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April 25, 2017 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

The AMB100 – a race that has come of age

AMB100 marathonMTB mountain bike Mt Stromlo. Photo: Robert Conroy

Rocky Trail Entertainment have a vast array of events, and play a key role in others. Their Shimano MTB GP Series has helped plenty of riders get the taste for competitive events, and are a proving ground for endurance riders around New South Wales and the ACT. But their lap-based marathon race at Mt Stromlo, […]

Filed Under: Reports, Team Diary Tagged With: AMB100, Canberra, MarathonMTB, mountain bike, Mt Stromlo, MTB, XCM

September 30, 2015 By Sebastian Jayne Leave a Comment

The Off-season

The off-season can be paradoxical at times. One minute you’re glad to have some time off the bike to pursue other activities, like eating chocolate cake, and the next all you want to do is get back on the bike! After a long season skipping along to the, at times, monotonous beat of wake up […]

Filed Under: Diaries, Team Diary Tagged With: MTB, off season, Subaru, Training

September 20, 2015 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Perskindol Swiss Epic – the final push to Zermatt

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While the Grand Tours might be lucky enough to have final stages as processions, in the world of mountain bike stage racing, there’s often quite a lot of racing left to do, and positions to decide. The 2015 Perskindol Swiss Epic was no exception, and across the Epic and the Flow race, many categories were […]

Filed Under: Diaries, Team Diary Tagged With: Perskindol, Stage Race, Swiss Epic, Switzerland, Valais

September 19, 2015 By Imogen Smith Leave a Comment

Perskindol Swiss Epic – on pulling out

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So, right when Mike and I got comfortable with winning, here we are out of the race. Pulling out of a stage and the race was interesting in itself, and really brought home to us what’s great about the Perskindol Swiss Epic, and our partnership. I want to tell the story of what went on, […]

Filed Under: Diaries, Team Diary Tagged With: DNF, illness, Marathon Racing, MarathonMTB, perskindol swiss epic, pulling out, Stage Racing

September 19, 2015 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Perskindol Swiss Epic – Stage Four

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Nothing hurts quite the same as watching a race from the sidelines. But the truth is that watching a race on the 5th day from the sidelines is a pretty sombre affair anyway. Despite the excellent trails, and the great accommodation and food, there were a lot of tired people in the start block today. […]

Filed Under: Diaries, Team Diary Tagged With: MTB, Singletrack, Swiss Epic, Switzerland

September 18, 2015 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Perskindol Swiss Epic – Stage Three – back across the valley

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The 4th day of a six day stage race, is well and truly the hump day. Starting in Leukerbad, the Perskindol Swiss Epic was set to descend down to the Rhone Valley, travel upstream towards Visp, and then ascend towards Grachen, via Visperterminen along a seemingly never ending climb, followed by a never ending descent […]

Filed Under: Diaries, Team Diary Tagged With: Grachen, Perskindol, Stage Race, Swiss Epic, Switzerland

September 17, 2015 By Imogen Smith Leave a Comment

Perskindol Swiss Epic – Stage Two, Tour of Leukerbad

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Whenever we get in a group of fast riders, challenging us, I always tell Mike that we have to ‘ride the wave, as long as we can’. We were feeling a little battle-worn when we finally turned out the lights last night. We’d had a very tough day: things had gone wrong, we’d both dipped […]

Filed Under: Diaries, Team Diary Tagged With: MTB, Perskindol, Stage Race, Swiss Epic, Switzerland

September 16, 2015 By Imogen Smith Leave a Comment

Perskindol Swiss Epic – Stage One, the Queen stage

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Swiss Epic MTB Switzerland MarathonMTB Holiday

Today the real racing started with a climb up to the iconic Croix de Coeur pass from Verbier, similar to the first ascent of the famous Grand Raid marathon race, but taken on some smaller and steeper roads. Mike and I enjoyed a call up to the front row, although we had to be beckoned […]

Filed Under: Diaries, Team Diary Tagged With: Leukerbad, MarathonMTB, Mixed, Perskindol, Stage Race, Swiss Epic, Switzerland

September 15, 2015 By Imogen Smith Leave a Comment

Perskindol Swiss Epic – Prologue

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Cadel Swiss Epic

Stage races come and stage races go. Each promises something different: the Croc Trophy takes you to the wildest Australian outback. Transalp over the most magnificent passes. The Cape Epic offers the ultimate physical challenge. The Perskindol Swiss Epic has a lot going for it, but its point of difference, I’ve quickly realised, is quality. Everything, […]

Filed Under: Diaries, Team Diary Tagged With: Marathon Racing, MarathonMTB, mountain biking, perskindol swiss epic, Stage Racing, Swiss Epic, Switzerland, Time trial

August 31, 2015 By Sebastian Jayne Leave a Comment

National Park Bike Marathon 2015

Related Event: National Park Bike Marathon

Circumnavigating the beautiful Swiss National Park is the National Park Bike Marathon. Part of the hugely popular Swiss Bike Marathon Series, the NP marathon draws the best Swiss and international marathon stars to battle over the 137km course. The 4000m of climbing over the full course is made up of four main climbs that all […]

Filed Under: Team Diary Tagged With: DNF, Graubunden, marathon, MarathonMTB, scuol

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