Subject: RE: Ironman Canada : Official ThreadWent and did some training on the IMC bike course this past long weekend. Several others there too! Day 1 we started at the beginning of the bike leg, through town, missed the McLean Creek road hill as our navigator messed up. Continued through up Richter's pass and stopped at Cawston for a 100 km day. Day 2 we started in Cawston, rode to Penticton, then went and did the McLean Creek road hill and went onto Oliver for a 107 km day. From there, we went to Tugulnuit Lake for some open water swimming. Doing the bike portion of the race on a bike gave us confidence for the race. Day 1 the cross winds were a very high pucker factor, especially going down the other side of Richter's pass but we survived. Day 2, I became more comfortable in the aerobars and had more fun in the downhill sections. I would highly recommend biking the course before the race. Also a good place to nutrition train too. Well worth the trip! |