The Annapurna Circuit is my favourite one day mountain bike ride in the World. The 3 previous editions of the the Annapurna Circuit FKT challenge were ridden in the normal counter clockwise direction. This year it was done in reverse to spice it up a little, making it steeper, adding a tougher finish, and offering […]
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Heading back to Nepal after last being there for 11 months during the pandemic lockdown of 2020 was a very exciting experience! Arriving in Kathmandu and catching up with long lost friends over Dhal Bhaats signalled the start of a new beginning and hopefully the kick off to some exciting Himalayan adventures planned ahead. After
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The Canadian summer has been flying bye recently! After returning home from the World 24HR Champs in Italy, Unbound in Kansas, and training in Colorado, I had a brief time at home before heading down to Utah for Round 3 of the Lifetime Grand Prix at the Crusher in the Tushar. The legs were firing,
2022 has kicked off in a memorable way. January: FKT on Kilimanjaro February: Safari training camp in Tanzania/Kenya thanks to &Beyond Travel . March: Training camp in the Kenyan Highlands (Iten ). April: Sea Otter classic: (Round 1 of the Life Time Grand Prix presented by Mazda): 30th overall, 19th in the GP. May: Island
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Life changes fast these days. The day after The Nedbank Desert Dash in Namibia I hopped a flight through Ethiopia over to Tanzania in East Africa . For whatever reason whoever makes up the often random travel rules, considers Tanzania a covid safe country, so after 2 weeks here I would be free to return
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The Munga is a 1155 km non stop race across the heart of South Africa in the middle of their scorching summer. It has been on the radar for a long time, but I kept telling myself “one day”.. That one day came on Dec 1st 2021, in large part thanks to Lachlan Morton.
The Cape Epic in South Africa has grown into the premier mountain bike stage race in the World. Every March riders from around the World descend upon Cape Town to take part in what they call the “Untamed African race”. It’s full of tough riding and adventure as teams of 2 take on 8 days,
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BCBR Mountain Bike was going to be tough this year with a deep field. 3 past champions, Geoff Kabush, Felix Burke and myself, Karsten Madsen, young gun, Carter Nieuwesteeg, and World Cupper, Andrew L’Esperance. Andrew races short pinner races all year and was likely the favourite as these stages would fit right in his wheel
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BCBR Doubleheader The BC Bike Race has grown into one of the go to stage races in the World. This year we lucked out and had two of them to race within 2 weeks! First up was the the Inaugural 5 day BCBR Gravel Explorer kicking off in late September in the Okanagan, then after
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The Lead boat challenge in Colorado was the toughest two days of racing I’ve ever done back to back. Racing 168 km at 10 000ft + on Saturday at the Leadville Trail 100 MTB race is enough to send the system into shock. Toss in a 2.5 hr drive, bike maintenance, a 3 hr sleep,
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The Oregon Trail Gravel Grinder is a 5 stage, 560 km gravel stage race through the heart of the Cascade mountains in Western Oregon. It has big climbs, epic views, some rough stuff, but most of all a great camp life as the organizers set up a racer village every night full of good food,
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Unbound is a 330 km gravel race across the flint hills of Kansas State in America which has grown into one of, if not the most competitive gravel race in theWorld. It’s a race of attrition in which every rider faces adversity, whoever faces the least and does the best job dealing with it generally