Race report provided by Cait Elliott
The Irish nationa championship race was held in St Annes park in dublin on Sunday.
Over 50 riders too part but unfortunately only 2 females so it wasn't classed as an official championships for us.
'It was a really enjoyable race, I had a really close battle with the other girl, Fran Meehan. After a chaotic mass start we ended up wheel on wheel and there were only seconds between us for the first four laps or so. It was really tight, you had to work hard all the time and concentrate to avoid mistakes since every split second was important. The course was brilliant, faster than last year and less bits to run. There was loads of singletrack that was slightly muddy making it more fun - loads of out of control sliding around corners on skinny tyres and cantilever brakes. Towards the end I just couldn't quite hold on and started to slip back, ending up 2nd, 30 seconds down - still very close for an hour long race. I did the race for training more than anything, and lack of anaerobic preparation showed by the end - I'm only starting that this week to prepare for the mtb season.'
full results are here:
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