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April 26, 2017 By Imogen Smith Leave a Comment

Crash course: Imogen Smith on her season-ending accident

Related Event: Australian XCM Championships
Imogen on trainer

Seven weeks ago, I had a big crash in a women’s criterium that ended my racing season before it really began. Early in the final 200m sprint, where I was sitting in the top 10 (I thought I’d be safe there), there was a surge from behind and riders moved sideways. It took the girl […]

Filed Under: Diaries Tagged With: accident, Crash, criterium, goals, injury, MarathonMTB, MTB, Racing, Training

June 24, 2014 By Stu Spies Leave a Comment

The Art of Crashing

Subaru-MarathonMTB.com Racer Stu Spies loves a road race – in fact he just loves racing. Stu checks in with his thoughts on crashing. Surely part of his build towards the 2014 Transalp? We don’t like to talk about it, sometimes we barely acknowledge its existence, but it is woven into the fabric of what we […]

Filed Under: Diaries, Team Diary Tagged With: Crash, Stack

November 20, 2013 By Will Hayter Leave a Comment

Losing the mojo

Mojo, confidence, groove, the zone, call it what you will – I’ve lost it. And it’s proving pretty hard to find again. Can anyone help? At the end of March 2013, I broke my hip in the closing kilometres of the ABSA Cape Epic. At the time it seemed like a hard fall but nothing […]

Filed Under: Team Diary Tagged With: Confidence, Crash, Mental Games, Mojo

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