Subject: RE: Roll call: 9/25 HammerFest Sprint (CT) Okay... Meredith and I took a drive down to pick up my packet and check out the courses.
Swim:
In a nice, protected bay. The buoys weren't out so I didn't see the exact course but someone told me we start at the left side of the beach then swim to the right. Once we hit the beach, we have to climb a set of stairs and run up a short, grassy hill to the T-Area.
Bike:
Fairly flat course with only a couple short climbs. There are A LOT of turns, some sharp. They did a nice job marking obstructions (man-hole covers, sewers, ... ). They could have done a better job putting some arrows on the LONG straights. After a while I'd feel like, "Man, did we miss a turn?" So, if you don't see an arrow, obviously, don't turn. There are no hills long enough to tire you out so stand and HAMMER 'em!
Some details of the bike:
- Loose gravel at .1 miles (Hopefully someone will clean that up in the morning )
- Small climb at .25 miles
- Small climb at 2 miles
- RR Track crossing (not that bad though ) at 3 miles
- Short climb at 3 miles
- 13.25 miles total
Run:
Beautiful course! Pretty flat as well. There is a .1 mile hill at .5 miles and a sort/steep hill at 1.9. 3.8 total miles for the run. I will tell you his about the run: we were damn near getting dizzy with all the turns and crossing arrows.
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