Barcelona World Race

By Alex Ceano

Barcelona World Race is a sailing race around the world without scales in a boat for 2 people celebrated every four years. The first edition was in 2007/2008 and the second stared on December 31st 2010 at 13.00 a.m. in front of the W Hotel in the port of Barcelona. The third edition will be celebrated in 2014. It is forbidden to help the crew during the race.

Its beginning and end are in Barcelona. The race arrives to Good Hope, Leeuwin and Horn and the Cook Strait.

The race covers 25,000 nautical miles (46,300 km) on the great circle, the shortest path on the surface of the Earth. The competition lasts approximately 3 months.

First edition.

At 13:00, in November 11th 2007, the first edition of the Barcelona World Race began, consisting of nine boats and 18 sailors from seven countries: France (9), Spain (4), United Kingdom (1), Australia (1), United States (1), Ireland (1) and Switzerland (1).

Classification:

Since	Boat	Crew	Time
1	Paprec-Virbac 2	Jean-Pierre Dick & Damian Foxall	92d 8h 49m 49s
2	Hugo Boss	Alex Thomson & Andrew Cape	94d 17h 34m 57s
3	Temenos II	Dominique Wavre & Michèle Paret	98d 6h 9m 10s
4	Mutua Madrileña	Javier "Bubi" Sansó & Pachi Rivero	99d 12h 18m 40s
5	Educación sin Fronteras	Albert Bargués & Servane Escoffier	108d 18h 55m 2s
6	Veolia Environnement	Roland Jourdain & Jean-Luc Nélias	retired
7	Estrella Damm	Guillermo Altadill & Jonathan McKee	retired
8	Delta Dore	Jérémie Beyou & Sidney Gavignet	retired
9	PRB	Vincent Riou & Sébastien Josse	retired

Second edition.

The second edition began in Barcelona in December 31st 2010, with an estimated duration of 90 days. In the southern hemisphere, there are three security doors to prevent ships from entering dangerous areas due to the existence of floating ice.

Classification:

Since	Boat	Crew	Time
1	Virbac-Paprec 3	Jean-Pierre Dick & Loïck Peyron	93d 22h 20m
2	Mapfre	Iker Martínez & Xabier Fernández	94d 21h 17m
3	Renault Z.E.	Pachi Rivero & Antonio Piris	97d 18h 47m
4	Estrella Damm	Alex Pella & Pepe Ribes	98d 20h 45m
5	Neutrogena	Boris Herrmann & Ryan Breymair	100d 3h 13m
6	GAES Centros Auditivos	Dee Caffari & Anna Corbella	102d 19h 17m
7	Hugo Boss	Alex Thomson & Andy Meiklejohn	111d 10h 49m
8	Fòrum Marítim Català	Gerard Marín & Ludovic Aglaor	112d 07h 17m
9	We Are Water	Jaume Mumbrú & Cali Sanmartí	156.4
10	Central Lechera Asturiana	Juan Merediz & Fran Palacio	retired
11	Mirabaud	Dominique Wavre & Michèle Paret	retired
12	Groupe Bel	Kito de Pavant & Sébastien Audigane	retired
13	Foncia	Michel Desjoyeaux & François Gabart	retired
14	Président	Jean Le Cam & Bruno García	retired

Free fall

By Kyle Pearson

Free fall consists in jumping from an airplane and with the parachute closed until the last moment. This sport is very attractive because it makes your adrenalin go up to the limit.

This sport comes from when soldiers jumped from the airplanes and opened their parachute at the last moment to decrease the time they were in the air, so it was more difficult for their enemies to kill them.

When you practice this sport you jump from a plane at 4000 metres of altitude and you open your parachute at 1500 metres, you are normally one minute in the air and you can go at 250Km/h!

The record of free fall was achieved by Eugene Andreev when he travelled 24.500m without a parachute.

People who tried it say that you can't compare the free fall with any other sensation. When you fly you only feel the pressure on your body and you don't have any reference to the altitude you are.

The Corte Inglés race

By Indiana Rial

Day: 3/4/2011-Time: 9:30 am

The race of El Corte Inglés is one of the more popular races in the world. It held its first edition in 1979, with the participation of 17,184 people. In 1994, 109,457 people participated in the race, a number which get a Guinness World Record still not beaten.

At 9.30 am on Sunday April 3rd, contestants met in Passeig de Gracia-Gran Via to cover the route. To gain access to the Olympic Stadium and run on the same pavement as the best athletes is a privilege that only the race of El Corte Ingles can offer to the competitors.

You need two and a half hours to cover the 10.766 km walking.

Year	contestant	Winner-man	Time	Winner-woman	Time
2008	54.735	Mohamed Benhmbarka	33'09"	Louise Brown	39'56
2007	53.321	Pol Guillén	33'11"	Louise Brawn	38'51"
2006	52.708	Pol Guillén	33'11"	Isabel Eizmendi	39'23"
2005	54.803	Pol Guillén	33'41"	Raquel Parrado	41'20
2004	63.148	Roger Roca	40'17	Isabel Eizmendi	46'00
2003	62.414	Víctor Morente	33'05	Wahbi Kenza	37'35
2002	50.643	Francisco J. Caballero	32'37	Wahbi Kenza	38'18
2001	51.144	Driss Lakhouja	32'41	Wahbi Kenza	38'37
2000	56.414	Driss Lakhouja	32'42	Eva Sanz	38'22
1999	54.152	Pere Arco	32'53	Eva Sanz	37'46
1998	63.243	Francisco J. Caballero	32'04	Eva Sanz	38'00
1997	67.104	Josep Mª Roselló	33'06	Eva Sanz	38'57
1996	75.248	Juan Ramón Muñoz	33'48	Carme Brunet Folch	39'31
1995	87.411	Juan Ramón Muñoz	33'22	Nuria Pastor	38'32
1994	109.457	F.Javier Cortés	33'55	Nuria Pastor	40'23
1993	92.874	Juan Ramón Muñoz	33'30	Nuria Pastor	39'28
1992	76.414	Joan Viudes	34'10	Núria Pastor	39'46
1991	60.632	David Pujolar	35'02	Núria Pastor	40'23
1990	65.246	Joan Viudes	34'58	Marina Prat	40'47
1989	60.487	Joan Viudes	34'58	Marina Prat	36'28
1988	54.049	Joan Viudes	31'37	Marina Prat	36'14
1987	55.312	Federico Wilmot	32'00	Joaquima Casas	38'52
1986	53.145	Pere Casacuberta	39'41	Joaquima Casas	39'41
1985	51.674	Juan A. Balsera	31'33	Joaquima Casas	38'56
1984	52.836	Pere Casacuberta	29'52	Montse Miralles	39'37
1983	39.411	Juan A. Balsera	29'43	Joaquima Casas	39'33
1982	33.856	Antonio Cánovas	30'01	Juanita Cañadas	38'56
1981	30.000	J. M. Bartolomé	30'31	Silvia Barrientos	40'28
1980	24.953	J. M. Bartolomé	35'11	M. Reyes Sobrino	42'37
1979	17.184	Domingo Catalán	28'47	Antonia Griñó	36'05