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August 13, 2023 By Imogen Smith Leave a Comment

Breck Epic Incoming

Tomorrow I’ll be racing the 2023 Breck Epic in one of the USA’s highest towns, Breckenridge, in central Colorado. Racing above 3,000m elevation for six days is a challenge I’ve been so hungry to try – but for the first time since my very first international XCM stage race ten years ago, I have no […]

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July 13, 2023 By Gordon Wadsworth Leave a Comment

BC Bike Race 2023 – Back to the Future

The BC Bike Race has it all. End of story. Except obviously not because there are continual tweaks, adjustments, and a relentless pursuit of the perfect week on trails that thrill, please, and surprise taking place behind the scenes.  Started in 2007 to showcase perhaps the rowdiest and toughest region of trail in North America […]

Filed Under: Features, MarathonMTB.com, Reports Tagged With: BCBR, mtbstagerace

September 5, 2022 By Gordon Wadsworth Leave a Comment

The BC Bike Race 2022: An Old Dog CAN learn a new trick!

Sit around the post race recovery zone at any stage race worldwide and you’ll hear the BC Bike Race come up. There’s no question that the 15 year old stage race stands amongst the giants in the multi day mtb world. For 2022 however the proven formula of ferries and coastal loam is up for […]

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August 12, 2022 By Justin Morris Leave a Comment

Bike Check: Justin Morris’ hardtail for the Leadville 100

Before embarking on the worlds most iconic XCM, Justin Morris takes us through his setup for race day.

Filed Under: MarathonMTB.com, Tech Tagged With: Diabetes, Fox suspension, Hardtail, Justin Morris, Leadville 100, MarathonMTB, Maxxis, PRO, Ride MEchanic, T1Diabetes, Team Novo Nordisk, Trek, Type1Diabetes, XCM, XTR, xtr m9100

June 9, 2022 By Gordon Wadsworth Leave a Comment

Trans-Sylvania Epic 2022 – Life on the Rocks

The 2022 running of the Trans-Sylvania Epic 3 or 5 day stage race saw 260 riders rolling the rough mountains of Central Pennsylvania in style. In its third year after being reinvigorated by the current promotion team the TSE showed that its back and better than ever. The format remains a 3 or 5 day […]

Filed Under: MarathonMTB.com, Reports Tagged With: Eastcoastrocks, transsylvaniaepic, TSE2022

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 […]

Filed Under: MarathonMTB.com Tagged With: brazil, bridgelane, sam fox, World Cup, XCO

March 27, 2022 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Cape Epic Stage 6 2022

The penultimate stage of the 2022 Absa Cape Epic took place in what many consider is a trail paradise, Stellenbosch. The route featured 76km and some 2700m of climbing, taking in Idas Valley, Banhoek, and Jonkershoek. NinetyOne-songo-Specialized are unstoppable The NinetyOne-songo-Specialized team of Sofia Gómez Villafane and Haley Batten won their third stage in the CM.com Women’s category […]

Filed Under: MarathonMTB.com Tagged With: Bike, biking, cape epic, MarathonMTB, mountain bike, MTB, south africa, Stage Race, UCI, XCM

March 10, 2022 By Justin Morris Leave a Comment

The 5 P’s of Performance in Cycling

Cycling is a sport that commands a lot of commitment to perform at a high level. The hours required to really lift the endurance capacity required for long distance events like XCM and MTB stage races dwarfs the training requirements for many other sports. Subsequently, a lot of motivation is required by the participant to […]

Filed Under: MarathonMTB.com, Training Tagged With: Justin Morris, MarathonMTB, mental health, mental preparation, Mind Matters Athlete Coaching, mountain bike, MTB, preparation, Race preparation, Stage Race, Training, XCM

October 17, 2021 By Justin Morris Leave a Comment

King Island: An untapped cycling gem

Team rider Justin Morris recently took to the remote island of King Island with his CX bike to explore what the island had to offer,

Filed Under: Diaries, MarathonMTB.com Tagged With: Cycle tourism, Gravel, Norco Threshold, Tasmania, Travel, Victoria

October 4, 2021 By Ben Thomas Leave a Comment

Dirty Reiver: Lessons learnt from gravel

After many years racing UCI World Cup cross country events and more recently the UCI World Marathon Series I was heading to the Scottish borders for my first gravel event. The Dirty Reiver is the UK’s and arguably one of Europe’s biggest and toughest gravel events, taking place over 200 kilometres it’s a hard introduction […]

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