Originally posted by
bhmyrick
Originally posted by elkboy65
ok gang here it is a review of the new part of the bike course....gggrrrrrrrrr thunk gggrrrrrrrr thunk gggrrrrrrrr thunk, the grrr of course is the tar and gravel paved road that appears to have been done sometime in the last 3 - 4 years (solid but very rough), the thunk is the stress cracks that run horizontally the width about every 10 yards, 15 miles of some of the worst course road I ever seen... I live on this course and train every day here and for the life of me can't understand why they picked that road when there are so many more that are in better shape ( 2 thumbs down WTC)....my advise, make sure you have EVERYTHING torqued down and tightened, your bike is going to vibrate like no tomorrow for close to 16 miles .... also, I see some of you are wondering about hotel, try surrounding towns like.... New Castle, In (10 miles from race sight)...... Winchester, In (10 miles), Daleville, In (10 miles)....
Unfortunately its not as simple as picking a road that is in "better shape." I spend hundreds of hours a year working with municipalities, Dept Of Trans, Police Dept, etc working on finding routes that work for everyone. We have been incredibly fortunate over the years in Muncie to have used US35 and US36 but the detour routes that were involved for motorist were terrible. We worked with INDOT to come up with a new route that still allows us to use US35 but allows motorist to use US36 to cut over to SR3. Randolph County has been a huge help and allowed us to use CR1100W for the event.
As someone who has been on nearly every Ironman and 70.3 course across the US, I will say the new stretch of road used
(CR1100
) is no worse than the majority of our courses! It's pretty common. Is it as smooth as using US36? No it is not. The short stretch of road between US35 and CR1100 on CR900 is the worst part as far as road surfaces go. I still expect very fast bike times and we will continue to provide great support out there. Our course guys will make sure you have the best conditions possible.
Looking forward to another great event next weekend, this will be the 34th year for the event in Muncie!
I will be in touch to assist in having this course changed....it was unsafe...bottom line