Ohio University - Athletes in Action Triathlon - April '12

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2012-03-14 8:33 AM

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Subject: Ohio University - Athletes in Action Triathlon - April '12

Just curious if anyone else here will be doing this race next month?

 

http://www.hfpracing.com/events/2012/386-ouaiatriathlon

 

 

 

2012-03-16 8:48 AM
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I did it last year, be prepared for alot of hills on the bike.
2012-03-16 12:25 PM
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Ouch, lol....  how is the run?

 

 

Good thing I have a little time to do some hill work before then!

2012-03-16 7:14 PM
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The run is CRAZY flat.  It's on a bike path that has NO grade at any point.  The bike was a friggin widow maker.  50 mins for 12 miles.....crazy hilly.
2012-03-16 10:35 PM
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Hehe!  Apparently that wasn't tough enough, as they've bumped it to a 25k (~16 miler) bike for this year.

I guess a run that flat makes up for it, then  

 

At least I've been doing tons of leg work in the gym over the winter.... that should help a bit. 

2012-04-29 7:56 PM
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Bodaggit - 2012-03-16 8:14 PM

The run is CRAZY flat.  It's on a bike path that has NO grade at any point.  The bike was a friggin widow maker.  50 mins for 12 miles.....crazy hilly.


Well, I survived the race

They changed the course a bit from last year, apparently... including increasing the distance to 15.5 miles.

The bike was as advertised.... friggin BRUTAL, lol! Some of those hills were just unreal.
To some of the locals, they were just "rollers", but to me they were just crazy... and some of the inclines easily hit a 13% grade. I swear one of the hills was about a mile long at an 7-8% grade.... those downhills were fun as hell, though :-)

The run had a few slight uphill slopes early (that after that bike felt on the verge on insurmountable, lol!), but then just as you said... REALLY FLAT.

2012-04-30 9:20 AM
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Congrats!! I agree, that bike course is brutal, relentless hill after hill, didnt help we had a head wind coming back and it was freezing cold. Still a good day at the races
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