…. time to start training and get your legs to the start of some up and coming races! If you are tired of attending the same races year after year then there are a few I would like to suggest you pencil into your 2013 agenda. The easter break is the perfect time to […]
Archives for March 2013
Easter Weekend on the Jamieson Trails
For me, the long Easter weekends means four days of riding in and around Jamieson in Victoria’s High Country. It’s a three hour drive from Melbourne but Jamieson is definitely worth it! It’s got something on offer for everyone, weather you’re training for endurance racing (like me) or just wanna have some fun on the […]
View (and vote) for the BC Bike Race video competition finalists
Organisers of the BC Bike Race have invited the public to vote for the following four finalists in a video competition that will see the winner team up with Canadian mountain bike legend Wade Simmons for the (sold out) edition of the 2013 race. The winner of the Ultimate Wade Simmons Experience Video Contest will partner with […]
Taking the Next Step: Going Pro
“What motivates you?” I was asked this question a few years back and I didn’t really know how to answer it. It wasn’t as much asked in an athletic way but more in a generalised life approaching way. I have never been one to reflect much on things, with a childhood experience to be forgotten […]
AlpenTour Trophy Looming Large
It is now just over two months until the start of the 15th edition of the AlpenTour Trophy. This is a gem of a stage race, shorter than it’s more epic partners like the eight-day TransAlp, it nevertheless delivers a challenging and rewarding experience for amateurs and professionals alike. Based entirely out of the Tyrolean […]
Stu Spies Blog: Diets for Cycling
I’ve always been a bit care free when it came to food, I would eat whatever took my fancy and basically I would maintain pretty good health and what could be reasonably considered a healthy weight. My mom was raised during a war and food rationing, it’s fair to say after that experience she took […]
Cape Epic, racing to Lourensford
Related Event: ABSA Cape Epic
The final day of other big stage races is known to be a little bit of a procession. General Classification will be wrapped up, and the racing for show. The 7th Stage of the 2013 Absa Cape Epic started in Stellenbosch and took a difficult, yet short 54km route (1550m climbing). And the racing was […]
Half A Race? by Melinda Maj Jackson
The post race ramblings from a very well known elite female marathon mountain bike racer and successful immigration lawyer who elected to race the 45km Marathon Challenge at Mount Avoca Winery last weekend… I definitely had no regrets about riding half a race today. I have previously scorned the idea of ever entering a short […]
Absa Cape 2013 Stage 6 – the last big challenge
Today’s penultimate stage of the Absa Cape Epic was a real test for the riders; the title of Queen stage went to Tuesday’s 146k, but today’s 99k had the most climbing, at 2,950m. And that number was made tougher by the fact that a good deal of the climbing was in the last portion of […]
How To Maintain Your Bike at a Stage Race
Keeping your bike in one piece can be half the challenge in a demanding stage race. Depending on the mountain bike stage race you are in, you may be faced with mud, dust, sand, or all of the above. Add a lot of climbing and you will also add a lot of descending – increasing […]