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December 14, 2018 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Racing with Megabake’s Vietto’s Tears – one season in

MarathonMTB Megabake review Viettos Tears

In March this year I was given a few bags of Vietto’s Tears to try out, by Megabake head baker Brett. I bumped into Brett over three years ago when supporting my then fiancé Imogen Smith at the Chicks in the Sticks 3 hour race. At the time, Brett had one main product with the […]

Filed Under: Nutrition Tagged With: hypotonic, megabake, Mike Blewitt, mountain bike, MTB, nutrition, outside, Review, sport, sports drink, viettos tears

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

July 23, 2017 By Sara Mills Leave a Comment

RECIPE: Orange and cinnamon nut bars

Nut bar nutrition marathonMTB

It’s that time year where we are all either hibernating on an indoor trainer, getting up later to ride and just trying to keep our damn feet warm! Winter is usually base training for most cyclists, where the miles are put in to make the difference in the summer races. With miles come the large […]

Filed Under: Nutrition Tagged With: cycling, cycling food, diet, MarathonMTB, MTB, nut bars, nutrition, recipe, riding food

March 9, 2015 By Sara Mills Leave a Comment

Recipe: Raw Power Balls

Whole food nutrition is taking the fitness and health world by STORM, and there’s a reason for that. It heals the body. In mountain bike racing, especially endurance and marathon racing, your nutrition is the difference between recovery, performance and your ability to back up your race or training efforts day after day. Whole-foods contain all of the […]

Filed Under: Nutrition Tagged With: balls, gluten free, nutrition, raw food

July 27, 2014 By Imogen Smith Leave a Comment

Preparation: Two Aussies get ready for Sudety MTB Challenge

Sudety Mountain Bike Challenge (tagline ‘no bullshit, no compromise’) starts with a prologue around Stronie Slaskie today. and Mike Blewitt and I will be racing it for Team Subaru-MarathonMTB.com in a mixed pair. Stronie Slaskie, in the picturesque Sudety mountains in Poland, is 16,000 kilometres from Sydney – so we thought it best to bring […]

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: long haul, nobullshit, nocompromise, nutrition, spare parts, Stage Racing, Sudety Mountain Bike Challenge, Sudety MTB Challenge, Training, Travel

July 18, 2014 By Sebastian Jayne Leave a Comment

Easy DIY Muesli Bars

Here is my secret recipe to home made muesli bars. It’s pretty complex, but is guaranteed to increase threshold power by roughly 67.3%. But really they do give you a good amount of energy and the best thing they have over standard sports bars is that you make them! You can put everything you want […]

Filed Under: Features, Nutrition Tagged With: Food, MTB, nutrition

July 5, 2014 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Reviewed: Pure Edge Go-Fast Energy

Next time you’re out training with your friends, have a quick look to see what each rider has in their bottle, or hydration pack. Chances are, everyone is going to be using something different. Some might be drinking water, others an electrolyte drink to fend off cramps, some might prefer supermarket sports drinks, or cordial, […]

Filed Under: Nutrition Tagged With: Energy, Food, nutrition, Superfood

December 1, 2013 By Imogen Smith 1 Comment

Allen Lim’s Rice Cakes: The perfect race food?

I have a lot of, ahem, idiosyncrasies when in comes to food, both on and off the bike. I’ve been vegetarian for 17 years (that’s over half my life and way longer than I’ve been riding bikes). I eat the same thing for breakfast every day and have, with minor variations, for about four years. […]

Filed Under: Nutrition Tagged With: allen lim, foil eating, fun in the kitchen, nutrition, rice cakes, vegetarian

December 30, 2010 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Gu Energy Gels

Havin' a gel while pondering a solution. Hmmm... Photo ©: Bernie I'Ons

The original. But with so many players in the market, is it still the best?

Filed Under: Nutrition Tagged With: gels, gu, nutrition

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