Subject: GR Tri - 70.3 Well there goes trying to plan my season early and save money! I just learned that my son is going to Blue Lakes Fine Arts Camp (yeah! )... unfortunately his end of session concert is the same day as MiTi, which was my big A race for the year. One of the goals I set for myself was to earn the Endurance Award (complete Riverbank Run, GR Marathon, and either GR or Miti Half ), which leaves me with the GR Half in around 7 weeks. My run fitness is there (completed a HM last weekend, all set for Riverbank Run ) and I've been cycling and swimming off and on. I'm hoping to get my tri bike back from the shop today and ride it outside for the first time with a teammate... hopefully around 40-50 miles (my long for the year is Barry Roubaix, which is 36 hilly miles of gravel ). If this ride goes well I think I am going to pull the trigger and switch from the Olympic to the 70.3 at GR. My main goal for MiTi was to just finish as this is my first 70.3 so that won't change, it will more than likely just be a bit slower. My question for you guys is this... what is the course like? I'm not familiar with Ada but after looking at the course maps it seems like the bike course is almost pancake flat... not sure about the run. Any feedback on the course that might help me with my decision? I'm trying to decide if this is a truly stupid idea or just one of my normal overly ambitious plans |