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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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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

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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

August 11, 2015 By Sebastian Jayne Leave a Comment

Livigno – The Interlude

There isn’t much that hasn’t been written or said about the altitude training haven of Livigno. Sitting high in the Italian Alps, Livigno has become one of the most desired high altitude training locations in Europe. A desire built upon high alpine passes, flowing backcountry and bike park singletrack and, of course, Italian coffee! After […]

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July 16, 2015 By Imogen Smith Leave a Comment

4 reasons you might need a data holiday

Do you need data just to get you out of bed? Do you lose count of how many times a day you check Strava? Do you think about power, training load, and ramp rate more than most people would find ‘normal’? If you answered yes to any of these, but need a bit more convincing, […]

Filed Under: Features, Team Diary Tagged With: cycling, data, garmin, MarathonMTB, Riding, Strava, Training

July 16, 2015 By Sebastian Jayne Leave a Comment

Seb Jayne’s 2nd European Chapter

Progression: the process of developing gradually towards a more advanced state. That key word, gradually. A sometimes-frustrating time construct for me to endure. But that ‘more advanced state’ ideal does have a certain ring to it. And if I have to endure something, it might as well be on a bike! The German Bundasliga race, […]

Filed Under: Team Diary Tagged With: Livigno, Subaru, World Cup, XCO

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