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Now in it’s 9th year, the Convict 100 has developed into quite a popular marathon. It has a lot going for it, being a short drive north west from Sydney, on terrain that many people ride on, and that isn’t overly technical. Maximum Adventure run a great event, and now that the course has changed […]
The start of the Convict 100 is less than two days away – thanks to the typical early morning start favoured by Australian race organisers. At 7am this Saturday 4th May, most of Australia’s best men’s XCM racers will be on the line in St Albans. Unfortunately, only a smattering of Elite women are attending […]
On 21st April, the 2013 Subaru Australian XCM Championships were raced in Atherton, Queensland. On a mixture of new single track, well established trails, double track and dirt road, the 32 lap took in close to 1100m of climbing. Many of Australia’s best Marathon and Cross Country racers turned up to aim for the green […]
Tomorrow, Australia’s new Cross Country Marathon (XCM) Champions will be crowned. This year, the Championship race for Australia’s best attended mountain bike format is being held in Atherton, Far North Queensland. With a hard, selective course set, there is a lot of talk about who will excel, who should be here, and whether it is […]
Far North Queensland (FNQ) is no stranger to mountain bike racing. In 1995, Cairns hosted a World Cup there, which served as a stepping stone for the 1996 World Championships at Smithfield. On trails deisgned by Glen Jacobs (now World Trail), the worlds best mountain bikers stopped and took notice. The riding here was great, […]
Three weeks after the ABSA Cape Epic, most racers will not be certain of what their bodies will be able to do. Australia’s Peta Mullens and Jarrod Moroni had great races at their ‘local’ Wombat 100 on April 14th, and many of South Africa’s Pro racers were at the MTN Tulbagh Ultra on the same day. Charles […]
Autumn has become a very busy time on the Australian Marathon racing scene. After a brief break since the Capital Punishment marathon in Canberra in March, committed marathon racers may have lined up for the Wombat 100, then XCM National Champs next weekend, possibly the Tathra Enduro at the end of April, and the Convict […]
This Sunday 14th April, many of Australia’s fastest, and most enthusiastic, marathon mountain bike racers will amass at Woodend, Victoria, for the Wombat 100 Marathon Mountain Bike race. Renowned for utilising many great sections of single track in the Macedon ranges, the Wombat 1oo has drawn a good field in 2013. While in 2012 the […]
The Greenspeed Project, Inc., organizers of the popular Breck Epic MTB Stage Race, have announced the launch of the inaugural Eagle Outside Festival. Scheduled for May 11-12, 2013 in Eagle, CO, the event serves as a showcase for the community’s extensive trail network and as a centerpiece for the town’s destination tourism marketing effort. “We’ve […]
With the national rounds, Australian XCO Champs and Oceanias now done and dusted all eyes look to Atherton where our Marathon (XCM) Champions will be crowned and Australia’s mountain bikers will discover a wealth of exciting new trails. The National Championship falls a week after the Wombat 100 and two weeks prior to the Convict […]
