Australian MTB Marathon Championships
This news has been around for a little while now but it's worth mentioning it here as well.
The Big Hill Events MTB Marathon at Wangong early next year has been selected as the site for the 08/09 Marathon Championships. Felt has sponsored this event for the past two years and next year is stepping up it's commitment as naming rights sponsor to the Felt MTBA Australian MTB Marathon Championships.
Here's some choice words from the MTBA news article:
Wandong, just a one hour drive from the Melbourne CBD, is a superb location for the event which will see the hugely popular European style of mountain bike marathon racing come to Australia. Less than eight months away, the Championships will be held on Sunday 29 March.
The race course stretches over 100kms and has 2500m of vertical gain with a mix of fire road, 4WD tracks, double tracks and, of course, some great single track sections. The course is challenging yet achievable with the average rider time expected to complete the course in between five and six hours. At the elite end, competition is set to be fierce and the estimated winning time for Elite Male just over the mandated 4hours.
All competitors will enjoy the European marathon racing experience, with feed zones at this event like no other in Australia. Over the 100km course there are four fully catered feed zones where riders are given water bottles, sports drinks, food by Degani Bakery, Gels and Energy bars by Endura as well as fruit and snacks.
Cash and prizes totaling over $20,000 will be on offer with a huge range of spot prizes up for grabs.
The event will be limited to a field of 750 riders and entries will open early October.
The Big Hill Events MTB Marathon at Wangong early next year has been selected as the site for the 08/09 Marathon Championships. Felt has sponsored this event for the past two years and next year is stepping up it's commitment as naming rights sponsor to the Felt MTBA Australian MTB Marathon Championships.
Here's some choice words from the MTBA news article:
Wandong, just a one hour drive from the Melbourne CBD, is a superb location for the event which will see the hugely popular European style of mountain bike marathon racing come to Australia. Less than eight months away, the Championships will be held on Sunday 29 March.
The race course stretches over 100kms and has 2500m of vertical gain with a mix of fire road, 4WD tracks, double tracks and, of course, some great single track sections. The course is challenging yet achievable with the average rider time expected to complete the course in between five and six hours. At the elite end, competition is set to be fierce and the estimated winning time for Elite Male just over the mandated 4hours.
All competitors will enjoy the European marathon racing experience, with feed zones at this event like no other in Australia. Over the 100km course there are four fully catered feed zones where riders are given water bottles, sports drinks, food by Degani Bakery, Gels and Energy bars by Endura as well as fruit and snacks.
Cash and prizes totaling over $20,000 will be on offer with a huge range of spot prizes up for grabs.
The event will be limited to a field of 750 riders and entries will open early October.
posted by Jack Lamshed at 12:02 pm
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