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November 29, 2018 By Imogen Smith Leave a Comment

The Pioneer Stage 4 – Mt Difficulty and other difficult climbs

MarathonMTB Pioneer NZ Photo: Tim Bardsley-Smith

Click. Beep. Click. Beep. Click. Beep. Ok I’m definitely in my smallest gear, but how is that possible? I’ll just check again. Beep. Yep. Shit. Getting going again Today Mike and I started Stage four of The Pioneer with the goal of making it to the first feed zone, then reassessing things after our nightmare […]

Filed Under: Diaries Tagged With: bannockburn, central otago, Marathon mtb, mountain biking, MTB, pioneer, Stage Racing, XCM

June 18, 2018 By Ben Thomas Leave a Comment

Snowy Peaked Alps Bike Festival

Related Event: Alps Bike Festival - UCI XCM Series

This is real mountain biking! The Alps Bike Festival and La Clusaz delivered with kilometre after kilometre of technical trails through beautiful mountain scenery.   La Clusaz, a cycling destination. I should have known better than to bring my hardtail, this race is all about showing off the 112 kilometres of dedicated mountain bike tracks. […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: Alps, Alps Bike Festival, France, Haute Savoie, Marathon mtb, UCI XCM Series

April 23, 2018 By Justin Morris Leave a Comment

The Golden Triangle Epic provides another battle royale for Australia’s MTB elite!

Related Event: Golden Triangle Epic

The Bendigo MTB club has now for many years run one of Australia’s iconic marathon MTB events. The ‘Golden Triangle Epic’, held in the gold mining town of Bendigo about 1.5 hours drive from Melbourne has played host to some of the most exciting races and racers on the famed 52km loop that XCM racers […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: Bendigo, bendigo golden triangle epic, Brendan Johnston, Cameron Ivory, Marathon mtb, MTB, national xcm, Victoria, XCM, xcm series

April 23, 2018 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Bekken and Dreyer victorious in 2018 36ONE MTB

36One MTB Race

Ramses Bekkenk and Jeannie Dreyer rode to dominant victories at the 2018 36ONE MTB Challenge in Oudtshoorn on Saturday, the 21st of April. While Bekkenk started fast and missed out on the course record, Dreyer paced her race to perfection; finishing strong to smash her 2015 record by half an hour. In the other categories, […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: 36ONE, Marathon mtb, MarathonMTB, mountain bike, MTB, south africa

February 25, 2018 By Justin Morris Leave a Comment

Standish and Mullens victors at 2018 Otway Odyssey after an eventful 98km!

Related Event: Otway Odyssey

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 […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: Australian MTB, Marathon mtb, Odyssey, otway odyssey, Peta Mullens, Ryan Standish, XCM

October 25, 2017 By MarathonMTB Leave a Comment

How to train for a marathon mountain bike race

Brazil Ride MTB MarathonMTB

Responding to popular demand, we’re publishing a new series on how to train, prepare, and race your first marathon. Not your first marathon? Read on anyway and pick up some tips we’ve put together from years of experience. First up, here’s our best advice on how to prepare for your first marathon MTB race, including […]

Filed Under: Training Tagged With: coaching, event, goals, hydration, Marathon mtb, mountain biking, nutrition, Racing, train, Training, XCM

April 29, 2017 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Day 1 at the Australian National XCM Championships

Related Event: Australian XCM Championships - UCI XCM Series
Townsville XCM MarathonMTB mountain bike mike blewitt

Since 2015, the Australian National Cross-Country Marathon (XCM) Championships have been split across two days. This allows less traffic on the course as a short, lap-based event has been used to contest the titles since 2011, as opposed to a traditional point-to-point or big loop marathon. And the 2017 edition in Townsville, Queensland, is no […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: Marathon mtb, MarathonMTB, mountain bike, national championship, Queensland, townsville, XCM

October 21, 2016 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Fortune favours Kleinhans and Beers at Cape Pioneer Trek

Cape Pioneer Trek MarathonMTB Stage race Mountain Bike Zoon Cronje

The tides are turning at the Cape Pioneer Trek, as South Africans Erik Kleinhans and Matt Beers turned up the heat even further on Thursday to win Stage 4 of the Cape Pioneer Trek international mountain bike stage race; as overall leaders, Gawie Combrinck and Nico Bell, lost a chunk of their advantage when they […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: cape pioneer, Marathon mtb, MTB, south africa, Stage Race

February 18, 2015 By Imogen Smith Leave a Comment

How to coach yourself

Interested in coaching yourself? Over two posts Imogen Smith takes you through your options In law they have a saying (sometimes attributed to Abraham Lincoln) that the attorney who represents himself in court has a fool for a client… So if you decide to write your own program for your next mountain bike marathon, how […]

Filed Under: Training Tagged With: athlete, coach, FTP, Marathon mtb, self-coaching, today's plan, training peaks

October 17, 2014 By Imogen Smith Leave a Comment

Questing the Croc

A few weeks ago, when I was wondering out loud why the hell I torture myself with so much mountain bike racing, a friend looked me straight in the face and said ‘I think you just thrive on the drama.’ She’s undeniably right, and it got me thinking that what really gets a lot of […]

Filed Under: Features, News Tagged With: Bianchi Methanol, Croc Trophy, Fox suspension, Marathon mtb, MTB, Race preparation, Stage Race, the Quest

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