I can safely say that this years’ Rapid Ascent Ingkerreke Commercial MTB Enduro was the most challenging race I have ever completed. My 63 hour lead up to the race was unexpected, the climate and terrain in Alice Springs are unlike anything in Noosa and then there was the night stage… The lead up: In […]
Naomi Hansen’s Blog: We can rebuild it!
Have you ever had one of those moments when you thought the universe was against you? Well after my most recent race experience my advice, to anyone thinking the world is against them, is fight back! Honestly what does the universe know anyway? So my lead up to Rapid Ascent ICME 2012 was interesting to […]
Convict 100 – Boosted
Related Event: XCM Series: Convict 100
As I’ve alluded to previously, the Convict 100 (previously the Dirt Works 100) is my local Marathon. The trails in it are similar to those around me in the Northern Suburbs of Sydney, and it’s close enough to drive to from home on the day – albeit with a horribly early start time. In part, […]
Ready for the road and a Battle on the Border
I’m not quite sure how this happened, like so many things in my life it just did. In a few days I am going to be ensconced in a Women’s National Road Series tour at Salt (Tweed Heads, NSW). The Battle on the Border is an annual 4 stage road race taking place over 3 […]
Heading home for ‘my local’
Everyone has ‘a local’ that they go to. More than just a fallback option, I hold some pride in going to my local. It matches up well with where I live and where I train – and getting to it and back home again doesn’t require too much thinking ahead. I’m not talking about a […]
Subaru-MarathonMTB.com Team Page
Subaru are supporting a massive number of teams and events. So many that the whole list doesn’t even make it onto the screen grab of the Subaru Active website. What did make it though is the beginning of the Subaru-MarathonMTB.com team page. Keep an eye on it to see how it develops over the next […]
Gearing up for the new year
When the MarathonMTB.com website first hit my radar I was inspired by and attracted to the way the site and it’s associated race team celebrate mountain biking as a lifestyle: the exciting races on offer, the adventures people have there and the frequent stories they share about these experiences on the web. I wouldn’t have […]
Tate Dogan: Flinging Observations
The 7th edition of the Briar’s Highland Fling was everything I expected it to be: hilly, hot, and hard. Whilst it was warm, temperatures were significantly more bearable than last year, which made for more enjoyable riding, especially at the back-end of the race. I had set myself a plan of a sub-5h time for […]
Justin Morris: One last Fling…
The Briars Highland Fling, now in its 7th year, is always a well run, competitive and difficult race. This year was no exception, in fact with the inclusion of the Real Insurance XCM series, this years edition was seemingly super fast. In the elite category there was big money on the line. After having not […]
Singletrack Mind Round 6: Skills Sharpening.
With less than three weeks until the pinnacle of the domestic marathon season, MarathonMTB.com headed out to the latest round of the Singletrack Mind series in search of form-finding. What we found was a plethora of wild singletrack. If you have been looking for a course to practice your technique then Rydal/Lidsdale should feature […]