No Excuses This Weekend
Another week, another excess of cycling options to choose from…
There are a few possibilities on Saturday.
- First off, Richie will be out at the crack of dawn for a fast ride around Three Rock. Leaving Taylors at 8.30am
- Next there will be a road-training spin at about 9am. This will last around 2-3 hours at a steady pace. If anyone is planning on racing seriously next year, now is the time to start building your base fitness. Contact me for details.
- At 9.30 on Saturday, Oisin will be leading an absolute-beginners ride. This leaves from UCD Sports Centre and will be around the Three Rock area. Everyone is welcome to come along.
- Finally on Saturday, Conor will lead a spin around Djouce and Ballinastoe. Meet at the Djouce lower car park at 10am. The pace will be reasonable, but won’t suit beginners. Give Conor a call on 087 2939837
The highlight of the weekend is the new Djouce Trail Challenge which takes place on Sunday. This isn’t a race - just an opportunity to enjoy 18km of new trails in the Djouce area - fully marked and supported. We’re expecting a great turn out from MAD so I hope to see all of you there. Check the link above for further details.
November 8th, 2007 at 6:17 pm
any chance of a lift to Conor’s Sunday spin?
pretty please?
Nigel
0879335403
poloholemint AT gmail DOT com
November 8th, 2007 at 7:15 pm
i need a lift to djouce also!
somebody please!
barry.
0876449353
November 8th, 2007 at 8:30 pm
I still have room for one person for the Djouce challenge on Sunday,will be heading from city centre. drop me a text 0879800432.
won’t make saturday though. nephews first birthday. many many screaming kids. nightmare.
November 9th, 2007 at 6:22 pm
well no lift for the hippy means that i get to sleep in tomorrow morning, excellent!
November 10th, 2007 at 11:54 am
What a good start to the weekend. Richie and I were tearing around three rock like mad men this morning. The trails are in perfect condition. I can’t remember when they were this dry. There were even mutterings of it being “too dusty”.
The club course is in great shape. Thanks to all those who were involved in it’s upkeep.
November 10th, 2007 at 3:09 pm
Myself, Nigel, Karl,and Steve (?) made it to Djouce and had a blast. Bone dry trails, great craic, and had a spin on the new trails for tomorow. Pretty great, but dust bowl dry! Should be good for the race.
November 11th, 2007 at 8:30 pm
what a class event today - really really good - excellent turn out and racing from MAD - think I’ll race with a heavy metal hangover in future - it seemed to work, well it helped me stay ahead of Steve and Morgan anyway so that was me happy!
Barry - if you weren’t at Onslaught and Destruction last night you should be ashamed of yourself - 80s old skool thrash metal!!!!
Cait came really close to passing me on the last fireroad though - we had a great battle for a big part of the race, along with Paddy Daly from Rocky Mountain and Luke from EPIC - great stuff.
so the big test is who can remember that route for the next MAD spin? and who’ll make the sambos and tea?
hmmmm……..
November 11th, 2007 at 10:27 pm
Finishing Times
Djouce Trail Challenge 11th November 2007
One lap of 18km
Rider Club Time
Joe McCall Rocky Mtn/KCapital 58.02
Paul O’Reilly IMBRC 59.56
Luke Manning IMBRC 1:01.24
Gordon Lucas WORC 1.06.00
Mick Jordan IMBRC 1.06.30
Dominic Hegarty IMBRC 1.06.48
Aiden McDonald Apollo 1.07.51
Oisin Boydell UCD 1.08.16
Luke Smaul EPIC 1.08.47
Fergal Kilkenny MAD 1.10.11 10th
Cait Elliot UCD 1.10.27
Damien Mulchrone EPIC 1.11.23
Richie Byrne EPIC 1.11.23
Oscar MacAnaney EPIC 1.11.36
Paddy Daly Rocky Mtn/KCapital 1.12.23
Mark Solon UA 1.12.26
Keith Meghan UA 1.12.44
Mark Kenny Rocky Mtn/KCapital 1.12.56
Ken Farrar UA 1.13.02
Ross McClure EPIC 1.13.56 20th
Stuart Galloway WORC 1.14.01
Morgan O’Connell MAD 1.15.35
Karl Thomas EPIC 1.15.57
Steve Scrivener MAD 1.15.58
John Pennefather WORC 1.16.30
Jer Price EPIC 1.17.28
Cormac Eason MBUL 1.18.18
Malcolm Garland Orwell 1.19.31
Robert Scanlon WORC 1.21.04
Pierre Rodgers UA 1.21.09 30th
Brain Cox UCD 1.12.32
David McGuiness UA 1.22.21
Pinheiro Alexandre MAD 1.22.23
Jordan Sutton WORC 1.23.16
Ian Sutton WORC 1.23.17
Darragh Maloney MBUL 1.23.27
Clive Dalby Bray WHS 1.23.46
John Harnett MAD 1.24.46
Brain Linton MAD 1.25.05
Oliver Castle MAD 1.25.19 40th
Mick Flemming UA 1.25.27
Johnny Canwell UA 1.26.06
Stephen Coller UA 1.26.52
Cormac Ahern MAD 1.26.53
Michael Burton WORC 1.27.14
Rachel Wisdom Voodoo 1.27.38
Brain Conway IMBRC 1.27.40
Sean Murray EPIC 1.27.48
Vincent Price EPIC 1.29.03
Ian Hayes UA 1.30.02 50th
David Egan UA 130.05
Patrick Loughnane UA 1.30.26
David Lenehan Free WHS 1.31.25
Hans Fredericks MBUL 1.31.27
Martin Savage Lakeside WHS 1.31.28
Mark Harmann IMBRC 1.32.14
Damien Twohig UA 1.34.38
James O’Leary UA 1.34.39
Adam Tynan UA 1.35.31
Darren Cox IMBRC 1.37.54 60th
Michael Durkan UA 1.39.11
John Clarke IMBRC 1.39.12
John O’Reilly EPIC 1.39.53
Shane Geoghan MAD 1.39.57
Conor Coneff MAD 1.40.08
Colm O’Reilly MAD 1.41.06
Robert Drohan MBUL 1.41.31
Gordon Clarke Trails/Enduro 1.42.30
Stephen Merriman IMBRC 1.42.50
Cormac Lynch UA 1.43.35 70th
Shane Ward MAD 1.46.35
Aisling Corkery MAD 1.46.46
James Keenan EPIC 1.46.51
R Rout UA 1.46.52
Nathalie Jedda EPIC 1.47.32
Joe Jackman EPIC 1.47.34
Nigel McConnell MAD 1.49.54
Ciaran Scanlon UA 1.52.01
Graham Lambkin UA 1.54.04
Grainne Conor UCD 1.57.14 80th
Ian Heald MBUL 1.59.56
Ian Gormley EPIC 2.00.04
Darragh Lavalle MAD 2.05.19
Shane Lavalle MAD 2.05.22
Les Walpole IMBRC 2.17.36
John Clarke IMBRC 2.17.36
Muriel Gallagher MAD 2.17.45 88 Finishers
November 11th, 2007 at 11:18 pm
check it out! the aging metal head from MAD made the top 10 - there’s hope for us all yet!!
November 12th, 2007 at 9:12 am
That was such and amazing event. My initial vantage point was at the top of the first climb and there was such a long stream of riders coming home. Next, I got to watch you guys, with big smiles, fly past me at the bottom of extacy. I wished I was racing it
I have a few videos (from my mobile phone so quality is so so) and when I get a minute I’ll post them somewhere.
Well done to all the MAD folk that took part!