Subject: RE: Rev3 Quassy - Half Rev : Official ThreadCornick, carrying momentum is kind of yes & no. Some will go right up into a hill, others will go off into a flattish area. I don't recall too much that would have a turn or at the bottom that would kill all speed, though there is some where you'll have to slow down. On the bigger ones, however, this is of limited value due to their overall size. There is only so far momentum will take you up a (near) 5 mile hill. Look at it more as carrying momentum through situations. As mentioned, some run practice would be helpful if one can get out there. Around the lake is the harder parts, so doing that loop would be good. If the whole lake loop seems kind of big at the time, then skip the out & back. The loop has more of the harder things on it anyway, though there is nowhere that the course fully lets up. To get ready for this, run on lots of hills. Whatever you have available. Not necessarily hill repeats, but just run on them. The overall volume is tough, but what makes it harder is that it's constantly changing direction or grade. You never get into a rhythm as something comes up seemingly within 100 yds everywhere. Really learn how to use RPE on this as pacing by other methods will be very difficult. HR is not responsive enough to be highly dependable. Pace is, but will be changing constantly on the hills and you have to know how to adjust for the grade very, very well on this. |