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<\/a> XTERRA Warriors in action during the mountain bike discipline of the 2016 Fedhealth XTERRA South African Championship. Photo Credit: Tobias Ginsberg<\/span><\/p>\n\u201cWe are proud to host South Africa\u2019s premier off road triathlon and the World\u2019s largest XTERRA,\u201d says Michael Meyer, Managing Director of Stillwater Sports. \u201cGrabouw is known for its beauty and the challenge that it pits athletes against. We are excited to welcome both local and international athletes to the South African Championship and look forward to witnessing XTERRA racing of the highest level.\u201d<\/p>\n
According to Hendrico Burger, XTERRA Race Director, the Fedhealth XTERRA Grabouw is iconic because of its trails. \u201cIt\u2019s a combination of elements that makes this route tough including the elite athlete factor, the varied terrain, the sprint to the first single track and the weather. Due to recent fires and harvesting, the landscape has changed dramatically. Large parts of the A \u2013 Z trails were either rebuilt or rerouted. All the iconic landmarks are still there though.\u201d<\/p>\n
XTERRA Warriors to look out for in the men\u2019s race will include: reigning XTERRA SA Champion Bradley Weiss, Olympian Richard Murray, Stuart Marais, Theo Blignaut, Brice Daubord (France), Jan Pyott (Switzerland) and Kris Coddens (Belgium).<\/p>\n
In the women\u2019s race reigning XTERRA SA and XTERRA World Champion, Flora Duffy (Bermuda) will be gunning for her fourth consecutive XTERRA SA title. XTERRA Warriors hoping to throw a spanner in the works will include Carina Wasle (Austria), Rachel Klamer (Netherlands) and Sandra Koblm\u00fcller (Austria).<\/p>\n
Forming part of the XTERRA World Tour, athletes taking part in the Fedhealth XTERRA Grabouw stand a chance to qualify for the XTERRA World Championship that will take place in Maui later in the year.<\/p>\n
Friday, 24 February 2017<\/strong> Saturday, 25 February 2017<\/strong> Sunday, 26 February 2017<\/strong> The Bos Sport Recovery Zone will be a welcomed oasis for XTERRA Warriors when they cross the finish line!<\/p>\n Advice from the Race Director:<\/strong> The Prize Purse for the Fedhealth XTERRA Grabouw has increased to a whopping R154 000. The top five finishers in the XTERRA Full open men\u2019s and women\u2019s races will receive prize money, with the first place winners each taking home R30 000.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Multisport athletes taking part in the Fedhealth XTERRA South African Championship, the largest XTERRA in the world, at the picturesque Grabouw Country Club this coming weekend (24 \u2013 26 February 2017) can look forward to a World Class experience. XTERRA Warriors in action during the mountain bike discipline of the 2016 Fedhealth XTERRA South African […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":37602,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1680,350,1721],"featured_location":[],"class_list":["post-17075","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","tag-fedhealth-xterra","tag-xterra","tag-xterra-sa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17075","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17075"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17075\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37602"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17075"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17075"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17075"},{"taxonomy":"featured_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/featured_location?post=17075"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Fedhealth XTERRA Kids<\/strong>
6-8 years (60m Swim, 2km MTB, 600m Trail Run)
9-11 years (100m Swim, 3km MTB, 1.5km Trail Run)
12-15 years (250m Swim, 5km MTB, 2.5km Trail Run)<\/p>\n
Fedhealth XTERRA Full:<\/strong> 1.5km swim, 26km MTB, 12.5km trail run
MTB:<\/strong> The route starts off with jeep track and features a variety of riding surfaces, but mostly hard packed surfaces. The majority of the climbing is done in the first half. There is, however a tester of a climb after the 16km mark. The second half of the race is mostly single track. Expect a few sandy patches due to the recent fires. The infamous rock garden is still included.
Trail Run:<\/strong> Expect a variety of running surfaces, mostly single track in the first 6km with a refreshing water crossing. There is a loose climb between 6 -8km, followed by a sweeping jeep track down hill, some more single and jeep tracks before reaching the \u2018beach run\u2019 which will take runners back to the finish.<\/p>\n
XTERRA Trail Run:<\/strong> 12.5km and 6.5km
Fedhealth XTERRA Lite:<\/strong> 400m swim, 15km MTB, 6.5km trail run
MTB: <\/strong> The first half of the route is mostly jeep track with the majority of climbing happening in the first 7km, followed by mostly single tracks back to transition. The XTERRA Lite route incorporates less technical single tracks. The rock garden also does not feature here.
Trail Run: <\/strong> Look forward to all the fun single tracks, without the big climbs. The infamous \u2018beach run\u2019 will still take runners to the finish.\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\u2022 Arrive early to give yourself time for last minute issues that might arise.
\u2022 Find out timeously where the swim starts. This may change due to the water level of the dam.
\u2022 Make sure that you know where to get body marked prior to the swim start.
\u2022 Understand the rules of the transition area including how and where to rack your bike.
\u2022 Do not be scared to ride and\/or run single tracks.
\u2022 If you are a stronger competitor, try and position yourself in the first half after the swim as passing on the single tracks is not easy.
\u2022 Most importantly, relax and enjoy the race.<\/p>\n