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NPS 3 in Ticknock EPIC Total Domination !

12 May 2013, 19:26
Well, Ticknock is a hard place to run an XC race..its hard enough to get permission for it in the first place . The weather was against MAD but it made no difference to the racing. the course was riding great and felt like a real adventure for an XC race..MAD had done a fair bit of tweaking to make it rideable and thank God..4 times up Toms would break anybody..actually two times up Toms would break anybody.
I got a great start in S2 up the Tarmac but kept it cool and took a fine inside line to get a good run in to the singletrack..that was a really nice stretch of singletrack down and back across to the bombhole ! I got to the bomhole in fine style and very calm..however two lads , one was Gene Ryan from MAD fell in front of me at the bottom of the bombhole and as I was reluctant to ride over them I stalled at the lip of the bombhole and as soon as they recovered , I fell into the feckin Bombhole and landed on my head and my hip..it burst open the cradle on my helmet and for an instant I felt woozy but after a lifetime of booze and drugs I'm accustomed to that so off i went and a big thanks to everybody who asked me was I alright. I had a bit of an ouchy on my hip but I kept going..caught back up to Smithers somewhere , passed Mickky , then he passed me and stayed there..he feckin stayed there all the way for the 4 laps..just out of reach ..him and bleedin Eamon McConvey and Phil Tighe and some lad in his pyjamas and CLive Caldwell. then at the end of lap 3 Steo caught me, and we went along together I was pretty sure he was winning as Hoppo was after wearing out his Hanger ..then I passed Clive and Phil was weeping beside the trail and after a struggle to get my bleeding pump out of my jersey I gave him my pump, then feck Lasko passed me , damnit ..so I had to get by him again..then there was Mickky and Eamon.." crash you *******s , crash " but no..passed a few more people..I was comfy..no heart attack pains or rasping breath..I was in the comfy race zone..Mickky and Eamon were mine for the taking once they got a mechanical or a crash..its ok..then bleedin Clive goes by me again..then Robin huffhufffgasphuff ..jaysus that can't be good for you !
THen Buggle went by me quietly but then we started yapping about being too old for this and having to give up the drink and I let him go because it was getting to be hyperbarically painfull to chat and pedal.. then Gar McKee passed me and he got caught behind Clive and some Junior lad and Mickky and Marlena and Pyjama Guy..and Eamon , always Eamon..then Colm from IMBRC came by me and I fell over and got wrapped around a tree and all my bad juju came back to haunt me as I was willing them all to crash in front of me..it was one of those I hate this track moments on to the fireroad and up to Metro..into the shizzle and I came across Erica fiddling with her bike , I could see Eamon and Colm and just couldn't make the gap ..what am I like I was thinking ! How many laps left , where am I ? are they my feet , whats that marshalls name ?
finished happy , all my bits intact and felt good..I remembered why I love XC racing today..its hard, its a test of skill and strength , your bike has to be awesome and because you are operating at your limit the execution of your skills and temperment have to be bang on..
A big thanks to MAD , brilliant marshalling, horrible tape , great loop especially the section before Toms..I thought it was a great mix of climbing and descending..there was a great atmosphere all over the track, EPIC dominated which shows that we are at heart really gnarly hard *******s !! But then that might have something to do with The Club President I have to say I loved every minute of it..well except the horrible but that led to A1 Sharon..jays everytime I got to that it was like time had slowed down and everybody was grinding along at a speed of -1 kph..
ANd a big thanks to our supporters on the day, Adrian Visible Panty Line, Oscar, Jack, RichardL ( thanks for asking me if I was ok when I binned myself in the bombhole and Rory , Paddy and Joe McCall of Team I love Dermot Gavin , it helped me to get going again) and thanks to my Sponsors, Giant, Lidl Merlot and Dominoes Pizza , without them I wouldn't have got out of bed this morning..my new Tattoo was burning with the fires of Gethsemane today and I couldn't see a bleeding thing half the time with the spectacles on..
13 May 2013, 10:23
Good report, fair play. I'm disappointed though, I thought you never forgot what someone looks like on a bike! My unique racing gear must have confused you! Had a great battle with you there on the 3rd and 4th lap, proper XC racing. Luckily the energy gel kicked in going up Tom's the last time. There was some great close racing yesterday, savage day on the bike.
13 May 2013, 12:00
T'was indeed, the name is slightly off though! I look forward to another few battles over the next few rounds!
13 May 2013, 20:52
I've sort of recovered in mind only cause my body took a battering yesterday. On my worm up spin I crashed in the bomb hole landing on my wrist which is slightly sprained or something to add to my hurty shoulder and leg it wasn't looking good for the race so I decided to go mad on the 1st lap and see what happens. It didn't work I caught Beelzebub on the the Tarmac and passed him and he cut me off going into the ingle track so I stuck to his back wheel when he decided to try and end his life by jumping off the bomb hole and land on his head I slipped passed asking and laughing are you ok hahaha just avoiding his foot that would have been hilarious if had ran over him. Anyway off I went up toms and had nothing to give so I decided to slog me way around. Everyone caught me but I had a good few dices through the race but eventually everyone got the better of me on the Toms Mikkky, Ray, Byrne all got on climbs but Ray also decided life was not worth living and tried to kill himself coming out onto kilmashouge once again laughing asked were you ok and peddling off as fast as I could. Great event well done mad and marshal of the day was the chap at the top before you hit metro go on your flying mate come on catch him go go go deadly he was.
Well done to all in epic and my team mates that was a hard slog.
13 May 2013, 21:53
jaysus I laughed out loud there ..tears in my eyes here, if you had ran over me foot I'd have bitten you ! Beelzebub ! classic I can't stop laughing !
13 May 2013, 22:14
I'm telling you though , you're some legend ! 4 laps up that..anybody racing S2 or S3 yesterday should have gotten a medal..seriously that was like an old school XC race !
12 May 2013, 19:26
Well, Ticknock is a hard place to run an XC race..its hard enough to get permission for it in the first place . The weather was against MAD but it made no difference to the racing. the course was riding great and felt like a real adventure for an XC race..MAD had done a fair bit of tweaking to make it rideable and thank God..4 times up Toms would break anybody..actually two times up Toms would break anybody.
I got a great start in S2 up the Tarmac but kept it cool and took a fine inside line to get a good run in to the singletrack..that was a really nice stretch of singletrack down and back across to the bombhole ! I got to the bomhole in fine style and very calm..however two lads , one was Gene Ryan from MAD fell in front of me at the bottom of the bombhole and as I was reluctant to ride over them I stalled at the lip of the bombhole and as soon as they recovered , I fell into the feckin Bombhole and landed on my head and my hip..it burst open the cradle on my helmet and for an instant I felt woozy but after a lifetime of booze and drugs I'm accustomed to that so off i went and a big thanks to everybody who asked me was I alright. I had a bit of an ouchy on my hip but I kept going..caught back up to Smithers somewhere , passed Mickky , then he passed me and stayed there..he feckin stayed there all the way for the 4 laps..just out of reach ..him and bleedin Eamon McConvey and Phil Tighe and some lad in his pyjamas and CLive Caldwell. then at the end of lap 3 Steo caught me, and we went along together I was pretty sure he was winning as Hoppo was after wearing out his Hanger ..then I passed Clive and Phil was weeping beside the trail and after a struggle to get my bleeding pump out of my jersey I gave him my pump, then feck Lasko passed me , damnit ..so I had to get by him again..then there was Mickky and Eamon.." crash you *******s , crash " but no..passed a few more people..I was comfy..no heart attack pains or rasping breath..I was in the comfy race zone..Mickky and Eamon were mine for the taking once they got a mechanical or a crash..its ok..then bleedin Clive goes by me again..then Robin huffhufffgasphuff ..jaysus that can't be good for you !
THen Buggle went by me quietly but then we started yapping about being too old for this and having to give up the drink and I let him go because it was getting to be hyperbarically painfull to chat and pedal.. then Gar McKee passed me and he got caught behind Clive and some Junior lad and Mickky and Marlena and Pyjama Guy..and Eamon , always Eamon..then Colm from IMBRC came by me and I fell over and got wrapped around a tree and all my bad juju came back to haunt me as I was willing them all to crash in front of me..it was one of those I hate this track moments on to the fireroad and up to Metro..into the shizzle and I came across Erica fiddling with her bike , I could see Eamon and Colm and just couldn't make the gap ..what am I like I was thinking ! How many laps left , where am I ? are they my feet , whats that marshalls name ?
finished happy , all my bits intact and felt good..I remembered why I love XC racing today..its hard, its a test of skill and strength , your bike has to be awesome and because you are operating at your limit the execution of your skills and temperment have to be bang on..
A big thanks to MAD , brilliant marshalling, horrible tape , great loop especially the section before Toms..I thought it was a great mix of climbing and descending..there was a great atmosphere all over the track, EPIC dominated which shows that we are at heart really gnarly hard *******s !! But then that might have something to do with The Club President I have to say I loved every minute of it..well except the horrible but that led to A1 Sharon..jays everytime I got to that it was like time had slowed down and everybody was grinding along at a speed of -1 kph..
ANd a big thanks to our supporters on the day, Adrian Visible Panty Line, Oscar, Jack, RichardL ( thanks for asking me if I was ok when I binned myself in the bombhole and Rory , Paddy and Joe McCall of Team I love Dermot Gavin , it helped me to get going again) and thanks to my Sponsors, Giant, Lidl Merlot and Dominoes Pizza , without them I wouldn't have got out of bed this morning..my new Tattoo was burning with the fires of Gethsemane today and I couldn't see a bleeding thing half the time with the spectacles on..
13 May 2013, 10:23
Good report, fair play. I'm disappointed though, I thought you never forgot what someone looks like on a bike! My unique racing gear must have confused you! Had a great battle with you there on the 3rd and 4th lap, proper XC racing. Luckily the energy gel kicked in going up Tom's the last time. There was some great close racing yesterday, savage day on the bike.
13 May 2013, 12:00
T'was indeed, the name is slightly off though! I look forward to another few battles over the next few rounds!
13 May 2013, 20:52
I've sort of recovered in mind only cause my body took a battering yesterday. On my worm up spin I crashed in the bomb hole landing on my wrist which is slightly sprained or something to add to my hurty shoulder and leg it wasn't looking good for the race so I decided to go mad on the 1st lap and see what happens. It didn't work I caught Beelzebub on the the Tarmac and passed him and he cut me off going into the ingle track so I stuck to his back wheel when he decided to try and end his life by jumping off the bomb hole and land on his head I slipped passed asking and laughing are you ok hahaha just avoiding his foot that would have been hilarious if had ran over him. Anyway off I went up toms and had nothing to give so I decided to slog me way around. Everyone caught me but I had a good few dices through the race but eventually everyone got the better of me on the Toms Mikkky, Ray, Byrne all got on climbs but Ray also decided life was not worth living and tried to kill himself coming out onto kilmashouge once again laughing asked were you ok and peddling off as fast as I could. Great event well done mad and marshal of the day was the chap at the top before you hit metro go on your flying mate come on catch him go go go deadly he was.
Well done to all in epic and my team mates that was a hard slog.
13 May 2013, 21:53
jaysus I laughed out loud there ..tears in my eyes here, if you had ran over me foot I'd have bitten you ! Beelzebub ! classic I can't stop laughing !
13 May 2013, 22:14
I'm telling you though , you're some legend ! 4 laps up that..anybody racing S2 or S3 yesterday should have gotten a medal..seriously that was like an old school XC race !