Who's doing Trisports' Niagara (Grimsby)?

I am in for the sprint in Grimsby.  I want to head out to check out that "Beast of the East" Hill before the race.  Anyone by chance have a photo of it?

Did you do the Try or Sprint?? it still is hard to pick people out of that size of a crowd. Anyone done Grimsby before is there a good spot to try and meet before race start to say hi ?

I went over to Grimsby on Friday.  The plan was to sail there from Toronto, and bike it once before the race.  Then I decided to take the dog instead and run over to the hill from the marina in Grimsby.  That morning when I got to the boat to leave one of my dock neighbors asked if he could tag along.  Sure no problem.  

We got to Grimsby in the afternoon and since he was with me, we did not run, but walked which was fine.  The problem was that he was tired and hot and started to complain that I left the map on the boat and how do we know we were going the right direction.....so we turned around and went back to the boat.  5.5 hours to get there and we abandon the walk after 20 mins!   I never did make it to Park Road but could see the escarpment from the north side of the QEW.  Looks steap for sure.

I guess I will have my chance to see it up close and personal in three weeks, hopefully pedalling the bike up and not walking it.

I can't imagine its worse than 6th line hill at Milton that was enough of a monster that nothing will scare me again.   The humility of walking the last 150 feet does something to your motivation to train and get better.

"That which does not kill us makes us stronger"  Nicci

Unfortunately I won't be able to make the Sprint this weekend

In regards to "the hill" I've heard that it's just slightly less menacing than 6th line in Milton but it is longer, so there you go. Just remember that everyone has to climb it. While I don't 'love' hills I do like the challenge both physical and mental that they provide.