National Hillclimb Championship - closer look on the course

I went up to Kilmashogue this morning to check out the championship course once again. I know the road very well but I preferred to have a last go on it before I race there tomorrow evening. The first thing I really liked that the organizers put in a nice effort already to make the course safer and better: all the gravel is cleaned off in the road where the very steep and tricky turns are. 

But lets have a closer look on the course:

The bottom of the climb with the well known name

The bottom section starts with a quiet friendly gradient

Then it gets a bit steeper as we pass by the houses on the left

The first turn along the way: the first really steep bit

The right turn just before the carpark, still nice & steep

After the carpark the gradient drops a little bit...

...and even flatens out for a short section giving the chance to "rest" a bit

Then it gets steeper again slowly...

The real-deal just about to happen at this point

And here we are: the most difficult sector of the climb, no doubt about that!

At this point the gradient gets steeper then 20%!!! Legs are about to fall off! :)

After the destroyer straight bit the road evens out again a little bit

Getting close to the Finish Line

And there it is: the end of the race! After all the steep sectors this bit feels flat and gives a relief indeed

So, this is the National Hillclimb Championship course in details, I can't wait to line up to the start line tomorrow evening! It will be excellent race for sure! :) To add even more to the excitement I will be the first racer who takes off at 7:01pm. Brilliant!

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