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The Canary Islands offers you the chance to improve your skills and increase your level of physical and mental endurance, in order to confront the most demanding tests that exist in the world of Endurance Sports. The strict routine that your training and preparation requires can be achieved in the Canaries, where you can train for any kind of endurance sport, whether you are a runner, a triathlete or a cyclist. Preparing yourself to compete is hard enough without doing it in adverse weather conditions; for this reason you come to this archipelago, you choose the Canary Islands, because here you find the ideal mild climate which will help you stick at your training sessions, and you can wear light-weight, comfortable spring or summer clothing.

Each one of the seven islands offers you the perfect variety of places for the most complete range of training needs. The geography of the Canaries, its mountains, beaches, paths and roads, are the best setting for the most intense pre-season training sessions, for long hiking routes or for open-air runs, as well as preparing to compete in various long-distance events.

Your body and your mind are the most important part of your equipment. For this reason, here you will find a complete range of sporting facilities: athletics tracks, gymnasiums, recovery centres and first class specialized medical services. Competition sport is demanding; you face extreme situations which require you to be at the height of your physical and mental capabilities, because your performance depends on this. Apart from being the perfect training setting, the Canary Islands will show you that the soul of an elite sports man or woman also needs to be taken care of, as here you can take advantage of a range of accommodation that respects your need to relax and rest.

For years, the Canaries has been the chosen destination for many Endurance sports men and women who come here to train, athletes who come to the archipelago to get in shape at any time of the year, whether they choose the open air natural settings or modern indoor facilities. Famous people from the world of Endurance Sports, and international stars such as cyclists Alberto Contador or Lance Armstrong, have found the islands the ideal place to train. The Canary Islands has become the perfect place to hold clinics and workshops for Endurance sports people, and year after year it attracts both professionals and amateurs.