Just an FYI. Found out today that as a result of pending road construction, the bike courses for both Sprint and Olympic have been re-routed. Do yourself a favor and check them out before you venture out for a practice spin on the old course.....like I did this past weekend! Duh!
A bit more technical but more of a closed course which is good for both athletes and area residents.. I am going to ride the new course this afternoon leaving 5:30 out of the boat house parking lot at mercer county park. The new course also skirts my home also. Maybe i will have time to stop and have a vegan burger or two before the the run :0)
A bit more technical but more of a closed course which is good for both athletes and area residents.. I am going to ride the new course this afternoon leaving 5:30 out of the boat house parking lot at mercer county park. The new course also skirts my home also. Maybe i will have time to stop and have a vegan burger or two before the the run :0)
Anyone want to come along I will be leavin out of the Mercer county boathouse around 9.15 on Friday and 8:30 on Sunday. Plan on bringing run shoes also. I will have a all black tribike. And have done the new course a handful of times . Don't worry about speed it can be either fast or slow pending on who shows up. :0)
Course is fast if the wind is blowing the right way. Pretty much course is in very decent shape road wise. I found most of the time I spent about 1' off the white line. Just keep a eye out for twigs and debree. A few potholes and sewer covers. Coming out of T 1 I found it was faster for me to be in the second hardest gear then shifting to hardest once up to speed. Coming out of the park I shifted up one and kept it there till I crest the hill on 525. It is not really a big hill. Then for the rest of ride i was in the hardest gear oly shifting up on Pond rd. and around a few turns. On Cubberly Rd. keep a eye out for a couple potholes and cracked road. Once In the park again stay a foot of the white line for the best real estate to ride. If u are doing the Oly and go around the circle stay in the middle as there is gravel near the curbline. If ur doing the Olympic rinse and repeat :0)
Good luck on ur race