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December 9, 2021 By Mike Blewitt 1 Comment

What’s it like racing an Epic Series MTB event?

MarathonMTB Pioneer Epic Series

The last two race seasons have dealt a tough blow to industries and individuals around the world. In the small world of endurance mountain bike events, the going has been brutal for some, and merely terrible for others. Some events needed to make difficult decisions in early 2020, with last minute cancellations and postponements. And […]

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December 7, 2019 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

The Pioneer 2019 – Stage Five

For the 2019 edition of The Pioneer, Sam Fox has teamed up with Sebastian Jayne to race as the MarathonMTB.com Team. Sam will be reporting each day. He’s also the youngest rider in the race at just 19 years of age. And then it arrived. The final day of The Pioneer. After two shortened stages due to adverse […]

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December 5, 2019 By MarathonMTB Leave a Comment

The Pioneer 2019 – Stage Four

For the 2019 edition of The Pioneer, Sam Fox has teamed up with Sebastian Jayne to race as the MarathonMTB.com Team. Sam will be reporting each day. He’s also the youngest rider in the race at just 19 years of age. Today we had another shortened stage like yesterday, to the relief of many riders. After arriving […]

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December 4, 2019 By MarathonMTB Leave a Comment

The Pioneer 2019 – Stage Three

For the 2019 edition of The Pioneer, Sam Fox has teamed up with Sebastian Jayne to race as the MarathonMTB.com Team. Sam will be reporting each day. He’s also the youngest rider in the race at just 19 years of age. After evading the rain on the previous stage we were hopeful to do the same again. […]

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December 3, 2019 By MarathonMTB Leave a Comment

The Pioneer 2019 – Stage Two

For the 2019 edition of The Pioneer, Sam Fox has teamed up with Sebastian Jayne to race as the MarathonMTB.com Team. Sam will be reporting each day. He’s also the youngest rider in the race at just 19 years of age. Stage Two of The Pioneer was the queen stage, covering 112KM and 2500m of climbing, it […]

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December 2, 2019 By MarathonMTB Leave a Comment

The Pioneer 2019 – Stage One

For the 2019 edition of The Pioneer, Sam Fox has teamed up with Sebastian Jayne to race as the MarathonMTB.com Team. Sam will be reporting each day. He’s also the youngest rider in the race at just 19 years of age. Today was another early morning, 5:30AM for a 7:30AM start. With a very refreshing […]

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December 1, 2019 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

The Pioneer 2019 – the Prologue

For the 2019 edition of The Pioneer, Sam Fox has teamed up with Sebastian Jayne to race as the MarathonMTB.com Team. Sam will be reporting each day. He’s also the youngest rider in the race at just 19 years of age. Wow, what a start to The Pioneer 2019! I was a late call up […]

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November 29, 2019 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

MarathonMTB.com at The Pioneer in 2019

With the 4th edition of The Pioneer starting this weekend in Queenstown, New Zealand, one of the most recent team pairings could also be one of the most competitive! While originally the MarathonMTB.com Team would comprise founding rider Mike Blewitt and Sebastian Jayne, young Tasmanian Sam Fox will now be joining Sebastian for the 6-day […]

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November 26, 2019 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Essential items for The Pioneer

Full disclosure – this article could have been written months ago, focusing on important details like how to set your bike up for The Pioneer. And of course I could recap what to carry at The Pioneer, or even what you should be taking with you to the event start in Queenstown. But I have […]

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November 28, 2018 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

“That’s one of my hardest days on the bike” – midweek at The Pioneer

Related Event: The Pioneer
MarathonMTB The Pioneer NZ

Today’s stage from Alexandra to Bannockburn looked a little innocuous on paper. 79km, with a couple of big climbs – but all farm track. That’s over 20km shorter than Stage 2, but similar climbing, but no singletrack – so it should be faster. And I think for many people, they probably liked it. And deep […]

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