{"id":25594,"date":"2019-01-22T18:26:53","date_gmt":"2019-01-22T16:26:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/?p=25594"},"modified":"2019-01-22T18:26:53","modified_gmt":"2019-01-22T16:26:53","slug":"adventure-seekers-sign-up-for-double-the-xterra-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/more-sport\/adventure-seekers-sign-up-for-double-the-xterra-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"Adventure seekers sign up for double the XTERRA challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"

Adventure seekers Hayley Preen (Hout Bay, Cape Town) and Marc Price (Sandton, Johannesburg) have opted for double the challenge of XTERRA by signing up for both the XTERRA Lite and XTERRA Full at the Elgin Grabouw Country Club on \u00a0Saturday, 23 February 2019 and Sunday, 24 February 2019 respectively.<\/p>\n

The largest XTERRA in the word, the XTERRA Grabouw Lite features a 400m swim, a +-14km MTB and a +-6.5km Trail Run while the XTERRA Grabouw Full boasts a 1.5km Swim, a +-25.6km MTB and a +-12.4km Trail Run.<\/p>\n

A second year Mechanical Engineering student at UCT, Preen started cycling competitively for UCT\u2019s first team in 2018.\u00a0 \u201cI love off-road triathlons, trail running and mountain biking,\u201d says Preen.\u00a0 \u201cXTERRA has always been such a fun event.\u00a0 I was very young when I first started taking part in XTERRA.\u00a0 I literally started with the XTERRA Kids Race.\u00a0 I have taken part in every XTERRA since 2013, either individually or as part of a team.\u00a0 In 2018 I made my debut in the XTERRA Full Race.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI love the XTERRA weekend,\u201d continues Preen.\u00a0 \u201cI entered the XTERRA Lite with my mom and my dad.\u00a0 My mom will swim, while my dad and I still need to decide who will mountain bike and who will run.\u00a0 I entered the XTERRA Full in the individual category as I look forward to pushing my limits again.\u00a0 XTERRA Grabouw has a world class route.\u00a0 I love the mountain bike discipline, especially the rock garden.\u00a0 The trail run route is also very nice.\u00a0 My goal at the XTERRA Lite is to have fun with my family, while at the XTERRA Full I\u2019d like to finish in a top 10 position.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to Price, he is passionate about off-road triathlon.\u00a0 \u201cI started taking part in XTERRA when it was first introduced to South Africa in 2004,\u201d says Price.\u00a0 \u201cThe XTERRA route is brutal, but I love it.\u00a0 I\u2019m not a fan of deep, soft sand but it comes with the territory.\u00a0 The venue is beautiful and well worth the drive.\u00a0 My goal is to podium in my age group category both in the XTERRA Lite on Saturday and the XTERRA Full on Sunday.\u201d<\/p>\n

EVENT INFORMATION<\/u><\/strong>: \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>XTERRA Grabouw (Elgin-Grabouw Country Club, Western Cape)<\/p>\n

XTERRA Grabouw kicks off the 2019 XTERRA racing season.\u00a0 Adventure seekers (and their families) can look forward to a weekend of action packed racing that will entertain the entire family.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Date:<\/strong><\/td>\nEvent:<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Saturday, 23 February 2019<\/strong><\/td>\nXTERRA Lite:<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\nFormat<\/u><\/em>:\u00a0 <\/em>400m swim, +-14km MTB, +-6.5km Trail Run<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\nEntry Fee<\/u><\/em>:<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0 Lite Individual Entry \/ R600.00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\nEntry Fee<\/u><\/em>:<\/em>\u00a0 Lite Team Entry \/ R900.00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\nXTERRA Kids: <\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\nEvent 1<\/u><\/em>:\u00a0 <\/em>6-8 years (60m Swim, 2km MTB, 600m Trail Run)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\nEvent <\/u><\/em>2:\u00a0 <\/em>9-11 years (100m Swim, 3km MTB, 1.5km Trail Run)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\nEvent <\/u><\/em>3:\u00a0 <\/em>12-15 years (250m Swim, 5km MTB, 2.5km Trail Run)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\nEntry Fee<\/u><\/em>:\u00a0 <\/em>R100.00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sunday, 24 February 2019<\/strong><\/td>\nXTERRA (full event)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\nFormat<\/u><\/em>:\u00a0 <\/em>1.5km Swim, +-25.6km MTB, +-12.4km Trail Run<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\nEntry Fee<\/u><\/em>:\u00a0 <\/em>Individual\u00a0 Entry \/ R1200.00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\nEntry Fee<\/u><\/em>:\u00a0 <\/em>Team Entry \/ R1500.00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

All XTERRA Lite and Full entries will receive an official event t-shirt.<\/p>\n

Twitter:<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>@XTERRASA<\/a><\/p>\n

Facebook:<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>XTERRA South Africa<\/a><\/p>\n

Instagram:<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>@xterrasa<\/a><\/p>\n

For further information or to enter XTERRA Grabouw please contact 082\u00a0991 0045 or email entries@stillwatersports.com<\/u><\/p>\n

ISSUED BY:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Newsport Media<\/a><\/p>\n

ON BEHALF OF:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Stillwater Sports<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Adventure seekers Hayley Preen (Hout Bay, Cape Town) and Marc Price (Sandton, Johannesburg) have opted for double the challenge of XTERRA by signing up for both the XTERRA Lite and XTERRA Full at the Elgin Grabouw Country Club on \u00a0Saturday, 23 February 2019 and Sunday, 24 February 2019 respectively. The largest XTERRA in the word, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":58746,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,1206],"tags":[3762,3183,2821,3007],"class_list":["post-25594","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-more-sport","category-press-release","tag-elgin-grabouw","tag-elgin-grabouw-country-club","tag-grabouw","tag-xterra"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25594","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25594"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25594\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25594"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}