Subject: RE: HIT Palm SpringsThanks Panda_Jack! Just read your report...so, was the water cold? Thanks for the tip on that one! It looks like the bike course was changed....you recall it being fairly flat, the map on the HITS website has a link to a "mapmytri.com" site where it shows one long, 5 mile hill that you climb...then do a turn-around and come screaming down it! Says about 1,700 feet of total elev gain with nearly all of it on that 5 mile section. The rest of it looks pretty flat, perhaps some mild rollers. You are exactly right about NOT staying in Palm Springs proper....it's not close at all! Palm Desert and Laguna Dunes are fine, La Quinta is ideal. I just booked my room at the La Quinta Resort and Spa, the host hotel. I've stayed there many times and love it...part of the reason I was able to convince my wife on this one! Not doing it this year? Thanks again for the info! |