A typical elite-level mountain bike race lasts approximately two hours and ranges from 22-28 miles for men and 16-22 miles for women. A common cross-country mountain bike course includes significant elevation gain and tricky descents.
25 milesMarathon mountain bike races, often referred to as cross-country marathon (XCM), are a very demanding form of mountain bike racing covering at least 40 kilometres (25 miles) usually in mountainous terrain.
Saturday, August 20, 2022 The race will be held on the same course as the running event, a scenic 13-mile loop on forest roads and Arizona Trail singletrack. Cover that loop as many times as you can in 6 hours!
Generally races tend to be five to seven laps long. Although the XCO courses vary in technical difficulty and can look (and ride) very differently, they all have to be designed in a similar way.Apr 25, 2021
cross-country, also called cross-country running, long-distance running over open country; unlike the longer marathon race, cross-country races usually are not run along roads or paths.
The workout: after warming up, ride four 15-minute intervals at 85 percent of your threshold or max heart rate, with 10-minute easy spins in between each hard effort. Another option is to do 2x20 minute intervals at 85 to100 percent of threshold with 5 minutes recovery between.May 31, 2012
Frog Hollow lays in the shadow of Gooseberry Mesa and Zion National Park just outside the town of Hurricane, Utah. Home Base is known as Frog Town, and it is the hub of all the excitement.
4.1 kilometresThe competition is a mass-start, seven-lap race. There is only one round of competition. The mountain bike course is 4.1 kilometres (2.5 mi) long, with sudden changes in elevation, narrow dirt trails, and rocky sections.
An XCM is a 100km race that will usually involve a mix of gravel road, fire trail and single track with some technical aspects.
Nino Schurter has won the most international XC titles of any man, so he could very well be ranked as the top mountain biker of all time; however, Anne-Caroline Chausson probably has the most world titles of any mountain bike racer, so she's also a viable candidate for the “greatest-ever” title.May 21, 2021