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Race date: 09/Mar/2008
Race series: K-Capital Cup
Race venue: Kilruddery, Co. Wicklow
Race category: Elite
Just returned from Ireland and my first MTB race of the year, it all went well and have notched up my first win of 2008.It was my first ever visit to Ireland and I like the place and also the Kcapital race series is a good one as well, with good courses, a chilled out atmosphere and a good bunch of locals.
The course was pretty technical, which was to be expected as it was designed and built by Irish champ Robin Seymour,
who loves the tech stuff and goes downhill quicker than any XC rider I know.
With this series been the Irish Olympic selection the local were also going to be flying and pretty psyched so it was going to be tough.
The race went off fast and my legs were a bit dead but got going after a few mins and starting going round well.
I was a bit rusty on the slippy roots and Robin was off and gone.I held the gap but for the next 3 laps it was between 5 and 30secs.
Then on lap 4 I made contact and starting the last lap had 5 secs which i extended on the climbs and made 1 min at the end.
So all good and not a bad start to the year. After 5 months out of racing i was a bit slow on speed but that will come.
Next up is some road stuff and then back to Ireland for the 3rd round of the Kcapital series on April 6th.
