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June 8, 2020 By Ben Thomas 1 Comment

UCI Podiums to Virtual Podiums

Every year we seek improvements, as an individual, a businessman or woman, or as an athlete. This year the world looks like nothing we’ve seen before but that’s no reason to stop seeking progress. When chasing UCI Podiums isn’t an option there are ways to chase that racing buzz elsewhere.

Filed Under: Diaries Tagged With: coronavirus, covid 19, Gran Canaria, Podium, Tour of the Gila, Training Camps, Virtual, Virtual Racing, Zwift, Zwift Racing

April 10, 2020 By Ben Thomas 1 Comment

Zwift Haute Route Watopia 3 Day

This past weekend I should have been in France racing the first event on my 2020 calendar, instead my calendar looks like a young childs notepad with random crosses for cancellations and arrows for postponements. Roc Laissagais which would have been the first European 2020 round of the UCI World Marathon Series was going to […]

Filed Under: Reports, Training Tagged With: Haute Route, Virtual Racing, Watopia, Zwift, Zwift Racing

January 25, 2020 By Ben Thomas 1 Comment

3 Ways To Improve Your Winter Training

Skills and technique Long endurance rides can be boring, especially when completing such rides on a regular basis with no social group rides to join. Make your endurance rides more productive or add some structured intensity to your winter training by working on your skills and techniques. Mountain bikers could complete offroad intervals to develop […]

Filed Under: Training Tagged With: indoor training, Season Review, Skills, skills training, Techniques, Training, Weaknesses

November 29, 2019 By Ben Thomas Leave a Comment

My Top 5 Favourite Events of 2019

This year I raced less, trained more and it seemed to work, my fitness was higher than ever and the race results were pretty sensational! In previous years I’ve had double the amount of race days, all the travelling, packing, race stress is tiring and eventually it’s a struggle to maintain the same motivation. This […]

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: 4 islands, Alps Bike Festival, Belgian Mountain Bike Challenge, Ben Thomas, Ben Thomas Coaching, marathon mountain biking, Skaidi Xtreme, Top 5s, world marathon championships

October 16, 2019 By Ben Thomas Leave a Comment

LaTramun, bike racing heaven?

LaTramun based in Girona Spain has grown a reputation as the singletrack marathon, the course starts up a stinking great big road climb before continuing onto a steep gravel and rock ascent. From there the fun begins with a 60+ kilometre ribbon of singletrack, some trails you’d whoop for joy, others you’d weep for how […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: girona, LaTramun, Spain, uci world marathon series, UCI XCM Series

October 10, 2019 By Ben Thomas Leave a Comment

Party Time at Ruta Patena BTT

I came to Ruta Paterna to win my first UCI World Marathon Series round but this is mountain biking, anything can happen. Within the first 15km I suffered 2 mechanical issues, I could have given up and not finished the race or left Spain disappointed. Instead I leave Spain with satisfaction having recovered to still […]

Filed Under: MarathonMTB.com, Reports Tagged With: marathon mountain biking, Ruta Paterna BTT, Spain, uci world marathon series

September 11, 2019 By Ben Thomas Leave a Comment

Skaidi Xtreme, a different experience

When I think back over the last week I remember so many great moments, many happy memories, Skaidi Xtreme is not like many events where you turn up, race, and then go home, this is a lifetime experience you’ll remember forever. From my centre aisle seat on the plane I’d catch glimpses of snowy peaked […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: adventure, Experience, Finnmark, Norway, Skaidi Xtreme

August 10, 2019 By Ben Thomas Leave a Comment

Beyond Expectations: British Marathon Championships

It’s been an amazing year with two 2nd places at the UCI World Marathon Series (Roc d’Ardenne and Alps Bike Festival), third place at Raid Evolenard, a 5th and 6th at BeMC and now the National Marathon Championship title. Hard work pays off! Since winning the title back in 2015 and 2016 the event moved […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: British Cycling, marathon mountain biking, National Championships

June 22, 2019 By Ben Thomas Leave a Comment

Swiss alpine meadows and snowy peaked mountains – Raid Evolenard

A small town called Evolène situated within the Valais area of Switzerland and Pennine Alps hosts a marathon event called Raid Evolenard.  This past weekend was my opportunity to discover why this event comes with such enthusiastic recommendations, attracts such a star studied line-up, has hosted numerous Swiss National Championships and has been awarded European […]

Filed Under: MarathonMTB.com, Reports Tagged With: evolene, marathon mountain biking, Race, Raid Evolenard, Switzerland, Valais

June 20, 2019 By Ben Thomas Leave a Comment

Alps Bike Festival brings family friendly cycling event to Annecy Mountains

Ask me my highlight from 2018 and I’ll tell you Alps Bike Festival, driving back into La Clusaz this year I was already smiling. This typical French mountain village nestled below the snowy peaks of the Annecy Mountains is becoming a summer playground for mountain bikers and families. The summer season might be another month away but the […]

Filed Under: MarathonMTB.com, Reports Tagged With: Festival, France, La Clusaz, UCI MTB, uci world marathon series

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