Subject: RE: Practice: Pinehurst Oly Ride 10/04/09 fgump - 2009-10-05 12:11 PM Two of my training buddies rode it Saturday. The author smokes me on the bike (46:02/22.81mph vs. my 47:07/22.29mph at Triangle).
Here's his report:
The ride was good. The course is tough. The first 15 miles are not too bad and have some pretty fast stretches, but then you get onto the old part of the course (but in reverse) and hit a longs slow grader up to Hwy 73, and then 3 back to back hills that took us down to about 10 – 12 mph. These were followed by another long slow grader. I think there were at least 5 good hills on the course, so should be a challenging day. We were taking it relatively easy and spinning up hills and pretty much staying comfortable on the fast stretches too. We ended up at 19.4mph overall.
fgump this is helpful because the profiles I have seen (mapmyride and bikely ) both show the 1st half to be as tough as the 2nd half. It seems to start rolling at about mile 2 and never stops. Definitely going to be tough. Maybe Harold can give some details on Tuesday afternoon/night. http://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path/356254 click on show on top left http://www.mapmyride.com/ride/united-states/nc/-pinehurst/147125062465086858 click show elevation box on top right |