The Maverick Marathon Series has announced announce its return in 2015, with entries into the first round Capital Punishment and second round Giant Odyssey already open and filling up. The big news is that 2015 also sees the inclusion of Queensland’s Flight Centre Epic, and that the Kowalski Classic has chosen to not be part of the […]
Giant Odyssey open to enter for 2015
Entries have opened for the 2015 Giant Odyssey Mountain Bike Marathon, set for Saturday 21st March on the phenomenal trails around Forrest, South-West Victoria. Coming into its 9th year, the Giant Odyssey is one of Australias biggest and best marathon MTB races thanks to the quantity of epic singletrack, the climbs and blitzing descents, race atmosphere and sense of […]
Giant Odyssey 100km 2014
The Giant Odyssey has matured to become a pinnacle annual event for many elite marathon mountain bike riders, well attended by both national and international riders. In the last two years, the Rapid Ascent team have honed the 100km course, modifying it into a logistically more appropriate ‘clover leaf’ circuit with riders starting, transitioning and finishing […]
Stage Racing: A Greek Odyssey
Everyone at MarathonMTB.com feels that a mountain bike stage race can be one of the best ways to see a country, or a region, or a specific mountain range. Mountain bikes can take you places. They are a tool for a journey. While that may just be for post work escapism it can also be […]
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 […]
Entries Open for 2014 Giant Odyssey Marathon MTB Race
Rapid Ascent have welcomed Giant Bicycles Australia as the new naming rights sponsor of the legendary Giant Odyssey Mountain Bike Marathon, now set for Sunday 27th April 2014 in Forrest, South-West Victoria. “Giant Bicycles Australia is extremely proud to be partnering with Rapid Ascent as naming rights sponsor of the Giant Odyssey.” Said Ben Johnson, […]