111 Germany

After a light cooperation in the first edition of the race in 2010 the organizers of TriStar111 Germany and the 4vita Association will work closely together in order to make the Event sustainable in 2011.

Activities

Eco Action

At all Energy Stations on BIKE and RUN we install Ecozones. All athletes will dispose all their waste at these Ecozones and nowhere else along the course. After the race we collect all waste of the Energy Stations and along the race course and bring it to waste collection facilities. Especially the eco reservoir on the run course took our highlighted attention.

Health Action

Energy Stations allocation, set up and products were planned carefully according to latest state of science for nutrition in this race.

Communication

At the 4vita booth all visitors of the Star&Co could get from Friday to Sunday information about how to act sustainable and how to support our common vision of sustainable sport solutions.
The Eco responsibility campaign shall raise awareness through the athletes and all other visitors of the event. By wearing the 4vita eco responsibility sticker every athlete is welcomed to show he cares!
The 4vita road informs all visitors of the Star&Co village about the concept of protectin health and environment.

Activity planning 2011

For 2011 the actions and activities are currently evaluated and planned. It will be a global approach and contain all different fields of the race.