Subject: RE: Rev3 Knoxville - Half Rev : Official Thread Originally posted by BuckHamilton bike course is fun but last year you could not kill on the down hills for fear of crashing in the rain. going across the flooded bridges on the run was my favorite part. I woke up that morning and decided that today was just going to be a race I Finished and not end up injured the upstream swim was harder than people said (might have been because of the rain) That was my approach last year as well. Just finish it safely. The river was moving quite a bit faster than normal with all the rain, so that's why the upstream was harder. I handled it better this time, but was a much better swimmer than from a few years ago. For the Oly at least, swim times were well ahead of usual as the downstream current provided a tremendous assist. Times across the boards were several minutes faster than normal. Cam Dye put up a near Sun Yang level 1500 time. And for someone who asked, I haven't done IMMT, but would think it should be ok here if that one went fine. Not that this will be a walk in the park, but wouldn't expect a substantial difference in difficulty even though it may not be the same. I'm in flat ground as well and haven't had trouble either time, but the bike is also my strength. Have a good range of gears and mind your effort level. |