This weekend will see the 3rd round of the CRC MTB Marathons Series make its way to Marshbrook in Shropshire and riders will have once again the chance to choose between 3 MTB courses and 2 road sportive courses.

The VITUS sportives will take place on Saturday while the MTB Marathon will kick off on Sunday morning.

Looking beyond the fast approaching Marshbrook weekend we will have the new location of Abergavenny waiting for us.

The Abergavenny round will be another double event but this time we are breaking the habit and we are running the MTB Marathon on Saturday followed by Road sportive on Sunday. Similar to the Marshbrook round we will have three mountain bike courses and two road sportive on offer. You can find details on the MTB marathons on the Abergavenny event page while details of the Abergavenny VITUS road sportives can be found here.

Further to that here the profiles for the various rides:

Middle MTB Marathon (4th August 2012 – start 10am)
Length (approx.): 78km   Amount of climbing (approx.): 2500m  

Half MTB Marathon (4th August 2012 – start 10am)
Length (approx.): 50km   Amount of climbing (approx.): 1600m  

Mini MTB Marathon (4th August 2012 – start 10am)
Length (approx.): 30km   Amount of climbing (approx.): 900m

Classic (Long) Road Sportive (5th August 2012 – open start 8.30 – 9.30am)
Length (approx.): 90miles   Amount of climbing (approx.): 2500m

Standard (Short) Road Sportive (5th August 2012 – open start 8.30 – 9.30am)
Length (approx.): 55miles   Amount of climbing (approx.): 1450m