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Come on Brian...all the really cool kids are doing it!!

I'll chime in again... you already know I'm a fan of keeping the hill.  (I ran up once last year, walked up part of the 2nd.  3rd time??.... Now you're just getting mean.)

But I'll disagree with others on the three-loop course.  I'd like to see it stay with two loops.  I liked the undulating hills outside the park and at the expo center.  Still a good challenge, just different than quadzilla.  I didn't mind that there weren't many spectators out on that portion.  The aid stations/support were still great.  But it was a section where you had to pull into yourself to keep going.  A nice reminder that our sport is about a lot of individual effort and inner struggle.  (Some might say it was nice to have a section where they could suffer without being in the spotlight of the spectators.)

Plus, it made the excitement/cheering/fun inside the park that much better.  If the whole course is a rowdy, cheering, etc. you can get desensitized to it and you end up trying to tune it out rather than take it all in.  Three loops gets repetitive.  I've done a HIM with three-loops on the bike, and it was OK.  But it doesn't sound as much fun for the run.

Just my thoughts....

I agree with David and after getting back from IMAZ (3 loop bike and 3 loop run) I DO NOT LIKE 3 loops of running or biking.

What about an out and back across the damn to add distance?

KEJ - 2008-04-24 6:58 AM I'm actually working on the dam. It'd be VERY cool. It's more than 1 mile across, and would fix most of the issues. It also connects to some cool service roads on the other side. However, since 911, they have security issues. Still, I'm working on it. The other option I had is to reverse the direction of the course. so, you'd still run up a hill, but I'm not sure if it's steeper/longer or about the same. We could also make running through the expo center the Longhorn Energy Lab, and make it fun/exciting.... So, keep the ideas coming

Since I did not do this last year would 3 loops add to the congestion of runners - I would think 2 would be better.

Brian and I are signing up for this, if there is still room...

 Chris

Last year, it was all the pre race talk of the bike course and now it's all run course talk. I wonder how many are
going to underestimate the bike now

Personally, I'm probably going to limit myself to the aquabike, so as a run-spectator (assuming I'm done while most of y'all are still running) I'm voting for a 3-loop run course.  

soo true I know I never made the connection to be worried about a hilly bike course then the land suddenly turning flat for the run... but it was the heat that killed me out there and there is nothing anyone can do about that..

I might be an aquabiker also

Could always relay!!!!