NPS Round 1 at Castlewellan
There's only 4 days to go until the first round of the 2006 NPS series. XMTB are holding the race in Castlewellan Forst Park, Co. Down. This is an excellent venue and they've laid out a fantastic course. There's always a huge turnout for this race and we hope to have a good contingent from MAD attending (see Sean's email for details). We'll need support and spectators too, so bring the whole family. It's well worth the journey
Race details
Driving directions
Course map
Labels: events
posted by Morgan @ 11:00 a.m.
15 Comments:
At 10:31 a.m.,
Morgan said…
There's now a PDF version of the course map available:
Course Map
At 2:25 p.m.,
Morgan said…
I've just received word that the MAD Team Marqee has arrived. Racers will be able to shelter from the hot hot sun before and after the race. Bring your own deckchair.
At 1:12 p.m.,
Mark C said…
Morgan
Is it lookin likely that the MAD jerseys are going to arrive before the weekend?? I was hoping to at least look good whilst comin in somewhere near the bottom......
At 2:30 p.m.,
Nigel said…
don't think the jerseys are going to make it lads :(
At 5:45 p.m.,
Morgan said…
The jerseys are currently sitting in a UPS depot in Frankfurt and are only going to get here on Monday. This will probably leave a lot of people confused about what to wear on Sunday but I'll do my best to provide sound fashion advice.
At 11:37 a.m.,
Mark C said…
I find the all in one rubber body suit a la John Tomac (circa 1994) will suit my required slippery aerodynamics and my beer gut right down to the ground
At 4:29 p.m.,
Ryan Sherlock said…
I drove up there last night for a quick spin. It took about 2:15 to get there from Dundrum (but that was in the evening).
The course is good. It starts with a fireroad climb that turns right into a steep climb (Queue leg burning sensation). You then enter some nice single track, then hit another short climb. From there, the rest of the course is tight (techincal in places) single track and fireroad.
The course is a lot of fun and no one should have any problems getting around it.
See ya'll tomorrow!
At 5:21 p.m.,
Sean said…
deadly.......can't wait......
At 4:00 a.m.,
Nigel said…
wow i really shouldn't have gone out tonight....... oops!
At 10:36 p.m.,
Ryan Sherlock said…
Today was a great day out in the sun. A nice course, good weather and great company.
To anyone thinking about racing - do it! It's great fun and then next NPS is close to us.
At 11:43 a.m.,
Paddy said…
that was a great race ... and for the first time ever i actually overtook people on the downhill sections. Just need to get the fitness a bit better so i can manage the climbs wihtout needng oxygen at the top.
At 12:45 p.m.,
Anonymous said…
Absolutely savage stuff.. Whata an amazing course!! Had a great race with morgan (even though he wasnt in my catorgery) Well done to all who entered, I sense great things for MAD racing in the future.....
At 12:57 p.m.,
Mark C said…
Deadly day out, even the missus enjoyed it....well up until she wanted to go shoppin and there where cars in the way.....but i'll definitely be back to the race scene again, thank god the first race of the season was dry and sunny, it'll be different once it starts pissing down....are there any results out yet??
At 5:52 p.m.,
Anonymous said…
Classic day well done to all involved.
Got some video of the day, if anyone is interested in posting it up, i'm not sure how to.
At 11:23 p.m.,
Nigel said…
that was a really great day out. Weather was perfect, course was perfect, atmosphere was perfect. Can't wait for the next one!
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