Rev3 Wisconsin - Half Rev : Official Thread

Looks like they have the same bike course again this year. Should be a good challenge. The 3 big climbs were the hardest parts, but in between is not flat and have to watch yourself there. Lots of smaller hills where it's easy to press too much and drain more than you think. The 3 big ones being coming out of Baraboo, Bluff/Tower Rd, and Beich. Baraboo is leaving town, so you get a little break in there. Turn the corner and up it goes. Bluff road is the big one. Nice that there was a gigantic sign that says Devilshead at the start of it. It ranges from steep to false flat a lot, not a steady climb at all though it does keep going up. So if you're expecting steep you get some breaks with the more mild sections to help recover on. It does tend to get easier as you go up. Beich is deceptive. It didn't look that bad coming into it. You see it going across your view as you approach and it keep going on some after it disappears on the left side, going around the mound. I think people near me didn't quite know what to expect and pushed too much in the early parts of it. There is no recovery until you get over it, so they put themselves in a hole early on. That always makes things extra hard. Similar on Tower, some people tried surging to keep up with me. Know your limits and keep within them or you will pay for it.

Not familiar with the run as they changed it since I was there, but would not expect it to be flat.

Riding those two areas should help over doing Kenosha, at least with what I'm familiar with. Think the course can be harder still. Curious where exactly you went around Lake Geneva?

Hadn't addressed some other questions from the first post either. I don't really use aid stations as I only need 2 bottles and a few gels out for a half, but did remember that they had several out there. Rev3 has been good with these in my experience. I think they had the turns taken care of too, but I had done the route several times and had the map up so didn't need it as much.