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2008-04-17 4:22 PM


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Subject: Florida 70.3 bike course change
HOW DID THIS GET BY ME? WHEN DID THE BIKE COURSE CHANGE? I THOUGHT I GAVE IT A GOOD LOOKING OVER WHEN THAT PAGE WAS UPDATED ABOUT 2 MONTHS AGO, BUT THEY SLIPED IN 3 SIGNIFICANT CHANGES:

1)INSTEAD OF TURNING WEST ON OSCEOLA PARKWAY FROM WORLD DRIVE, THE ROUTE CONTINUES SOUTH PAST US 192 TO A TURNAROUND POINT.IT THEN COMES BACK TO OSC. PKY TO HEAD WEST.

2).THE RIGHT TURN AT HERTZOG RD. IS STILL INCLUDED, BUT ONLY TRAVELS .9 MILES TO THE TURNAROUND. THEN, INSTEAD OF TURNING RIGHT AT SEIDEL RD., THE COURSE CONTINUES NORTH TO PORTER RD. FOR ANOTHER OUT AND BACK, EXCEPT NOW IT WILL INCLUDE THOSE ROLLING HILLS.

3). (KUDOS FOR THIS CHANGE) A LEFT AT OVERSTREET INSTEAD OF DEALING WITH DISNEY CAST TRAFFIC ON REAMS RD. WILL SPEED UP JUST ABOUT EVERYONE. AND CALM THEIR NERVES.

THE RELOCATION OF THE AID STATIONS SHOULD BE A NON FACTOR AS THEY APPEAR TO HAVE ONLY SHIFTED A MILE OR SO.

I WILL CHECK OUT THE CHANGES THIS SUNDAY AND POST ANY SIGNIFICANT ITEMS.
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