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May 1, 2021 By Justin Morris 0 Comments

Odams and Henderson take honours at the 2021 Convict 100!

Convict 100 MarathonMTB

Jon Odams and Cristy Henderson take out the 2021 Convict 100 in NW Sydney.

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: Convict, Convict 100, giant anthem, marathon, Maximum Adventure, MTB, St Albans, sydney, XCM

April 30, 2021 By Justin Morris 2 Comments

Convict 100 Bike Check: Justin Morris’ Norco Revolver FS 100

After a covid induced hiatus from XCM racing, the races are returning in Australia. The longstanding Convict 100 is underway on May 1. We take a look at team rider Justin Morris’ Norco Revolver prepared for race day.

Filed Under: MarathonMTB.com, Tech Tagged With: carbon wheels, Convict, Convict 100, EIE carbon, Fox suspension, Justin Morris, Maddog, MarathonMTB, Maximum Adventure, Maxxis, PRO, Ride MEchanic, Shimano XTR, sydney, XCM

May 4, 2020 By Mike Blewitt 0 Comments

Train with MarathonMTB.com for the Convict 100

Convict 100 MarathonMTB Photo: @mozimage

So far the year 2020 has thrown up challenges around the world. The world of sport has been upended, but in some countries events have been able to reschedule, allowing us mountain bikers to set goals for later in the year. Goal setting is a key part of motivation, and a positive goal to train […]

Filed Under: Training Tagged With: Bike, Convict, Convict 100, Justin Morris, marathon mountain bike, MarathonMTB, Mind Matters Athlete Coaching, mountain bike, mountain bike training, NSW, Training, XCM

May 7, 2019 By Justin Morris 0 Comments

Johnston and Mattocks win 15th Convict 100

The Convict 100 mountain bike marathon has now well and truly established itself as a classic and reliable staple on the Australian XCM calendar. The race originally called the Dirt Works Classic was first run in 2004 making it one of the oldest continuously running marathons in Australia. A very similar course has been used […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: Andy Blair, Australian MTB, Australian XCM Championships, Brendan Johnston, Briony Mattocks, Convict, Convict 100, Imogen Smith, new south wales, Port to Port, sydney, XCM

February 5, 2019 By Mike Blewitt 1 Comment

Riding through history at the Convict 100

Convict 100 MarathonMTB

Here in Australia, we don’t have the amount of historical paths and routes that fall into everyday use like some parts of the world. While we still have plenty of examples where indigenous routes of travel have become major traffic corridors, we don’t have quite the same connection with the lived history. We don’t have […]

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: biking, Convict, Convict 100, marathon, MarathonMTB, mountain bike, MTB, new south wales, XCM

February 27, 2018 By Mike Blewitt 0 Comments

Tackle the Convict 100 with these #protips

Related Event: Convict 100 - Sydney's marathon mountain bike race
Convict 100 MarathonMTB Photo: @mozimage

Marathon races have come and gone in Australia. The list of racers which won’t run again can be depressingly long. The Angry Doctor, Wombat 100, Highland Fling, Capital Punishment, 3 Ring Circus – all gone. But the Convict 100 has stayed true, and stayed strong. It’s a point-to-point race that runs in one big loop […]

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: biking, Convict, MarathonMTB, mountain bike, MTB, protip, tips

May 6, 2017 By Sam Moorhouse 0 Comments

Kafka wins 2017 Convict 100

Related Event: Convict 100 - Sydney's marathon mountain bike race
Convict 100 MarathonMTB Photo: @mozimage

St Albans is a sleepy town on the banks of the MacDonald River, a tributary of the Hawkesbury River about 2hrs drive north of Sydney. Settled in 1842 it doesn’t see a lot of heavy traffic other that 1 weekend in May for the Convict 100. Due to the location from Sydney, many opt to […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: Bike, Convict, Convict 100, MarathonMTB, Mozimage, MTB, Sam Moorhouse

April 7, 2017 By Mike Blewitt 0 Comments

The Convict 100 – the marathon that doesn’t make sense

Related Event: Convict 100 - Sydney's marathon mountain bike race
Convict 100 XCM MarathonMTB mountain bike

At the start of this year, we published a post outlining the ingredients that make for a great marathon MTB race. One of the stand out components is the route – it needs to be challenging and interesting, and you’d also expect there to be singletrack. So how come, the Convict 100 has no singletrack, and […]

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: Bike, Convict, Convict 100, marathon mountain bike, MarathonMTB, MTB, sydney, wiesmans ferry, XCM

May 1, 2016 By Imogen Smith 3 Comments

English and Smith crush the Convict 100

Related Event: Convict 100
Convict 100

I wasn’t supposed to race the Convict 100 – not at all. Instead, I was supposed to be at a team training camp with my road team to prepare for the NRS race Battle on the Border. BUT it turned out that I was going to be in Canberra last week for some skills training […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: Bike, Convict, Convict 100, MarathonMTB, mountain bike, XCM

April 27, 2016 By MarathonMTB 0 Comments

Crunching the Convict – racing by numbers

Related Event: Convict 100

In 2005, XCM as we know it today wasn’t really a thing. There certainly wasn’t any XCM series, and people participated in 100-kilometre races because 100 is a nice round number and they were looking for a challenge. The Convict 100, or Dirtworks 100 as it was known then, was a pretty radical idea. Someone […]

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: Convict, MarathonMTB, XCM

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