Training following an eight-day stage race like Absa Cape Epic is very VERY difficult. Initially you find yourself highly motivated, thinking you are bullet proof, stronger, faster, invincible and you enter random events trying desperately to get back to the void that is a mountain bike stage racing. However, when race day rolls around and […]
Archives for April 2012
Lewis and Fay victorious at the Wombat 100
There was undoubtedly a focused vibe in Woodend VIC as riders arrived days early to ride parts of the Wombat100 course in preparation of Round #1 of the Real Insurance XCM Series. The Wombat100 is one of two iconic Australian mountain bike events hosted by Maximum Adventure, attracting over 2,500 participants annually. A chilly autumn […]
Brand new 36ONE MTB Challenge set to break endurance barriers
For the past two decades, 24-hour racing has captured the committed mountain biker’s imagination because it’s a form of racing that asks for – and delivers – more. More energy, more concentration, more time on the bike, more fun, more reward. But why stop at 24 hours? Introducing the 36ONE MTB Challenge, a 361km race […]
The Road to Recovery?
The ABSA Cape Epic is a world renowned Mountain Bike Stage Race. And rightly so – I can think of no other race where an amateur athlete can race with such a deep field of professionals, and be so well looked after by the event team. As such, having to pull out of the event […]
Real Insurance XCM Series – 3 weeks, 3 races
This article has been provided by Pat Howard As of today there is less than one week remaining until the first clip-in of the 2012 Real Insurance XCM Series. Round one of the six race series is the Wombat 100 in Woodend, Victoria. If you’ve been planning for a head start in 2012 XCM series […]
Get set for Singletrack!
The Marathon and Enduro season is kicking off in Australia, with a veritable plethora of events for Marathon Mountain Bikers to enjoy. The Real Insurance XCM Series is gathering a strong following, as is the Rocky Trail GP Series, and the SRAM Singletrack Mind Series. Not only are some great races ahead, but also some […]
Photo Diary: Team Bulls at the Houffalize World Cup
Though slightly outside the remit of our regular marathon and stage race coverage, these images from the Houffalize round of the UCI Cross-country World Cup last weekend are just begging for eyeballs. Taken by Sportograf photographers they capture the grit and energy of Team Bulls participation in the Belgian round of the international series. Bearing in mind […]
Get set, 2012 marathon season launched.
With only days till the Real Insurance XCM Marathon Series kicks off for 2012, there’s a definite buzz around the trails of NSW in anticipation of the country’s biggest collection of marathons. Those looking to compete in each event will soon be treated to three marathons, in three different states, in 13 days, thanks to […]
What the Cape Epic giveth…
Related Event: ABSA Cape Epic
What the Cape Epic giveth… She can just as easily take away. Over the eight days of the Absa Cape Epic I found new levels of strength and new depths of determination. With every passing obstacle, emotional, physical, or meteorlogical, I uncovered a piece of me which had previous been obscured. It seemed, by day […]
Smiles and Miles at the CORC 6 + 6 Hour
Spectators have a funny knack of drawing upon a stand out feature of the riders they’re motivating. For Mimi Guillot, eventual winner of On The Go/Onya Bike Belco and Civic 24 Hour Solo National Champs, it was “Happy Birthday Mimi!” from one end of the track to the other (I hope she saved some room […]