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Whilst the triathletes were off in Killaloe, myself and Ross (6hr pair) Rudolf and Lynn Hayden (12hr pair) and Damian Sikora (12hr solo ) headed for the Bull Raid in Bellurgan Park Co Louth.

The format for these races is simple - do as many laps of the course as you can in your allocated time!

Me and Ross arrived about 12ish, the lads had already been at it since 7:30. Hayden looked in a bit of a daze having already done 3 laps. Rudolf was looking fairly fresh and Damian was as usual flying around with his big happy grin.

Me/Ross/Rudolf/Lynn were set up together in the pits, so there was a bit of crack and company when you were talking a rest.

The course was savage - 11.1km including all of this years NPS course - so pretty technical. Started off with a lungbuster climb then into the technical stuff - tight switchbacks, rocks and roots a plenty. I was lapping average about 50 mins, Ross about 45. For us it was one lap flat out, back to the pits, crash for five minutes, get some food, change clothes, off again. Similar for the lads, with Rudolf doing a few 2 lappers. Didnt see much of Damian as he was in a different area. Conditions were good, although a good shower in the early afternoon made things a little interesting

In the end me and Ross managed 8 laps for 5th place, Rudolf/Lynn 15 laps again for 5th and Damian 12 laps in 6th

The organisation etc.. was great and there was a great buzz around the place..I really enjoyed this event - the course was tough, but that made it great, you really had to be on your game or you could lose vast amounts of time easily. The format is excellent too, very sociable atmosphere

Fair play to the lads - they were all flying

The results are here: http://www.chipit.ie (although you'd need a PhD in Maths to figure them out...)

photos: https://picasaweb.google.com/racing795/Bull_Raid_060811

chipit has Rudolf and Lynn in 3rd for the 12 hour x 2 males..
Though that could be my lack of a PhD in Maths..

Well done lads, that's some serious enduro riding.

Yeah great days racing, contacted chipit and Lynn and myself got the 3rd place. There was a admin mistake so they gave the 3rd place to the 4th place if you know what i mean. trying to sort this now.

The day went perfect with constant lap times from both Lynn and myself. No mechanicals and plenty of food kept us in the race for the podium. The track was great fun to ride with technical up hill and downhill bits. I was suprised that the pace was very close to that of a NPS xc race, it was the only way you could keep your concentration. Great event very wel organized and the bonfire + barbeque, beer and camping was a perfect way of finnishing of this weekend festival of MTB racing.

Jaysus hadn't heard about Lynn's sponsorship deal with tayto savage stuff. Rudolf I'm not so sure on your product placement, I don't think I'll be following your lead with miller in the bottle cage
Great stuff though lads sounded tough

Here was I moaning about my legs after a sprint distance triathlon and ye savages doing 6 and 12 hour mountain bike marathons Wow is all I can say. Another podium for Rudolf, he's the man. Great results all round guys. So Miller is the sports drink for mountain bikers. Sign me up quickly

Beer the mtb energy drink of choice. great for twisty single track.

Chip it have made a mess ofthe results again we are now in 4th place.Their a BUNCH OF ...... next time Ill bring pen and paper and write the lap times down.

dont get me wrong the whole orginasation of the event was brilant. the timing was the problem!