Xterra Sleeping Giant
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About the race
XTERRA Sleeping Giant is scheduled for August 28 to 29, 2027 in Thunder Bay, Ontario, at Boulevard Lake & Kinsmen Park. The event is part of the XTERRA World Tour and the XTERRA Trail Run World Series and includes a programme of off road multisport and trail running races across two days. Race formats listed for the event include multisport triathlon and duathlon distances, trail running events, and kid focused triathlons. Key operational details published for the event note two separate transition areas for multisport races: Transition 1 at Boulevard Lake and Transition 2 at Kinsmen Park.
Run events start from Kinsmen Park while the trail half marathon starts at Boulevard Lake and finishes at Kinsmen Park. The organiser is a not for profit volunteer group and the event relies on volunteer support. Course grading is provided as easy, intermediate, and difficult. The bike course is mountain bike only and uses a mix of bike path, doubletrack and singletrack with trails rated green or blue.
The run course mixes gravel path and single and doubletrack with punchy rolling hills and some technical features. The event has allocated World Championship qualification slots for the full distance triathlon and for trail running, and a stated no refunds policy for registrations. Visit the organization's website for the most recent information.
