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November 30, 2021 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

2022 Otway Odyssey back to Forrest

The Otway Odyssey is one of the longest running marathon mountain bike events in Australia, with a winner’s circle that has many elite names. With the 15th edition in 2021, Rapid Ascent took the Odyssey back to its roots and the original start at Apollo Bay, on the beautiful Great Ocean Road. Catch our Otway […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Bike, Forrest, MarathonMTB, mountain bike, otway odyssey, Rapid Ascent, visit victoria, XCM

July 4, 2021 By Justin Morris 1 Comment

The Devils Cardigan gravel race sets the scene in Tasmania with epic course and conditions!

Gravel racing has been taking the US cycling scene by storm for a few years now. With the ascension of a now world renowned races such as Unbound Gravel (formerly Dirty Kanza) gravel racing in parts of the northern hemisphere has become a legitimate professional discipline and arguably trumping in popularity the traditional road racing […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: Blue Derby, Derby, devils cardigan, endurance, Enduro, Gravel, Gravel Grind, groad, Justin Morris, MTB Tasmania, nathan earle, Road, Road Racing, Tasmania, XCM

June 21, 2021 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Seewald and Esusquiza Fischer win Euro XCM Champs

Andreas Seewald and Natalia Fischer Esusquiza are the new European champions after the 2021 Cross Country Marathon (XCM) European Championships. If the Swiss were a bit behind in the men’s category, the Swiss women shon as the Swiss champion Steffi Häberlin finished in second place, ahead of the world champion Ramona Forchini and Ariane Lüthi […]

Filed Under: News, Reports Tagged With: Bike, Euro, European Championships, evolene, MarathonMTB, mountain bike, MTB, XCM

June 2, 2021 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Australian National XCM course stats revealed for Dwellingup 100

Earlier this year Auscycling announced that the 2021 Australian Cross-Country Marathon (XCM) National Championships would be contested in Western Australia, within the Dwellingup 100 (D100) event on September 18, 2021. You might remember a similar announcement in early 2020, but while the D100 event ran, there was no national title contested for XCM in 2020 […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Bike, Dwellingup, MarathonMTB, mountain bike, Western Australia, XCM

May 1, 2021 By Justin Morris 2 Comments

Odams and Henderson take honours at the 2021 Convict 100!

Convict 100 MarathonMTB

Jon Odams and Cristy Henderson take out the 2021 Convict 100 in NW Sydney.

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: Convict, Convict 100, giant anthem, marathon, Maximum Adventure, MTB, St Albans, sydney, XCM

April 30, 2021 By Justin Morris 1 Comment

Convict 100 Bike Check: Justin Morris’ Norco Revolver FS 100

After a covid induced hiatus from XCM racing, the races are returning in Australia. The longstanding Convict 100 is underway on May 1. We take a look at team rider Justin Morris’ Norco Revolver prepared for race day.

Filed Under: MarathonMTB.com, Tech Tagged With: carbon wheels, Convict, Convict 100, EIE carbon, Fox suspension, Justin Morris, Maddog, MarathonMTB, Maximum Adventure, Maxxis, PRO, Ride MEchanic, Shimano XTR, sydney, XCM

February 20, 2021 By Sam Fox 1 Comment

McConnells conquer Otway Odyssey

A huge field of riders took to thr trails that make up one of Australia’s most respected (and toughest!) mountain bike races at the Otway Odyssey MTB Marathon on Saturday 20 February, 2021. Olympic representatives’ Dan McConnell and Bec McConnell were the first male and female to conquer the 100km, branding themselves in the history […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: Bec Henderson, dan mcconnell, McConnell, Otway, otway odyssey, otway ranges, sam fox, samara sheppard, Trekky, Victoria, XCM

September 15, 2020 By Justin Morris 1 Comment

Bike racing and training with Type 1 Diabetes

Cycling was not always my passion or my career in life, as a matter of fact at the age of 10 all I could dream about was one day being a pilot! I used to watch fighter pilot movies, play pilot video games and my bedroom wall was platered with posters of jet fighter planes! […]

Filed Under: Diaries Tagged With: Diabetes, JDRF, Justin Morris, Maddog, mental health, Stage Racing, type 1 diabetes, Type1Diabetes, XCM

August 25, 2020 By Sam Fox Leave a Comment

Goal-setting and motivation during COVID

With no foreseeable racing at a high level, it can be hard to find the motivation for training. I myself find training harder, but the usual OCD attitude towards training is slipping. Occasionally I have been taking the easy way out of intervals, or finding excuses not to complete a program, and let’s be honest, […]

Filed Under: Training Tagged With: Ben Thomas Coaching, coaching, COVID-19, Goal Setting, Mind Matters Athlete Coaching, motivation, sam fox, Tasmania, Training, XCM

May 21, 2020 By Justin Morris 1 Comment

My favourite event: The Simpson Desert Bike Challenge

Justin Morris Simpson Desert Bike Challenge MarathonMTB Subaru

With the enforced hiatus from racing upon us, many including myself are reminiscing of race days gone by. I am extremely grateful to have had the opportunities and support to make racing across most corners of the world happen. It’s given me a pretty broad appreciation for how the world works and more specifically how […]

Filed Under: Diaries Tagged With: Central Australia, fat bike, norco bicycles, norco sasquatch, Queensland, simpson desert, Simpson Desert Bike Challenge, Stage Racing, XCM

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