How did people go at the Punishment? I came in at 5:45 for the 100km which I'm pretty pleased with as I thought I was going to be around the 8 hour mark. The training tips from the forum clearly paid off!

This weekend is the Capital Punishment (see events calendar), the race is the first round of the Maverick Marathon Series - which for many people adds a welcome 'unifying' set of series points to their season / year of racing.
There has been a bit of drama with rival series this year etc - so I wrote a brief article for The Roost magazine about the upcoming series and its strengths.
Hope you enjoy it:

http://theroostmag.com.au/the-mighty-maverick-se...

The inaugural Port to Port mountain bike stage race held here in our very own Hunter Valley will be held between Thursday the 29th May and Sunday 1st June 2014. HMBA members can receive a discount when registering for the full 4 days by entering the code 'HMBA14'. There are also 1,2, and 3 day options available so no excuses for work getting in the way!

Check the website @ http://porttoportmtb.com/

It's on again!
Remember when life was simple? Remember when you rode your bike to have a good time?
When you rode because it felt good and the company you rode with and the tracks you rode were more important than having 1000 categories to choose from and a big list of swag to choose from.

Well CTMBC are taking it back.

We're stripping away all the hype and complications and just having a fun series of 3hr races celebrating the seasons.