The first stage has a distinct theme when looking at the course profile: up. Although everyone refers to the Croc as a pretty flat race, that’s not the case for Stage 1. The race gains the main plateau at about 20km, then hits another long climb from the 70 to 80km mark. Well that was […]
Team Thoughts The night before kick off
It’s barely 12 hours, and the Subaru-MarathonMTB.com Team will be off and racing. The 2011 Crocodile Trophy rolls out of the Esplanade, neutral until a lookout above town. The real gun goes off from here, and it goes up. We even go over Northern Queenslands highest point. We are all keen to get started, here’s […]
Final Preparations: Clearing the Excess Baggage
Sunday started early for the Subaru-MarathonMTB.com Team. Riders Justin Morris, Graeme Arnott and Mike Blewitt were accompanied by Team Support guru Pete Figg to the airport, for an early flight north to Cairns. Packing for racing adventures is always a balancing act. Having to make our way north with bikes, race food, spares and camping […]
Preparing the Subaru-MarathonMTB.com Team bikes
Sometimes it seems that cyclists (professional or amateur) can be divided for how they see their bicycle. Some see it as a tool of their trade – merely what they need to use to perform a task. Many of us see our bikes as more than this, viewing a bike as a source of pride. […]
Prepping for the heat in Queensland
In this video Subaru-MarathonMTB.com’s Mike Blewitt takes a look at the Camelbak Octane XTC hydration pack which he and teammates Graeme Arnott and Justin Morris will be using at the 2011 Crocodile Trophy. Today the temperature in Cooktown was 28˚C, it looks like the boys are going to need every drop from the Octane’s reservoir.
Croc Cramming – physically and logistically
Coming home to the real world, real life, and a real job after almost four months of avoiding such responsibilities is a little bit tough to handle. Having enjoyed the whole Northern ‘summer’, traveling from one Mountain Bike Marathon or Stage Race to another one, or finding somewhere awesome (or occasionally somewhere sub-optimal) to train […]