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January 2, 2019 By Justin Morris Leave a Comment

5 takeaways from a 500km day in the saddle

As a former road racer I have always been a fan of big miles on the bike for training. As a cycling coach now (Mind Matters Athlete Coaching) I still endorse the benefits of a solid endurance base that can only be strengthened through extended duration in the saddle. But how far is too far […]

Filed Under: Diaries Tagged With: Blue Derby, Hobart, Justin Morris, Maddog, MarathonMTB, mental health, Race to the rock, Road Racing, stay chatty, Tasmania, Training, Ultra Endurance

November 30, 2018 By Imogen Smith Leave a Comment

The Pioneer Stage five – Final stage brings a few surprises

MarathonMTB Pioneer Epic Series

Tired legs roll out of Bannockburn This morning we got up before dawn and munched through breakfast in the dark. It’s always unbelievable to me that, given my usual appetite, when we get into the depths of a stage race I find myself completely without interest in food, so that eating is stripped of any […]

Filed Under: Diaries Tagged With: central otago, epic series, MarathonMTB, MTB, New Zealand, pioneer, queenstown, Stage Racing, XCM

November 29, 2018 By Imogen Smith Leave a Comment

The Pioneer Stage 4 – Mt Difficulty and other difficult climbs

MarathonMTB Pioneer NZ Photo: Tim Bardsley-Smith

Click. Beep. Click. Beep. Click. Beep. Ok I’m definitely in my smallest gear, but how is that possible? I’ll just check again. Beep. Yep. Shit. Getting going again Today Mike and I started Stage four of The Pioneer with the goal of making it to the first feed zone, then reassessing things after our nightmare […]

Filed Under: Diaries Tagged With: bannockburn, central otago, Marathon mtb, mountain biking, MTB, pioneer, Stage Racing, XCM

November 28, 2018 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

“That’s one of my hardest days on the bike” – midweek at The Pioneer

Related Event: The Pioneer
MarathonMTB The Pioneer NZ

Today’s stage from Alexandra to Bannockburn looked a little innocuous on paper. 79km, with a couple of big climbs – but all farm track. That’s over 20km shorter than Stage 2, but similar climbing, but no singletrack – so it should be faster. And I think for many people, they probably liked it. And deep […]

Filed Under: Diaries Tagged With: Bike, biking, MarathonMTB, mountain bike, New Zealand, pioneer NZ, Stage Race, the pioneer

November 27, 2018 By Imogen Smith Leave a Comment

Pioneer hits the Alex trails for the Queen Stage

Imogen Smith MarathonMTB Pioneer NZ

Why is it that we only crash when things are great? All those awful, cold, wet grovels where you’d pay good money for a legitimate Out, nothing. Nothing goes wrong. Except maybe a flat tyre, but that’s fixable. Now when you’re ripping through trails, performing well, loving it – that’s when life deals you a […]

Filed Under: Diaries Tagged With: central otago, crashing, injury, MarathonMTB, mountain biking, pioneer, Stage Racing, XCM

November 26, 2018 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Queenstown rocks The Pioneer’s first stage

Related Event: The Pioneer
MarathonMTB The Pioneer NZ Stage Race

Sure, we all raced a prologue yesterday. We did 20km, got a bit muddy and had some fun. And while it gave us our start position, and settled some nerves, it was but a drop in the ocean for what lay ahead. All that would start this morning. My pet hate at any stage race […]

Filed Under: Diaries Tagged With: ambmag, Bike, cape epic, epic series, mountain bike, mountain biking, New Zealand, pioneer, pioneer NZ, Stage Race, the pioneer

November 25, 2018 By Imogen Smith Leave a Comment

Pioneer Prologue-2018 event kicks off in challenging conditions

Related Event: The Pioneer

Cold. It was cold. We got up at 5:10am, which if you’ve just arrived from Australia feels a lot like 2:10am, and bolted some breakfast before heading for the first shuttle up to Coronet Peak, the ski station that towers above Queenstown and just happened to be under a whole lot of snow just a […]

Filed Under: Diaries Tagged With: coronet peak, mountain bike, pioneer, queenstown, Racing, rude rock, Stage Racing, XCM

November 6, 2018 By Gordon Wadsworth Leave a Comment

Unrivaled Adventure and African Experience at the K2N Stage Race

Africa; the dark continent. Industrialized South Africa has burst into the mountain bike scene with a lions roar but what about the rest of the continent? Fellow Appalachian Adventurers Thomas Turner and Gordon Wadsworth set out for the first annual Kilimanjaro 2 Ngorongoro Stage Race across Northern Tanzania to find out! While the K2N is […]

Filed Under: Diaries, MarathonMTB.com Tagged With: Africa, K2N, K2N Stage Race, Kilimanjaro, Stage Race, Tanzania, Thomas Turner, Wadsworth

October 27, 2018 By Cory Wallace Leave a Comment

Cory Wallace on winning another WEMBO 24hr World Title

Cory Wallace WEMBO MarathonMTB Photo: Candace Mihalcheon

This post was provided by Cory Wallace. Photos by Candace Mihalcheon Scotland is part of the United Kingdom and covers the Northern third of the Island of Great Britain.  Having some bloodlines from Scotland and having watched the movie Braveheart where William Wallace battles the English for Scottish Independence I had a dream of going […]

Filed Under: Diaries Tagged With: 24 solo, Cory Wallace, kona bicycles, mountain bike, Ride XTR, Scotland, Shimano, WEMBO

October 21, 2018 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Always finish the stage race – Cape to Cape lessons.

Related Event: Cape to Cape MTB
Cape to Cape MarathonMTB

If I’m honest, when I woke up this morning I really didn’t feel like racing the 4th and final stage of the 2018 Cape to Cape. This sounds a bit rubbish but there are a few excuses (I can’t call them reasons). It was raining again, I was tired, the ride to the start (this […]

Filed Under: Diaries Tagged With: Bike, Cape to Cape, MarathonMTB, mountain bike, Western Australia

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