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K Capital Challenge - Round 2 ... ding ding seconds away..

  • 17-08-2009 10:15PM
    #1
    mtbireland
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 273 ✭✭


    Round 2 of this years K Capital Challenge takes place this Sunday in Carrick Mountain, Co.Wicklow. Race HQ is based just outsie Glenealy and will see riders being truly tested on a totally new fantastic 30km loop. Round one saw the riders face two laps of a very technically demanding lap in Kilruddery Estate just out side of Bray in county Wicklow. In round 2 riders will be on a longer course but a less technically demanding one. That doesn't mean no fun tracks though as course desginers have searched high and low to bring you some amazing new single track most of which has never been ridden by mountain bikers before. Robin Seymour, chief course designer today described the venue by saying 'Carrick.. a secret Nirvana of biking..' Asked what did he mean he was quick to add, 'The place has tons of tracks untouched by mountain bikers..' 'We've managed to build a 30km loop which will see the riders climb up and over the near virgin soil of Carrick and enjoy some fantastic unspoiled views of the Garden of Ireland'... Worth noting also that there is a shorter loop for those riders that want to take part but feel the 40km a bit too long for them. Stuart Galloway added 'We were in two minds about having the shorter event, but after seeing how much beginners enjoyed doing just 1 lap in round one we just couldn't leave it out'... 'We want everyone to enjoy these new challenge races, so it's important to have a race that everyone can do.'

    Sign on opens at 10am this Sunday. Directions can be found on the website http://www.kcapitalchallenge.com. The race itself kicks off at noon with all senior riders starting in a mass start. No bottle necks this time though as riders start their climb to the top of Carrick Mountain on a nice open fireroad.

    "Carrick Mountain is located in the eastern foothills of the Wicklow Mountains in the Republic of Ireland. It rises directly above the village of Glenealy on the R752, midway between Rathnew and Rathdrum. The mountain is, bar a few large rocky knolls, completely covered in forest. There is a network of forest roads on the hill, with long straights, steeps slopes, hair-pin bends; the forest roads, with their sand and gravel surfaces, ascend to within 100 m of the summit."

    Carrick Mountain Hill Wicklow County
    Height: 381 metres OS 1/50k Mapsheet: 56 for top
    Grid Ref: T23263 94064 Latitude: 52.983460 Longitude: -6.165459
    ITM: 723185 694099 Prominence: 174m Isolation: 6.8km


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