It’s now less than three weeks to go until one of the final stage races of 2012 – the Omnicane Southern Tropical Challenge. When you think of MTB racing heartlands, you think of the Alps, perhaps the Rockies, the Dolomites, etc. But marathon mountain biking is becoming an increasingly global sport, and it’s now made […]
Archives for November 2012
Overcoming Obstacles at the Briars Highland Fling
On the calm side of the finish line at the Briars Highland Fling riders are quick to tell anyone and everyone their tale of woe from the event. Cramps 30kms in, flat tyres (plural), dehydration following bad fluid calculations, feeling amazing then blowing like a volcano…. We’ve heard them all, but when it happens to […]
Highland Fling delivers high calibre finish to Australia’s 2012 XCM Series
The 2012 Highland Fling lived up to it’s pre-race billing, with the Bundanoon course delivering a day of high quality racing. Adrian Jackson claimed a classy win in the men’s ‘Full Fling’ (110km), while Jenny Fay won the women’s race, finishing off her clean sweep of the Real Insurance XCM Series for 2012 with victory […]
Mullens and Blair win Bundanoon Dash
Australia’s largest mountain bike marathon and the final race in the 2012 Real Insurance XCM Series is set to go off with a bang on Sunday 11th November, in the town of Bundanoon. The Bundanoon Dash on Saturday has become a feature of the Highland Fling race weekend and features a race within a race, […]
2013 Craft BIKE Transalp Dates and Rego announced
In 2013, the Craft BIKE Transalp will take place for the 16th time. Over the course of eight days, from July 13 thru 20, 600 mountain bike teams of two, consisting of pros as well as amateurs, will tackle the challenge of crossing the Alps. The registration for the world’s toughest mountain bike stage race […]
David George dumped by sponsor after admitting to EPO use
Following the announcement yesterday by the South African Institute for Drug-free Sport that Nedbank 360Life’s David George had tested positive for the banned substance EPO, and George’s subsequent admission of guilt, South African sports nutrition company Ultimate Sports Nutrition (USN) has terminated its association with the professional cyclist. George was suspended by his team 360Life […]
The Brairs Highland Fling 100 MILE
Thanks to the metric system when we Australians race a marathon ‘100’ mountain bike race we race in the vicinity of 90-100 kilometres, a perfect distance for most marathon mountain bike racers. On the other side of the big blue, those crazy Americans have stuck with their own units of measure and propagated the marathon 100 mile […]
Highland Fling – who should watch who?
We are days away from the final round of the Real Insurance XCM Series, the Briars Highland Fling. The series started well in 2011, but it has exploded in 2012, drawing racers from up and down the East Coast of Australia to compete in some of the premier Marathon MTB races that make up the […]
Xterra World Championships Maui 2012
This blog has been provided by Nienke Oostra, who qualified for the Xterra World Championships, and made sure she prepared well to have the race of her life. What I love the most about the Xterra World Championships, is that it is an elite event, qualifying is by placing top 3 in your age group […]
Justin Morris’ Blog: Croc Living
Justin Morris recently took time away from his Team Type 1-Sanfoi road team to race the Crocodile Trophy with Subaru-MarathonMTB.com, hoping to capitalise on his experience from 2011. Sunny, Sweet, Sensational Sydney!!! It has been so great to be back in my hometown since mid July and my last blog post. Since then my life […]