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August 5, 2021 By Ben Thomas 1 Comment

In the pressure cooker: Vittoria MTB Marathon

Should be a walk in the park for you. That’s the words and thoughts of others who I discuss the Vittoria MTB Marathon with. You’d think so but nothing is so simple. In my last race, World Championships, I finished seventh, and I’m the National Marathon champion, surely it’s possible to cruise to victory at […]

Filed Under: Reports, Training

December 19, 2020 By Ben Thomas Leave a Comment

Raid Evolénard unveils the program of the European Championships

Between the World Championships in Graechen in 2019 and those planned for 2025, the Valais will remain in mountain bike marathon mode next season with Raid Evolénard hosting the European Championships.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: European Championships, evolene, marathon mountain biking, Raid Evolenard, Switzerland

October 26, 2020 By Ben Thomas 1 Comment

Turkish delight at World Marathon Championships

In a year where bike racing fell off the calendar due to a global pandemic it was amazing that the MTB circus was travelling to Turkey for the UCI MTB World Marathon Championships. It was only three weeks before that I finally committed to attend as I waited to see what travel restrictions would be […]

Filed Under: News, Reports Tagged With: turkey, uci world marathon series, UCI XCM Series, world marathon championships

October 7, 2020 By Ben Thomas 1 Comment

BeMC Marathon – A yearly pilgrimage

My love affair with the Belgian Ardennes continues, it hasn’t always been a kind relationship, so many times this place has inspired and then demolished dreams. Each May we make our pilgrimage to the area to battle around these beautiful hills, it’s a trip I’ve been making for around six years for marathon races and […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: Belgian Mountain Bike Challenge, belgium, BeMC, marathon mountain bike, Mud, National Championships

October 1, 2020 By Ben Thomas 1 Comment

Snow Challenges Velo Vert Festival

The weather forecasters were right, the snow falls Friday night and as we stand on the start line of the latest UCI World Marathon Series race it’s a high probability that heavy snow will restart soon after the gun fires. We launch over the timing belt before slowing as our tyres crunch through the snowy […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: France, snow, UCI XCM Series, Velo Vert Festival

September 18, 2020 By Ben Thomas Leave a Comment

Racing During a Global Pandemic – O Tour Bike Marathon

It’s been eleven months since I spent two weeks travelling around France and Spain to three different bike races, now finally it was time to release my competitive spirit once again! In March this year we spent three weeks training in Gran Canaria ahead of the start of the season in April, with those races […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: mountain bike racing, O-Tour Bike Marathon, Switzerland, uci world marathon series, UCI XCM Series

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

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