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October 13, 2020 By Justin Morris 1 Comment

MarathonMTB Team Camp 2020 – down in Tasmania

With restrictions of movement and cancellation of events in 2020 race days for our team have been few and far between. Myself and Mike Blewitt were able to race and report from the Arabian Epic- Jordan in February. Following that the classic Otway Odyssey weekend in Victoria and MTBA XCO national championship were the last […]

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: arabian epic series, Blue Derby, Derby, dragon trail, dragon trail MTB, Jordan stage race, Justin Morris, Maddog, MarathonMTB, MTB Tasmania, otway odyssey, sam fox, St helens, Tasmania

September 15, 2020 By Justin Morris 1 Comment

Bike racing and training with Type 1 Diabetes

Cycling was not always my passion or my career in life, as a matter of fact at the age of 10 all I could dream about was one day being a pilot! I used to watch fighter pilot movies, play pilot video games and my bedroom wall was platered with posters of jet fighter planes! […]

Filed Under: Diaries Tagged With: Diabetes, JDRF, Justin Morris, Maddog, mental health, Stage Racing, type 1 diabetes, Type1Diabetes, XCM

September 28, 2019 By Justin Morris Leave a Comment

XCM World Champs- Back of the Pack race report

Team rider Justin Morris whom also lives with Type 1 diabetes reports on racing the UCI XCM World Championship from the perspective of last place on the starting grid.

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: Grachen, Justin Morris, Maddog, MarathonMTB, MTBA, Sebastian Jayne, St Niklaus, Switzerland, UCI, XCM, XCM Champs, XCM Worlds

January 2, 2019 By Justin Morris Leave a Comment

5 takeaways from a 500km day in the saddle

As a former road racer I have always been a fan of big miles on the bike for training. As a cycling coach now (Mind Matters Athlete Coaching) I still endorse the benefits of a solid endurance base that can only be strengthened through extended duration in the saddle. But how far is too far […]

Filed Under: Diaries Tagged With: Blue Derby, Hobart, Justin Morris, Maddog, MarathonMTB, mental health, Race to the rock, Road Racing, stay chatty, Tasmania, Training, Ultra Endurance

September 5, 2018 By Justin Morris Leave a Comment

Tour de Timor stage 2: Riders get wet on tour’s shortest stage.

Related Event: Tour de Timor 2018

Tour de Timor stage 2 greeted riders with another early morning wake up call. Early starts are a trend in this race predominantly to allow riders to complete the bulk of racing before the brutal heat of the afternoon sun here. So the 7am start had some riders reaching for the arm warmers and undershirts […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: David Vaz, Justin Morris, Maddog, MarathonMTB, MTB SE Asia, Stage Race, Stage Racing, Timor Leste, Tour de Timor

August 26, 2018 By Justin Morris Leave a Comment

The Redback day 4: Final stage again finishes in sprint. De Rooze and Thomson take GC crowns

Related Event: The Redback

A few tired legs on the start line in downtown Alice Springs for the final and arguably hardest stage of this year’s Redback MTB stage race. Rider’s today faced 45km of predominantly the rocky, well cambered singletrack that typifies the riding in central Australia. Chatting among the riders there was more or less complete agreement […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: Alice Springs, Cape to Cape, Central Australia, Maddog, MarathonMTB, MTB, Rapid Ascent, Stage Race, Stage Racing, the redback

August 25, 2018 By Justin Morris Leave a Comment

Redback MTB day 3: A sprint finish after riders rewarded with Alice Spring’s best trails!

Related Event: The Redback

Day 3 of The Redback MTB stage race is the first single stage day of the race. A longer and more challenging 42km course from the race hotel to the lush ‘Telegraph Station’ just north of Alice Springs took riders onto some of the finest trails of the region. A perfect mix of singletrack, fire […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: Alice Springs, Central Australia, Maddog, mountain bike, MTB, Redback, Stage Race, Travel

August 24, 2018 By Justin Morris Leave a Comment

The Redback Day 2: Sun and Moon stage’s

Related Event: The Redback

Day 2 of racing in the red centre of Australia for the Redback stage race involved two 22km races one a TT and one a mass start race both competed on the same course but with one BIG differentiating factor. One competed under the warmth of the sun and the other under the stars and […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: Alice Springs, Maddog, marathon mountain biking, MTB, Redback, Singletrack, Stage Race, Stage Racing, the redback

July 27, 2016 By Justin Morris Leave a Comment

100 miles of lumberjack singletrack at Michigan’s X100

Related Event: X100

On August 20 this the year the X100 will be running its 4th edition through some iconic and some lesser known ‘unmarked trails’ through the mountain bike mecca that is the Traverse City region in the state of Michigan, USA. The area has been made famous in MTB circles through the ‘largest MTB race in […]

Filed Under: Diaries Tagged With: 100 mile, Iceman, Maddog, MarathonMTB, miler, MTB, USA, X100, XCM

February 12, 2016 By Justin Morris Leave a Comment

Who could win the Giant Odyssey?

Related Event: Giant Odyssey
Forrest trails at the 2014 Giant Otway Odyssey. Photo Rapid Ascent

The Giant Odyssey (formerly Otway Odyssey) will be celebrating 10 years of running one of the premier XCM races in Australia next Saturday (February 20). As one of the pioneer events of marathon mountain biking in Australia the event has earned a reputation as a difficult, epic, hard man/woman yet enjoyable marathon event. The race […]

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: Maddog, MarathonMTB, Odyssey, XCM

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