In the middle of December I reminisced about living overseas, and relishing the opportunity for more travel. More adventure. More racing. But all on a limited budget. That was part one – this is part two. Packing up and heading overseas can always seem like a huge expense. And it isn’t ‘cheap’ – but there […]
Attakwas Extreme Marathon gains 100k Rand Carrot
The Fairview Attakwas Extreme Mountain Bike Challenge has an extra prize in 2015, with R100 000 up for grabs for a new record time of 4 hours and 30 minutes for the 121km marathon. The Attakwas is on Saturday 17 January. The race starts at Chandelier Game Farm outside Oudtshoorn and finishes at Groot Brak. Henco Rademeyer from […]
Favourite MTB events in 2014
What are the days between Christmas and New Years Eve for save for riding, holidays, great food and drink, and some time to relax? Reflection, it seems. I had close to 40 days of racing in 2014, less than some years, but more than many other years. But with two overseas trips, a lot of […]
MTBA Launch 2015 XCM Series
Mountain Bike Australia (MTBA) has announced the 2015 National Cross Country Marathon (XCM) series. Described as a ‘truly National series’, the selection of races spans four states and both territories, offering riders almost 600 kilometres of Australia’s best mountain bike trails across six very different races. Cross Country Marathon (XCM) racing extends the traditional Olympic Cross Country […]
Flight Centre Epic joins Maverick Series – Kowalski goes… where?
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 […]
MTBA Announce Six Race XCM Series
At the first Australian Mountain Bike Summit, held at Mt Buller, MTBA CEO Shane Coppin announced many new initiatives that the governing body are working towards for Australian mountain bikers. From making sure we have UCI C1 ranking events to better prepare and equip elite racers for World Cup competition, to increasing the flexibility of […]
VIDEO: Racing the Roc Laissagias
The Roc Laissagais has become a fixture on the international XCM scene – and due to the demanding nature of the course, and the quality of the organisation, it has secured the rights to hold the 2016 XCM World Championships. Having raced there in 2012, I have experienced the mud, the speed of club level […]
Convict 100 to reverse for 2015
Related Event: XCM Series: Convict 100
The 2015 season is shaping up to be yet another awesome year to be a mountain biker. With a jam-packed national series kicking things off early and then new races being added to the mix like the Evocities series and Rock & Road race. Another exciting development has also come, with the news that the […]
Counting the top 10 of 2014
I’ll readily admit that there is still a lot of 2014 left to go. About 10% of it actually. And living in Sydney, Australia, means that it’s actually one of the best times of the year to ride right now. But after the Crocodile Trophy, a few easy weeks have been very much enjoyed, and […]
Racing 2014 Part 1 – My year in numbers
I was too tired to be gleeful when my racing year ended two weeks ago, but now that a bit of time’s passed, I’ve been enjoying looking back on it all, so much that I thought I’d write about it. I’m calling it my racing year, rather than my season, because in Australia, and especially […]