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Subject: Deer Creek Fall Challenge Half Iron Triathlon : Official Thread
I just registered for the race. I have not raced for a while, sold my TT bike.
I have only road bike, and probably did not train enough.
Hope everyone is ready better than I am :)

Anyway, is it a three laps course?
Do you know when the bike course will be marked?

I may want to go one day to check it out


2016-08-22 2:19 PM
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I too just signed up, it will be my 3rd tri and my 1st Half Distance race. I am looking forward to it(I think). As far as the bike course being "marked," I am not sure when they will do that but the course is on the website and looks pretty basic. I am about 3 hours away so I won't be heading over to preride the course but I do plan on driving it Saturday evening just to get a feel for it.
2016-08-22 2:37 PM
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I wrote to HFP and they told me the course will be marked a day before.
I am wondering is it different from last year? I did the same event few years ago and it was one large loop.

tem375, you are going to love it! As I said I did it few years ago and it was great.
Good weather and not hot. Moreover, if you are active all season you will be on the top of you form in September!
Good luck
2016-09-13 11:17 AM
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I've never known the DCFC Half to be only one loop.  To my knowledge, since 2013, at least, it has been three loops that are basically the same as the Olympic course, but with an added out-and-back (with two extra hills) to bring each loop to roughly 18.6 miles long.

 

It is generally a pretty fast & flat bike course, despite it having 12 small climbs (total).

 

I'll be there this year, but not sure which distance I'm in for, yet.  The original plan was to do the Half, but I have Savageman 120 the weekend before and am guiding a VI athlete for about half of the Akron Marathon the day before, so doing the Half might be a bit much.... although, I suppose it would be fun, lol

 

 

2016-09-24 8:21 AM
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My bad, it was Great Buckeye Challenge in 2013

BTW, I got a message from HFP that DCFC is sold out and they have waiting list looking for cancellations.
It must be a good day tomorrow.

2016-09-25 8:42 PM
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Fun race! Although the hills on the bike were worse than expected!! Central Indiana isn't the best place to train for those hills, the Dam climb was tough but the worse one was the one before that. All in all a great race for the $$, I would have loved to not have to stop to grab water bottles on the bike, but that is my only complaint! They put on a good race

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