There are always a lot of stories after a Mountain bike race, about the terrain, the course, the tactics, lines being taken, lines being missed. Sometimes you wonder if it is the same race they are talking about. The talk of yesterday’s stage was Kyle Ward finishing the last 30km without being able [...]

  During a drunken night out post Convict 100 I happily offered to share my free accommodation for the ICME stage race to Micheal Crosby who probably wouldn’t have been able to afford coming up otherwise. When later that same night Kyle Ward asked me if he could come also, I enthusiastically babbled drunkenly,  yes [...]

After an hour cleaning the bike, a hot shower and lots of food, most of the afternoon was spent lazying around the room spyching each other up for the 300m TT Hill climb we had to do in the afternoon. I am not a sprinter, not even close, I can actually say I dont even [...]

With one more race to go before heading into winter, it’s time to have a look back at the first part of 2013 and my first 6 months on the Subaru-MarathonMTB.com team.   I started my season in Australia with the Kona Odyssey in Forrest, Victoria. Amazing race, well known and loved by many mountain [...]

The Convict 100 course is in the beautiful Hawkesbury area with Old Great North Road as its key feature.  The road was built by the convicts in the 1800’s to link Sydney with Newcastle, although it was never really used which is good because it’s not the smoothest piece of road around…. Over the last [...]

I have spent the last 4 years racing and training with age group triathletes, and I have realised that the focus is hardly ever on technique, that drills or skill sessions are rarely incorporated into training programs. Not out of a lack of trying by coaches but more so out of lack of interest by [...]

When I planned my racing Calendar at the end of December I knew it was going to be tough, I planned to be racing every second to third weekend with a lot of travel. Victoria, Philippines, Cairns… As a vet I work every second weekend which meant I was either working the weekend or I [...]

Roc round TWO! So whats it like racing a World Cup? Well firstly its surprisingly very similar to every other race you will probably do and I must admit in many respects a lot less dramatic than many races that form part of your normal marathon season. Reason being the UCI Marathon Series sort of [...]

…. time to start training and get your legs to the start of some up and coming races!   If you are tired of attending the same races year after year then there are a few I would like to suggest you pencil into your 2013 agenda. The easter break is the perfect time to [...]

For me, the long Easter weekends means four days of riding in and around Jamieson in Victoria’s High Country. It’s a three hour drive from Melbourne but Jamieson is definitely worth it! It’s got something on offer for everyone, weather you’re training for endurance racing (like me) or just wanna have some fun on the [...]