Irish XC NPS Round 1 - Tollymore Forest 29 April 2018
http://www.ulsterxc.com/ulster-xc-20...d-2-tollymore/
Anybody racing?
http://www.ulsterxc.com/ulster-xc-20...d-2-tollymore/
Anybody racing?
Irish XC NPS Round 1 - Tollymore Forest 29 April 2018
Thanks Terry, I’m going!
Think Iâll do it Terry
Last weeks Epic league race gave me comfort that Iâm nearly over the hand injury so nae excuses for me!
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Last weeks Epic league race gave me comfort that Iâm nearly over the hand injury so nae excuses for me!
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Best of luck all I'll sit this one out and hope to do the rest.
Any chance of hitching a car ride with one of you?
I would like to go too but it is pretty bad to get there by bus.
Thanks in advance :-)
I would like to go too but it is pretty bad to get there by bus.
Thanks in advance :-)
Sorry Gary
I wonât be traveling from Dublin (as Iâm up home for the weekend & going from there)
Hope u can get a lift sorted
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I wonât be traveling from Dublin (as Iâm up home for the weekend & going from there)
Hope u can get a lift sorted
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No problem at all, unfortunately I am down with the flu.
So round 1 of 2018 NPS series done and dusted myself done and broken tough day out never really got going need a few more club league races to get some speed up for racing had never ridden a XC race in Tollymore excellent race organising big thanks to Dromara CC
Tough race lap about 5Km about 90percent single track a pleasure to ride in parts a bit like Bellurgan Park some great kicker climbs ,drops, rooty bits plus quirky bits like the tight turn between 2 trees
Congratulations to Vinny on a brilliant second place in the S3 race
Also up racing Killian McCoy under 10, Brendan under 14,Jon and myself S3,Colm S1
Race report
http://www.ulsterxc.com/2018/04/30/t...eat-xc-racing/
Race results
http://irishxcnps.ie/wp-content/uplo...re_Results.htm
T
Tough race lap about 5Km about 90percent single track a pleasure to ride in parts a bit like Bellurgan Park some great kicker climbs ,drops, rooty bits plus quirky bits like the tight turn between 2 trees
Congratulations to Vinny on a brilliant second place in the S3 race
Also up racing Killian McCoy under 10, Brendan under 14,Jon and myself S3,Colm S1
Race report
http://www.ulsterxc.com/2018/04/30/t...eat-xc-racing/
Race results
http://irishxcnps.ie/wp-content/uplo...re_Results.htm
T
well done everyone - don't worry Terry you'll probably win lots this season - you're just giving someone else a chance!
Thanks Terry
Delighted with the result & that the hand ligament injury held up to the rough n tumble of racing
Very techy (but enjoyable) course & I struggled with one of the descents in particular. Took the B line for the 1st bombhole after I slid off on it in warm-up. Lost 10s a lap by taking that line but I weighed that up against the strong likelihood of me making a b@@llix of it in the race
Didnât see the fellow who won the whole race. Think he had 5 minutes on me by the end. Jaysus!!
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Delighted with the result & that the hand ligament injury held up to the rough n tumble of racing
Very techy (but enjoyable) course & I struggled with one of the descents in particular. Took the B line for the 1st bombhole after I slid off on it in warm-up. Lost 10s a lap by taking that line but I weighed that up against the strong likelihood of me making a b@@llix of it in the race
Didnât see the fellow who won the whole race. Think he had 5 minutes on me by the end. Jaysus!!
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Well done Terry and to Vinny on a great result, congrats.
Like Terry, I'd say that the course was excellent and the organisation top notch. Tollymore is an excellent location & Dromorara CC ran a good show. This was the first proper XC race for me in a long time and it was a shock to the system! I found it hard but always enjoyable, we had 5 laps and it took me just under 2 hours. More training needed! It was long for an XC race but better long than short after travelling for the race. Great to be back XC racing again.
Big thanks again to Brendan and Richie for looking after me in the pits, thanks lads, I owe you one!
Like Terry, I'd say that the course was excellent and the organisation top notch. Tollymore is an excellent location & Dromorara CC ran a good show. This was the first proper XC race for me in a long time and it was a shock to the system! I found it hard but always enjoyable, we had 5 laps and it took me just under 2 hours. More training needed! It was long for an XC race but better long than short after travelling for the race. Great to be back XC racing again.
Big thanks again to Brendan and Richie for looking after me in the pits, thanks lads, I owe you one!
Tollymore was a great craic. Congrats Vinny - what a race against Paddy!
The guy who won it most probably shouldn't be racing in S3 but in S2 for sure...
The guy who won it most probably shouldn't be racing in S3 but in S2 for sure...