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is why I'm not hopping on the Ironman St. George bandwagon without second thought. Those are 2 huge, unrelenting, 30 mile climbs.

I guess the positive side to it all is you wouldn't really have to pedal the 20 miles it takes to come down from that climb, twice. You could really call it about a 92 mile bike ride because I'm not sure how much effort other than white-knuckled braking will be required for the last 20. Then again, it might take that long to get over the mental and physical trauma of what just happened.

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greyhound said…
So, are you saying this is going to be hard? Who'da thought?
March 23, 2009 at 2:27 PM
KCWoodhead said…
Well, I don't exactly know of any 2000' climbs in the area to train on.

Yes, all ironman is hard. Some courses can be much more difficult than others.

IMAZ had a 400' gain over 20 miles. This is 2000' over 30 miles.

CDA even looks like a blip on the elevation screen compared to this.

Not saying I won't do it ever, but being from the flat land that we are, you've gotta have some kind of plan to even attempt that course. Then don't even get me started on the run course. I have run the downhill part - it tore me up...uphill...I don't even want to think about it.
March 23, 2009 at 2:37 PM
CoachLiz said…
Dang! That is bringing back images of Switzerland with 1050' of vertical climb in 6 miles. And then you did that loop again.

WHOO HOO!!! That was frickin' painful and I finished that mother!!!

Greyhound is a little nutty, lol.
March 24, 2009 at 12:42 PM
TRI TO BE FUNNY said…
yeah--probably should've checked out the elevation charts before signing up...So it won't be a PR, but my quads will be freakin' FIERCE!!!!!!!!!!
March 27, 2009 at 2:29 PM
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