EXSS X-Tri Offroad Triathlon is an awesome event that allows competitors to swim in Lake Leschenaultia, ride mountain or gravel bikes over the great trails and then run around the Lake. It is more than a race; it is a lifestyle of being outdoors and enjoying the country surroundings.

X-Tri Course Description Swim: Swimmers will enter the water and head directly across the lake to the 1st swim buoy then turn left and head towards the 2nd swim buoy, left around the 2nd swim, then head towards the shoreline to the swim start finish. Short course competitors will complete 1 lap, long course competitors will exit the water, run around a cone and re-enter the water and complete a 2nd lap, then exit the water and run into transition one and change to the bike leg.

Transition 1 & 2: Competitors will enter from the dirt side of the transition and exit via the bitumen on both occasions. 

Cycle: The bike course is an off-road ride completing laps of the purpose-built trails in the Mountain Bike Park to the west of the lake. competitors will ride south out of transition along the Lake Loop before turning right and heading up Man V Machine to the top trail meeting point. Competitors will then descend down Stewies to the bottom trail meeting point and head up the Eastern Line, returning down Yeehaa/Wahoo, go up the fire trail next to the fence line to the top meeting point, then down Shakes and Ladders. At the completion of the trails, competitors will head back to Lake Loop and complete laps of the course. Long Course competitors will complete 2 laps of the bike course and Short Course will complete 1 lap.

Run: Competitors head out of the transition area in a southerly direction and follow the Lake Loop Trail around the lake. They will take a left hand turn along a single trail rejoin the Lake Loop Course then follow the disused train line to the disused train station, then re-enter the Lake Loop trail, head left along the beachfront, left along the Dam wall then across the bridge. Long Course will complete 2 laps of the Lake and Short Course will complete 1 lap.

Finish is up the concrete path next to the transition turning left under the finishers arch.