Subject: RE: Folsom Long Course Triathlon : Official ThreadI rode the bike route early this Sunday morning. Nice route, other than the lack of shoulder over a few stretches as noted. The few climbs are not that bad; the one that is listed as a cat 5 does not feel like a cat 5. There's one relatively steep slope but it doesn't last long enough to be categorized. And nearly all the climbing comes during the first half, which is great. Definitely a couple stretches where the road is not very smooth, but probably about 80% of the time it's very good surface. I didn't get to ride the canal path because it was closed off, so I took Sunrise to Folsom to Hazel instead. Not nearly as much wind as I was expecting, but who knows what conditions on race day will be. Anyways, a solid route that if there was shoulder the whole time would be a very good training route. |