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<\/a>XTERRA warrior\/Managing Director of ButtaNutt, Antoine van Heerden in action at the Fedhealth XTERRA Buffelspoort that took place this past weekend. Van Heerden will be on the start line of the Fedhealth XTERRA Nelson Mandela Bay Full. Photo Credit: Tobias Ginsberg<\/span><\/p>\nAccording to Michael Meyer, Managing Director of Stillwater Sports, XTERRA Nelson Mandela Bay will not be a traditional XTERRA SA Event. \u201cWhile XTERRA Nelson Mandela Bay won\u2019t feature an Urban course, it will have a \u2018City Feel\u2019 to it. The event will also feature an ocean swim this has been missing from XTERRA SA for a few years now. We\u2019re excited by the new dynamic that the venue brings to the sport of XTERRA and look forward to hosting a memorable event.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cEntrants can expect a unique XTERRA experience, the routes in Baaken\u2019s Valley and Happy Valley will guarantee this,\u201d says Hendrico Burger, Route Manager. \u201cXTERRA Nelson Mandela Bay will start off with an ocean swim. From here XTERRA Full contenders will need to overcome a 25km MTB course. The first 2km has its own unique set of \u2018city like\u2019 obstacles in the form of railway tracks and steps. The Baaken\u2019s River Valley, however, will break the city feel with its fast-paced single tracks and unique cliffs. Although the trails aren\u2019t extremely technical, riders can expect a few surprises. Prepare for a lot of short steep granny gear climbs.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe XTERRA Lite will feature the same MTB climb as that of the XTERRA Full, but riders will keep within the first half of Baaken\u2019s Valley cutting out the more technical single track deeper within the valley. The run routes will head towards Happy Valley and will include a short beach run section. Depending on the tide, this section will either be a rocky crossing towards the tunnel or an \u2018up-and-down\u2019 some steps. The run routes aren\u2019t extremely technical, with the largest challenge being the different running surfaces which will vary from soft sand to short, rocky, hard packed sections as well as some paved and\/or tarred sections.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Fedhealth XTERRA Nelson Mandela Bay (Eastern Cape)<\/h2>\n
Friday, 29 January 2016: 16:00 Fedhealth XTERRA Kids<\/p>\n
Saturday, 30 January 2016: 08:00 Fedhealth XTERRA Full: 1.5km swim, 28km MTB, 12km trail run<\/p>\n
Sunday, 31 January 2016: 07:00 PUMA Trail Run (6km & 12km)
Sunday, 31 January 2016: 09:00 Fedhealth XTERRA Lite: 400m swim, 12km MTB, 6km trail run<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The action-packed Fedhealth XTERRA will make its Nelson Mandela Bay debut this coming weekend, 29 \u2013 31 January 2016. South Africa\u2019s premier off-road triathlon will start and finish at Kings Beach. With four events to choose from: an XTERRA Kids on the Friday, followed by the XTERRA Full on the Saturday and the XTERRA Lite […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":44739,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[3162,1306,350],"featured_location":[],"class_list":["post-18819","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","tag-antoine-van-heerden","tag-nelson-mandela-bay","tag-xterra"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18819","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=18819"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18819\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44739"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18819"},{"taxonomy":"featured_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/featured_location?post=18819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}