K-Capital 2008

[Liam]

Just some pics: http://picasaweb.google.com/talk2liam/KCapital2008

[Martin]

great day, my first mtb race in Ireland at this level and loved it, the old asthma a flared up on the second lap so had to retire! roll on next race, thanks for roars and support lads! it does help! i think Oisin and Fergal had a good race from where I was marshalling and Cormac too.....

[paddyobrien]

nice photos liam. What a day, savage course, my body is destroyed .. pizza is the onyl answer!


Well done to everyone* who took part .. savage effort lads, especially for those who'd never raced before


I kept hearing people shouting my name as i went past .. was nearly delerious by the end so no idea who it was half the time .. but it definitely helps


*except shane, the banger .. riding sports! still, thanks for the bottles and the abuse .. kept me going.

[Cormac]

good race? me? I was in pain for most of that.

Conor, John, Graham and I have a good battle thoughout the race. It was an excellent course and the MAD turnout was great.


I didn't think I was that wrecked at the end, that was until I climbed the stairs to my apartment!

[Oisin]

Great race. I was getting serious cramps towards the end but just managed to keep the pace. The pressure was on!


Thanks for people doing the bottles and shouting/cheering/general support. It makes a huge difference.

[paddyobrien]

how could i have forgot above ... nice one oisin on your first win in experts .. you'll have to be moving up to elites next year!!


;-)

[ollietrex]

Yep well done Oisin for winning the expert, was a cool race even if I did feel like I was going to die before the end... Defo hats of to shane, martin and every one else who was chearing for every one it makes the world of difference.


Now all I have to do is train that bit harder to keep paddy behind me next time.

[ryan]

Yeah - well done to all who took part, especially the people new to racing. That was a pretty savage course to start out on! It was great riding around having people cheer you on the whole time and again, thanks to the bottle hander upper people. Oisin, you'll be joining me soon ;)


My race, I felt fit but not overly fast - could have done more laps when I finished (which is a sign I should have been pushing harder) but it's early days in the season still. I'll write an artivle about the race tomorrow on my blog. Now it is time to eat :)

[ollietrex]

There are a few photos that we got on our camera at:-


http://picasaweb.google.com/ollietrex/KilrudderyKCapital2008

[Conor]

Same as above, well done to Oisin, that leaders jersey makes you a target now! Thanks to Barry, and the Banger for bottles, and all the MAD marshals, the cheers along the way help greatly. I actualy enjoyed most of the race, its good to have Graham, Cormac etc to race with. Ollie, ill catch you next time!!

[ollietrex]

There is some serious training going to be done over the next few weeks and months to stop as many masters cathing me. I was pretty worried when I lined up with the expert pack but I have to say it was a good race as the masters were just behind so I found my pace among some of the masters / expert and fought for position with them.

[Liam]

Well, suppose it was a good course to cut your teeth on as I'm sure most courses are not as hard as that one.. I hope.. enjoyed it myself but felt I could have pushed harder.


Well done to all the experts and masters, the look of pain on your faces at the end.. wasn't encouraging for me. LOL

[Howie]

Had a great time for my first race. Thanks to all the people cheering us on from the sidelines, it's really helps to turn the wheels! Congrats to everyone who was there today especially to all the people who suffered in experts and master's. And well done Oisin with the win!


Here's a few photo's taken today. Curtesy of barry who took most of them!


http://picasaweb.google.com/HowardLiamA/KCapitalCupRound12008

[Fergal]

well, that was great, really enjoyed it, track dried-up so nicely during the race!

big thanks to the supporters - Martin whose big roars were much appreciated, Shane L, Sean, the bottlers - nice one lads, there were loads more of ye too at various places - thanks a lot


awesome performance by Oisin - really pleased to see that jersey on him - nice trophy too!

the 6-biked banger did well doing the last few k on a flat!

Steve was going hard and fast too - pity about the puncture but he'll rip along in next race!

Young Liam did very well in Sports - on a big travel bike too...

Well done also to all the lads who moved up a category


Morgan - I hope your leg isn't too bad!


I felt like I could have done another lap - though felt like I was pushing hard enough during the 3 laps - not sure why that is, maybe need to concentrate on power training more than interval/endurance, though never really do endurance training...

I might just do what Oisin does..., hang on! I already do what Oisin does!

hmmm maybe need stronger gels :-)


anyway - looking fwd to the next one, I'll start the training plan now...

[Martin]

plan - three rock next sat - laps and laps and more laps!

[ollietrex]

They have started putting the results up on the K-Capital site:-


http://www.kcapitalcup.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=55&Itemid=53

[Fergal]

Official Results (http://www.kcapitalcup.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=55&Itemid=53)

[Fergal]

(Sports will probably be available on the K-Cap site soon)


Expert men, 22 starters - 16 finishers


Race Distance: 21 km ( 3 laps each fkm)


Position Name Surname Number Lap 1 Lap 2 Lap 3 Total

1 Oisin Boydell 202 00:29:52 00:32:38 00:33:09 01:35:39

2 Luke Manning 206 00:30:48 00:31:46 00:33:31 01:36:05

3 Donnacha O'Brien 204 00:31:33 00:33:11 00:33:36 01:38:20

4 unknown unknown 214 00:33:48 00:33:21 00:36:04 01:43:13

5 Dave O'Neil 208 00:33:53 00:35:39 00:36:11 01:45:43

6 Tim James 223 00:32:56 00:34:17 00:39:31 01:46:44

7 lfie Wallace 205 00:33:56 00:36:21 00:38:27 01:48:44

8 Neil Summers 225 00:39:54 00:35:10 00:36:15 01:51:19

9 Stephen Scrivener 219 00:32:04 00:34:43 00:45:35 01:52:22

10 Daragh Maloney 231 00:37:13 00:39:06 00:40:08 01:56:27

11 Michael Holland 228 00:36:36 00:46:15 00:43:47 02:06:38

12 Stephen Coller 226 00:39:57 00:44:47 00:46:20 02:11:04

13 Peter Stanley 230 00:43:12 00:43:02 00:45:45 02:11:59

14 Ross Galway 227 00:37:03 00:40:13 00:57:13 02:14:29

15 Keith Arkens 232 00:40:40 00:43:01 00:52:28 02:16:09

16 Oliver Casstle 220 00:42:04 00:44:49 00:49:36 02:16:29

Ross McClure 221 00:35:17 DNF

James O'Carroll 229 00:43:51 DNF

Luke Ireland 207 DNF

Earl McClenagh 224 DNF

John O'Reily 222 DNF

Michael Burton 233 DNF


Masters, 46 starters - 35 finishers


Race Distance: 21 km ( 3 laps each fkm)


Position Name Surname Number Lap 1 Lap 2 Lap 3 Total

1 Peter O'Farrell 401 00:32:08 00:30:07 00:31:24 01:33:39

2 James MCluskey 442 00:29:46 00:32:40 00:32:37 01:35:03

3 Damien Mulcrone 445 00:30:35 00:32:02 00:33:20 01:35:57

4 Rory Walsh 426 00:31:33 00:32:39 00:33:19 01:37:31

5 Mark Allen 451 00:30:21 00:31:45 00:36:18 01:38:24

6 Sean Herlihy 438 00:31:48 00:32:28 00:36:32 01:40:48

7 Noel Carr 409 00:32:48 00:33:35 00:34:41 01:41:04

8 Conor Campbell 402 00:34:27 00:33:31 00:38:26 1:46:24

9 Andrew Newman 454 00:35:58 00:35:24 00:36:16 01:47:38

10 Andrew Wallace 408 00:35:04 00:36:12 00:36:31 01:47:47

11 Fergus Kilkenny 415 00:35:14 00:36:15 00:36:20 01:47:49

12 Brian O'Neill 430 00:34:56 00:36:30 00:36:42 01:48:08

13 Eoin Fitzgerald 417 00:35:17 00:36:28 00:36:27 01:48:12

14 Aron O'Donaghue 453 00:33:24 00:35:57 00:38:57 01:48:18

15 Oscar MacCananey 414 00:36:07 00:35:44 00:39:27 01:51:18

16 Clive Caldwell 443 00:35:31 00:37:36 00:38:55 01:52:02

17 Ruairi Devoy 429 00:36:16 00:38:48 00:40:48 01:55:52

18 Asa Redmond 434 00:36:05 00:42:08 00:38:26 01:56:39

19 Morgan O'Connell 416 00:41:33 00:38:14 00:39:20 01:59:07

20 Robert MCGee 439 00:36:31 00:38:30 00:45:11 02:00:12

21 Jer Prince 427 00:37:16 00:39:48 00:45:13 02:02:17

23 unknown unknown 407 00:38:46 00:37:51 00:47:56 02:04:33

24 Bob Boles 436 00:39:24 00:42:18 00:43:28 02:05:58

25 Arkadiusz Gogojewicz 425 00:40:18 00:41:55 00:44:45 02:06:58

26 Peter O'Loughlin 444 00:39:30 00:48:06 00:42:56 02:10:32

27 Martin O'Reilly 422 00:41:07 00:45:10 00:46:02 02:12:19

28 Peter Leczycki 424 00:44:08 00:43:02 00:45:12 02:12:22

29 Bruce Murphy 447 00:42:34 00:44:06 00:46:13 02:12:53

30 Paddy O'Brien 431 00:40:32 00:44:10 00:48:15 02:12:57

31 Kelpl Matej 433 00:41:52 00:45:07 00:46:37 02:13:36

32 Conor Clonliff 421 00:41:39 00:44:23 00:50:00 02:16:02

33 Vincent Prince 428 00:42:00 00:47:09 00:48:09 02:17:18

34 Cormac Ahern 437 00:43:55 00:46:14 00:47:11 02:17:20

35 Graham Diamond 423 00:41:22 00:46:25 00:51:20 02:19:07

Dave Gill 404 00:30:35 00:32:35 DNF

Keith Meehan 452 00:33:43 00:38:20 DNF

John Hartnet 446 00:43:29 00:45:57 DNF

Glen Armstrong 449 00:44:02 DNF

Alan Ayling 441 00:37:42 DNF

Stewart Carr 435 00:46:02 DNF

Keith Ewew 450 00:49:20 DNF

Paul Hicks 455 DNF

Justin Reid 440 DNF

Paul Boning 448 DNF

Gordon Lucas 403 DNF

[Scrivo]

That was a deadly race. Really enjoyed it. Was going really well the whole way round. No crashes unlike the Saturday which I was slightly surprised about, was half thinking it would be an ambulance job to get home. Unfortunately got a puncture on the last lap and by the time I found somebody to comandeer a wheel off, my lead had wasted away... Next time though!


Big congratulations to Oisin, knew you had it in you.. One of many to come I hope. Big thanks to Martin, Aisling and Aine for the encouragement. It really helps. Also big thanks to Barry and Shane, very pro job you had going there. Sorry if I sounded like demaning 10yr old!


Til next time race fans....


P.S. Oisin Fitzbottler bottle it or something?

[jonnieh]

well done to all what raced and big ups to all what supported.should have done the pre ride on saturday-was only finding my way around first lap and then couldn't face the climb on lap three so early shower for me.must try harder next time

[Cormac]

Some photos from the start line


http://picasaweb.google.com/cnahern/KCapitalCup12008

[jonnieh]

anyone hear anything about that guy who crashed on the singletrack?looked fairly serious

[diamondG]

what a day!

during lap 1, I had decided to call it a day when I reached the finish..

but no! sports did 2 laps, I'll do 2

In fact.. f it!! I'll finish it

glad I did but the cramps were unbearable in the last 20 minutes!


really enjoyed it though

does that make me twisted?


It was funny, passed Cormac on the singletrack of the last lap

"Cormac the race is on, I'll wait for you at the finish!!"

literally 2 seconds later, I crashed, cramped and Ahern left me for dust couldn't catch him! My only consolation is of course his resemblence to Bert Der Hund Von Baskerville :)


And as for the other Bert in the sports race, Dr Rob you better not have done well, your current nickname might just get an extension

Banger Bert that is


the support really was class today!

Big thanks to all the lads around the track for shouting us on, 6 bikes, Baz and all the feed station crew ,Shane Lavelle, Colm and Marshal of the day Martin, giving me time updates and all "Conor and Cormac are fifteen seconds ahead, CATCH THEM!!!"


I'll catch ye next time! I think some secret training is in order


Well done on all the great results too!!

[diamondG]

very good notes on training, from Robin I assume


http://www.kcapitalcup.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=23&Itemid=37

[PeterPolish]

Great Race, very hard though, hope next ones won't hurt that much...

Well done to all racers!

Oisin - you're awesome

Ryan - very good result

Thanks for the support, I was a zombie for the most of the race so had no idea whatsoever who was encouraging me... but big thanks!


I think it was my first race in masters and only thing I can say is that I am well prepared at this time of year, not yet. Haven't done even 500 km so far this year - so I am pleased to cross the finish line not as the last one...


Hope to see you guys at next one!!


Take care!

[oisinfitz]

well done lads, some great results there! i'm so annoyed to have missed this, was my favourite race of last year. Hopefully i'll be able for round 2 (i wrecked one of my knees while out on my bike and was told to do no exercise until it's healed)

[Morgan]

To echo all the comments above - thanks to everyone who came along to help out and to shout encouragement. It's great to see so many people getting involved. Hopefully we'll get as big a crowd up to the race in the North in a fortnight.


My race didn't go so well. I had three bad crashes - one on the rock and two on the singletrack. I thought I'd have to pull out because I couldn't bend my knee for a few minutes. After a bit of shouting I got on the bike though and got going. I was way behind at that stage so I ended up going at my own pace - not great in a race. I spent 1.5 hours in the bath last night digging gorse thorns out of my leg. Still, a day out is a day out and I enjoyed the day overall. Well done Oisin on your win but I'm a bit dubious about that jersey you were wearing.

[ryan]

I just put a bit of a report of my race on my blog:

http://ryansherlock.blogspot.com/


Imagine if we had to race in todays weather...

[TomH]

Well done all who raced yesterday, especially the first timers and those who moved up a rank. Congratulations to Oisin Boydell, what a savage...

[Martin]

what happened to Ritchie??

[Richie]

Good question Martin - let me field that one :-)


Saturday evening I came down with a pretty nasty tummy bug/food poisoning which had me kneeling at the porcelain altar for most of the night. To say I was dehydrated on Sunday would be putting it mildly. The up side is I ate my first solid food today which has stayed put, so optimistic that I'll be back on the bike in a few days, and will be out in Tollymore. Pretty disappointed as broke my ass getting the bike on Friday, and up until about 6pm Saturday I was going (even swapped the racing ralph for a more knobbier tyre).


Now I know what you're all thinking - sudden bout of food poisoning the day before a mucky, rainy, windy race... and I thought the same thing too....

someone had to have spiked my food! I'm putting together a list of prime suspects... Conor, you're on top!

[Barrydanzig]

shit man, that sounds pretty crappy, but glad to hear you're getting better!


did your new racing machine arrive yet?!

[Richie]

Sure did - ended up getting the reaction xt cos they could not find the k24 in my size (it was in the warehouse but not where the put it, or something like that). Sweet bike, only managed an hour in Leadmines early on Saturday morning so will take some time to get used to it - also will need to switch the brakes around before I have an accident, or get used to it :-)

[Barrydanzig]

jeez, that looks like a beast! you'll definitely have conor in tollymore!

[Conor]

Hang on a sec there Richie. I did'nt poison your grub. Ireland lost, you drowned your sorrows in Kieleys, or Time, or somewhere with 9 pints and 3 brandys( for the nerves, do'nt you know!). If your looking for someone to blame, look at Eddie O'Sullivan, not me!!


Oh, and Barry. All the new fancy bikes in the world wont help him. I said before, I'm at the start of a 9 year training program for the Vets. Richie only has 5(?) years left before he joins them!!

[Barrydanzig]

haha thats true conor, you were fairly flying in kilruddery on sunday, it's gonna be an interesting one to watch!

[Conor]

You got that right! I might even train for the next one! Ha Ha...

[Richie]

Go on outta Conor with yer 'not training' - your spins around north county Dublin are well known... and I loved that statement when we were in Djouce last weekend about one leg being shorter than the other and you might not be able to race... just lulling us into a false sense of security!

[Scrivo]

Wow. Those Cube bikes have some spec! Look like the new Canyons! Look at this http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=24890 (spec, not picture)

You could strip the XTR groupset and almost sell it for 1700! Nevermind the Reba fork and syntace finishing kit.

[Conor]

Its true I tell ya! I'm 6ft on one leg, and 5ft 4ins on the other!!! Thats why I ride bikes....If I went hillwalking, I'd never get to the top of any mountain. I'd just keep going round and round and round.....!

[Karl]

Don't believe him Richie, I was talking to Aine yesterday at the race. She was detailing Conors training regime. I don't want to go into too much detail but oxygen tents were mentioned... also something about elites next year...

[diamondG]

some photos from the masters/experts race courtesy of Shane L


http://picasaweb.google.com/diamondg08/Kcapital1

[Morgan]

The sports results are now up on the K Capital site:


http://www.kcapitalcup.com

[rob1891]

So who came top out of the MAD sports class? It bettern't have been me! 24/60.

[paddyobrien]

Actually Robert 'Bert' McBanger .. i believe it was!


All the rest of us were brave and/or manly enough* to race masters or experts!


*although on monday morning it felt more like stupid enough .. my legs are still in bits

[rob1891]

:-o


I am ashamed! My back wasn't happy at the end of sports, I dare not think how it would have been after three of the long laps.


Fair play to you Paddy and others. Experts for rnd2? ... I don't know, I like taking it easy!

[PeterPolish]

I uploaded 3 films from this weekend on YouTube!


http://youtube.com/watch?v=TIb7oIA22S4

http://youtube.com/watch?v=0klzvjYHraU

http://youtube.com/watch?v=TIb7oIA22S4


Enjoy!

[paddyobrien]

i hear ya .. mine was destroyed by the end of the second lap too. by the end of the third i was crippled.


Actually i now have a new entry in the top 5 most truely awful moments of my life. Having to get on a bike and cycle to work on monday morning in the pouring rain. The pain and misery of that will be with me a long time

[diamondG]

cool videos Peter!!


if you haven't done so already, put the links up on mtbireland.com, I'm sure there a lot of people that'd like 'em


I think this is the link to part 3

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLDmbPf13YU

[Cormac]

cool, if you watch carefully you can see me crashing!!!

[paddyobrien]

haha .. at the very end of the last one you can see me in the top corner collapsing after the finish .. oh the pain of it

[Conor]

http://picasaweb.google.com/conor.conneff/KCapitalR1


Some more pics...this time from Aine.

[Barrydanzig]

jaysus lads, you should see the state of my house after listening to that cd fergal gave me, it attracted metalheads from everywhere, and soon my house a one big mosh pit, which then escalated into a circle of death, then finally into a wall of death. basically what i am trying to say is that my house now looks like this thanks to fergal.


but man, it was worth it.


http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s88/barry-danzig/houseparty1.jpg (http://s150.photobucket.com/albums/s88/barry-danzig/?action=view&current=houseparty1.jpg)

[TomH]

thats because he's fergalicious

[Fergal]

you're a gas man Barry - that's the Power of Metal for ya, looks like it was a great party :-)

[Barrydanzig]

it was, i'm still finding feckers in the wreckage of it though.


theres a lot of classics on that cd, some of which i had already, a lot of which i didn't!!


cheers again fergal.

[Fergal]

check out http://www.irishxcmtb.com/

I've added links to the various photos, there's qoutes and videos too


Andy Potts' race report will be uploaded there as soon as I get it too

[paddyobrien]

nice one fergal, not sure if that was my pizza quote there, i was delerious by the end and ranting about how much food i was gonna eat!

[Fergal]

it sure was Paddy - it had to be included!