Subject: RE: Ironman USA Lake Placid : Official ThreadLake Placid is an aero course. The hill climbs are mainly long, but not steep. I would suggest a tri bike, but some of this depends on your comfort and cycling level. Lake Placid is not like Black Bear or other tough 'grade' hill climbs, and gets the rep for being more hilly than it truly is. Conservative estimate is about 6,000' total elevation gain for the 2 loops. But Even this figure is mis-leading, as not all hills are created equal. Many of the hills at Black Bear are steeper and have you turning sharply just before the climb, so as to kill momentum. Nothing wrong with a road bike, but there are more than ample times to be aero on the LP course. Newleaf... looks like you are right, as there will likely be a number of different training weekends. June 20th weekend looks about right for me. I guess that Placid Planet race is on, but my guess is that won't take the whole weekend... probably a few hours.
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I have been torn on what bike to use. I have a Cervelo R3 and a Fuji CF1 Tri bike. Looks like I will use the Cervelo for Black Bear (my 2nd 70.3, LP warmup). And the Tri bike at LP, with that being said....please add me to the List
Bryan |