The hub for marathon mountain biking
In a time when Australia is losing some classic marathon races, our National Championship is a glorified XC race run on laps in a bikepark, and there is increasingly less focus on elite athlete development from the governing body – it’s worth giving credit where credit is due. One part of that is appreciating how […]
Over a thousand riders are expected to race on some of Australia’s best single track at the 13th annual Otway Odyssey MTB Marathon presented by Focus, with entries for this iconic event opening today. Regarded as one of Australia’s most respected off-road cycling events, the Otway Odyssey delivers an incredible mountain biking experience for riders […]
The 12th edition of the Otway Odyssey was run and won under grey skies in the singletrack wonderland that is Forrest, Victoria, Australia. With the national XCO championships occurring on the same weekend a number of key big name riders were notable absent. However, the women’s field showed significant depth with 4 former winners on […]
Race promotion company Rapid Ascent is excited to welcome over 1,400 riders to Forrest, Victoria this weekend for two huge days of racing at The Otway Odyssey and Great Otway Gravel Grind (GOGG) presented by Focus, one of the most iconic races in Australia. The 12th edition features mountain bike races; the 100km Odyssey, the […]
One of the most respected and historic mountain bike marathons on the Australian calendar returns in 2018 in a partnership with it’s sister event the ‘Great Otway Gravel Grind’ (G.O.G.G). The Otway Odyssey was one of the first mountain bike events in the country to embrace the marathon format in 2007. In it’s formative years […]
The Otway Odyssey started in 2007 as an epic event starting opposite the Surf Club in Apollo Bay and climbing up to the Otway Ranges. The course took riders through the trails around Forrest and beyond, before dropping them, with a lot of fatigue, back to Forrest for the race’s finish. Since 2013, the race […]
The racing year is underway, with the first two national XCO rounds done, and the next two on the horizon. But it is the Otway Odyssey which kicks off the marathon racing season. One of the hardest, yet most scenic, marathon MTB races on the calendar, the Otway Odyssey always draws a crowd. And as […]
