Subject: RE: Muskoka Ironman 70.3I was up at Deerhurst yesterday for the day and rode the entire course. Somehow I started off the worong way, but eventually hooked up quickly where i shoud be. The unpaved portion is about 3 km long. It is at the very start of South Portage Road about near the 70 km mark. It caught me by surprise because as you go around the corner from Brunel onto South Protage, you turn onto the gravel. It is ridable...I am glad however, that I am slow enough that there should be too many people around me when I get to that point...lol...If any of you did the Coburg Oly this year...Its not as loose of gravel as that if you stay on the hard surfaces, but it does go on for 3km...a tense 3 km. By the looks of it, I'm gonna guess that they arent going to pave it...It took me 3hours 40min to do the entire course. I dont think I could go much faster, but i am not normally competitive. I averaged 26 km/hr. I did Coburg Oly bike in 1 hr 32 min for comparison...There really are no flat portions...and there are a few of those 'little' steep hills that come out of no-where. They are the hardest for me. The majority are long steady inlcines i found.
If anyone is going up to ride the course and would like to ride, let me know...I wouldnt mind doing it again before the 'big day'. |