TDD triathlon (formerly 5 star)

gazelle5333 - 2009-08-13 6:35 PM OK...here's the real deal.  I drove out and scoped out the bike and run courses today.  I don't know what the street that leads from the swim/transition (Wallum Lake) to the main road looks like since you needed to pay to go down it.  However, once on the main road, aka. Wallum Lake Road, there is a tough uphill climb lasting probably .5-1 miles in length (wasn't looking at the distances, just the profile).  Once you get over that and go through the intersection, it's all gently rolling hills (and i  do mean GENTLY) only lasting for about 100 yards at a time before going down for about a 100 and coming back up - nothing steep at all.  The double loop is like this and it will be a fast descent back to transition as you go down the nasty hill you climbed up to get to the loops.  I'm guessing speeds of 30+ will be reached if you're really trying to coming back into transition.  All in all, if you have the legs to get you up and over the climb and then to hold a decent speed around the loops, you'll be in perfect position for a high finish.  Seems to me like it's a climber's course more than a power course b/c of that first hill and the rolling terrain. 

I also scoped out the run.  I'm guessing a slight uphill out of transition to Wallum Lake Road (once again, unable to drive down w/o paying) and then it's pretty flat to the turn-around point.  Back downhill to the finish.

Any other Q's feel free to post.