Brendan Johnston and Samara Sheppard wrapped up the 2016 XCM National Series titles in style with dominant victories at the Kowalski Classic in Canberra today, Sunday October 16th 2017. Johnston is a dual national XCM Champion, and has made his mark on most of the major marathon races around Australia – including those that make […]
Blair and King crowned at the Kowalski
Related Event: XCM Series: Kowalski Classic
Is there a thing as too much singletrack? That’s a loaded question surely! Singletrack is great because nothing beats riding great, flowing singletrack when it all just clicks and you have got your groove on! What if you were to race almost 100km of singletrack? Self-Propelled Enterprises have once again laid down the challenge at […]
10 reasons you should be racing the Kowalski Classic
Related Event: XCM Series: Kowalski Classic
The Kowalski Classic is on the 20th of September, and entries close this Friday – 4th of September. Since the Kowalski started in 2012, it’s experienced excellent growth and stature, standing apart from many Australian marathon races due to the extensive (and sometimes oppressive) amount of singletrack. If you’re not entered yet, and sitting on […]
Kowalski Classic 2014 Race Video
There’s always someone that stands out from the crowd, like the naughty kid at a family get together. The class clown. Rogues. Mischievous types. And the same goes for marathon racing – and not just the racers! While the sport does enjoy have loners, rogues who excell without the company of others, and who march to […]
Johnston and King the rulers of Kowalski
The Kowalski Classic has become a fixture of the Australian Marathon racing calendar in a short period of time, and this 3rd iteration was won by Brendon Johnston with a strong solo attack from 50km out, and by Jenni King, who attacked her closest rival about 60km into the race. The course for the Kowalski […]
Kowalski Classic Course Preview
After its Winter hibernation, Australian Marathon racing comes back with a bang in September – with some classic races across most states. Whilst many will claim to be unique, tough, unusual or even ‘full of singletrack’ none of them will match The Kowalski Classic against those four criteria. The Kowalski – both the 50km and […]
Introducing the Maverick Marathon Series
Some of Australia’s most popular mountain bike marathon events have joined forces to create a new MTB series. It has been announced that a new event series will launch to capture the essence of mountain biking and encourage participation at all levels from Elite riders to weekend warriors and juniors. mav-‐er-‐ick: an Individual, who’s maybe a […]
Kowalski, A Singlespeeder’s Tale…
You know, after Tour Divide its kind of hard to get worked up about 90km. After all, when you’ve ridden more than 230km a day for 20+ days… well, 90km just doesn’t seem that hard. At least that’s what I was telling myself as I was getting organised to drive down to Canberra for the […]
Kowalski Classic: Passion Breeds Success
Having now attended many marathon mountain bike races at home and abroad, I have become accustomed at recognising what makes a new race take off. The Australian race calendar is flooded with events, and clashes are frequent. This is not a terrible scenario given how spread out our population is, but it makes it very […]
Kowalski Classic – a course preview
Myself and Kyle Ward (Rockstar Racing) were lucky enough to get an invite from Alan, of the famed Kowalski Brothers Trailworks crew, to head into East Kowen forest for a preview the trails they’ve just built for the Kowalski Classic Marathon, and also to sample the first 50km of this year’s course – and after […]