Ugly Dog Gravel Triathlon

The Original Gravel Triathlon is part of the Tris4Health family of events.

The team at Tris4Health is excited have Ugly Dog Gravel Triathlon as part of their premier endurance events.

What is Ugly Dog Gravel Triathlon?

Ugly Dog Gravel Tri started in 2018 as a swim – gravel bike – trail run event. The race starts with a beautiful swim in Portage Lake. Then a bike leg, but be sure to leave the expensive tri bike and skinny tires home. Use a road bike, fat tire, mountain bike, whatever is going to take you through the gravel roads. Once you are back to transition, you finish off your race with a wooded trail run.

Ugly Dog Tri History

Started in 2018 by EPIC Races, Ugly Dog Tri is the original gravel triathlon, combining swimming, gravel biking and trail running. The event takes place in Big Portage Lake State Park, Waterloo Recreation Area in Grass Lake, MI.

In late 2021, Tris4Health acquired the event along with Waterloo G&G Gravel Road Race to add to its family of events. Coupled with Tris4Health’s The Dirty Mitten Gravel Triathlon, Ugly Dog Gravel Tri puts Michigan on the map as the predominant gravel triathlon destination in the country.