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December 11, 2017 By Imogen Smith Leave a Comment

All Orange no lemon

MarathonMTB Orange XCO Imogen Smith

It’s always exciting to see a National Series kick off. It signals the beginning of summer, and a time when riders can start to measure their form against the best and work out their goals and plans for the rest of the season. It’s a time to get some payback for all the pre-season training […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: Imogen Smith, MarathonMTB, mountain bike, National Series, Norco, NSW, Orange, Subaru, XCO

August 15, 2017 By Justin Morris Leave a Comment

Mongolia Bike Challenge Stage 2 – Steppe Suffering

Related Event: Mongolia Bike Challenge
Mongolia Bike Challenge MarathonMTB Justin Morris

Stage 2 of the Mongolia Bike Challenge for 2017 was dubbed the ‘Queen stage’ for this year’s edition. Indicating that it is regarded as the most difficult of the race. Upon conversation with riders everyone fully agrees that they hope dearly there is no stage more difficult than today! Day two in Mongolia Many broken […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: Bike, biking, explore, Justin Morris, MarathonMTB, Mongolia, Mongolia Bike Challenge, mountain bike, MTB, norco revolver, Stage Race, Subaru, XCM

May 25, 2017 By Justin Morris Leave a Comment

Port to Port stage 1: The Sandy Smash!

Related Event: Port to Port MTB
Port to Port MTB MarathonMTB Photo: Tim Bardsley-Smith

The 4th edition of the Port to Port MTB stage race got underway today in the beautiful NSW coastal town of Nelson Bay. In previous years racers have been greeted with angry/ stormy skies but today the sun beamed down upon those gracing the start line. With a great introduction opening ceremony including words from […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: MarathonMTB, NSW, Port to Port, Stage Race, Stage Racing, Subaru, visitnsw

March 11, 2017 By Justin Morris Leave a Comment

After the dust has settled – Looking back on The Pioneer

Related Event: The Pioneer

It has now been a month since the now well known stage race, The Pioneer, has been run and won. I thought with the exhaustion and pain of the event now settled, it would be a good time to reflect on what I really experienced and witnessed during one of the most gruelling events I […]

Filed Under: Diaries Tagged With: MarathonMTB, MTB stage racing, New Zealand, Pairs racing, pioneer, Stage Racing, Subaru, the pioneer

February 11, 2017 By Justin Morris Leave a Comment

The Pioneer stage 7- One last push to Queenstown

Related Event: The Pioneer

Riders took joy at crossing the finish line after 7 days of exhausting, stunning, character building and painful mountain bike miles across the Southern Alps of New Zealand in The Pioneer stage race today. On the menu for the final stage was far from a cruisey parade into town. Although the stage profile suggested 59km […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: Pairs racing, pioneer, Stage Race, Stage Racing, Subaru

February 10, 2017 By Justin Morris Leave a Comment

The Pioneer Day 6 report- Penultimate punishment

Related Event: The Pioneer

Day 6 of The Pioneer gave rider’s a welcome shorter stage of 64km today. However, initial excitement of a significantly shorter day in the saddle was quickly put to rest with a look over the course profile. The stage beckoned 64km of pretty much entirely uphill riding to the XC ski village of ‘Snow farm’. […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: MarathonMTB, New Zealand, pioneer, Stage Race, Stage Racing, Subaru, Travel, XCM

December 5, 2016 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Justin Morris to race the 2017 Mongolia Bike Challenge

Justin MOrris Norco Sasquatch bike check simpson desert MarathonMTB

After a tough start to the year with a broken pelvis and 5 broken ribs, Subaru-MarathonMTB.com racer Justin Morris set his sights on the Simpson Desert Bike Challenge – winning the classic stage race across the desert while helping the event raise money for the Royal Flying Doctor Service. Now, Morris has set his sights on his […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Justin Morris, MarathonMTB, Mongolia Bike Challenge, MTB, Subaru

November 13, 2016 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Flinging into the deep end at the Highland Fling

Related Event: Camelbak Highland Fling

Photos by Zoe Binder and Richie Tyler The Australian marathon mountain bike calendar has swollen to bursting point, and not every event cuts it. But the Highland Fling has always been amongst the biggest and the best in the country. Rolling into Bundanoon yesterday afternoon, it was easy to be reminded why. Racers and their […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: Highland Fling, MarathonMTB, MTB, Race, Subaru, XCM

October 3, 2016 By Justin Morris Leave a Comment

Justin Morris wraps up the Simpson Desert Bike Challenge

Justin MOrris Subaru MarathonMTB Simpson Desert

2016 represents the 30th running of The Simpson Desert Bike Challenge, making it unofficially the world’s longest running mountain bike stage race. With early concerns regarding flooding in the area, there was some initial doubt as to whether the event could be held on the planned infamous ‘French Line’ crossing of The Simpson desert this year. […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: Juston Morris, MarathonMTB, MTB, simpson desert, Simpson Desert Bike Challenge, Stage Race, Subaru

August 12, 2016 By Sebastian Jayne Leave a Comment

Trans Schwarzwald begins

Seb Jayne Subaru MarathonMTB Trans Schwarzwald

Let the Trans Schwarzwald begin! 3km at 14% with 1km at 18% … And that was the first 3km of Stage 2! That was a hard start, so let’s take a little break … Nope After a small downhill it’s straight into climb number two, another 2.5km at close to 10%! Alright, surely that’s it, […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: MarathonMTB, MTB, Stage Race, Subaru, Trans Schwarzwald, XCM

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