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April 27, 2022 By Sam Fox Leave a Comment

Party in the jungle (and a world cup)

Wow!The week in Brazil racing the first World Cup there in 17 years was incredible. From racing, to exploring, to cuisine, and catching up with mates, there wasn’t much to dislike! I flew into Rio, and other than a slight flight change, I had a smooth trip from Aussie. I met Cameron Jones at the […]

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April 16, 2022 By Sam Fox Leave a Comment

A return to international travel, and writing blogs

Last year while I travelled overseas, I wrote blogs for MarathonMTB. It was a great way for me to solidify the memories I made, and to reflect on the journey at the same time as sharing it with friends and family.I hadn’t been planning on doing the same again this year, until someone (other than […]

Filed Under: Diaries Tagged With: brazil, bridgelane, Europe, sam fox, Travel, World Cup

July 14, 2021 By Sam Fox 1 Comment

Livign(o) life large in Europe

It can be a lonely experience racing in Europe no matter who you are, but especially so as an Aussie or Kiwi. We travel thousands of kilometres by ourselves, to the opposite side of the world, to race usually alone, with little contact with our family and friends back home. So it’s been a great […]

Filed Under: Diaries, MarathonMTB.com, Team Diary, Training Tagged With: Altitude Training, Cameron Jones, Cameron Wright, Ian Millenium, Livigno, Piper Albrecht, sam fox, training camp, XCO

July 10, 2021 By Sam Fox 2 Comments

Les Get(s) into some more World Cup racing!

It was always the plan to push through the first month of races in Europe with training, however its always disheartening to feel like you’re going backward at each race. So I was looking forward to my second world cup, and a recovery week. Car troubles World Cup round four was situated in Les Gets […]

Filed Under: Diaries, MarathonMTB.com, Reports, Team Diary Tagged With: les gets, muddy, Orbea, Piper Albrecht, sam fox, World Cup, XCO

July 1, 2021 By Sam Fox Leave a Comment

Aussies at Swiss Cup in Savognin

Following my first two races, I was keen to put a proper week of training in again and hopefully find some legs before the next race in Switzerland. The first order of business was buying a fan (the mechanical kind, not the people), to get a good night’s sleep in the heat, and a pillow […]

Filed Under: Diaries, MarathonMTB.com, Team Diary Tagged With: privateer, sam fox, Savognin, Swiss, Travel, XCO

June 27, 2021 By Sam Fox Leave a Comment

MarathonMTB return to Europe

After over a year since any of the MarathonMTB team were overseas, Sam finally managed to fight through the red tape and escape to a European summer, and his first World Cup season

Filed Under: Diaries, MarathonMTB.com, Team Diary Tagged With: Austria, Europe, sam fox, Travel, World Cup, XCO

April 5, 2021 By Sam Fox Leave a Comment

Flat tyres and excitement on stage 3 of Easter in the Alice

Following stage two’s emotional roller coaster of a blown shock and yo-yo-ing between Henry and I, I was ready for a relaxed stage, hoping to follow Henry around and enjoy the scenery for the final stage. Unfortunately, Alice had something else in mind: teaching me a lesson about double checking schedules the night before. A […]

Filed Under: MarathonMTB.com, Reports, Team Diary Tagged With: easter, easter in the alice, northern territory, Ride MEchanic, sam fox, Stage Race

April 4, 2021 By Sam Fox Leave a Comment

Easter eggs and rocks on day 2 of Easter in the Alice

Another 30minutes of sleep was welcome after yesterday’s blistering race. So at 6AM I was awake and ready to go, today’s race began at the old Telegraph Station, which was the first European settlement in Alice Springs in 1871! It connected Alice Springs with Adelaide and Brisbane via over-land telegram, pretty crucial to avoid the […]

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April 3, 2021 By Sam Fox Leave a Comment

A different Easter, in the Alice

Having never raced in the Northern Territory before, when the Easter in the Alice crew asked if I wanted to race, I jumped at the opportunity!For the international readers, Alice Springs is in the heart of Australia, and is surrounded by desert. With temperatures in excess of 40 degrees celsius and minimums frequently dipping below […]

Filed Under: MarathonMTB.com, Reports, Team Diary Tagged With: Desert racing, easter in the alice, northern territory, sam fox, Stage Racing

March 16, 2021 By Sam Fox Leave a Comment

National XCO titles

For an Australian XCO racer, the National Championships is the biggest race of the year, I have been trying to take the green and gold for 8 years, and have had nothing else on my mind for the last 12 months. This might seem obsessive, and it probably is, but everyone gets into sport for […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: MarathonMTB, Maydena, mountain bike, National Championships, sam fox, Shimano XTR, Tasmania, XCO

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