XTERRA Whitewater

Triathletes! Ready for something different? Ready for something tough? How about a gruelling swim that includes swimming 550 meters in the Cawtaba river, a tough, barefooted (shoes optional) 500 meter trail run, along with a hand-over-hand hill climb, then another 200 meter swim in the Whitewater Center's man-made pond? Follow that up with 20k of mountain biking, 8k of trail running and you have XTERRA Whitewater.

This race, the primo event of the Carolina Rock-N-Race Weekend, touts the most unique swim of the XTERRA America Tour. During XTERRA Whitewater, you will swim two bodies of water with an island traversing-run in-between. At this race, even the swim is off-road.

After your swim, you will mountain bike approximately 13 miles on the beautiful, yet tough, trails along the Cawtaba River. If you don't get enough of the scenery from your bike, don't worry, because you will head back out on the trails for a 5 mile run.

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Tentative Distances: 1/2 mile swim, 13 mile mtn bike, 5 mile trail run

Relay Teams!! Don't want to tackle all three distances alone? Then grab two of your friends and form a 3-person relay team! One person does the swim, another does the bike and the last does the run.

XTERRA Whitewater off-road triathlon is held at the U.S. National Whitewater Center in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Bring your family and friends! There are plenty of things to do while you're out on the race course including rock climbing, zip-lining and whitewater rafting. If interested, they can volunteer at the race. You can even partake in a nice whitewater rafting dip after your race.

XTERRA America Tour

This race is part of the XTERRA America Tour and offers the chance to race your way to nationals. Ogden, Utah will be the battleground for an exclusive field - the best age group athletes from each of XTERRA's eight regions. At the end of the race, newly crowned national champions will take the podium, and you could be one of them.

To find out if you've got what it takes to be a champion, read how it works.

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Website updated 7/8/09, 6:00am

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