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Xterra Sleeping Giant

Name: Xterra Sleeping Giant
Start: 2025-08-10
End: 2025-08-10
Location: Thunder Bay

Thunder Bay, Canada • 10 Aug 2025

XTERRA Sleeping Giant is an off-road multisport event held in Thunder Bay, Ontario, at the head of Lake Superior. Set amidst unique mesa rock formations and Boreal forest, the event offers a variety of races including full, sprint, and super sprint off-road triathlons, a full-distance duathlon, and trail runs of 5K, 10K, and a 25K half marathon. The courses feature mountain biking on purpose-built trails rated easy to moderate, and running on gravel and singletrack trails with rolling hills. The event is part of the XTERRA World Tour and serves as a qualifier for the XTERRA World Championships. It provides a challenging yet scenic experience for athletes of all levels. Visit the organization's website for the most recent information.

Canada Ontario Thunder Bay

Race information

Website Registration

21 km

Half Marathon Trail Run

10 km

10k Trail Run

5 km

5k Trail Run

Super Sprint Triathlon

Full Distance Duathlon

Full Distance Triathlon

Sprint Distance Triathlon

Visit the organization's website for the most recent information.

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