| Discussion: Quassy Rev3 70.3 Course Recon |
Subject: Quassy Rev3 70.3 Course Recon By: Amanda D.
Written on: Sunday May 06, 2012 Message: I went to Southbury CT this weekend with a couple
people to do a course recon. All I can say is, if
you are doing this race - start tomorrow morning
riding hills and don't stop until June 3rd. The
course is great - both bike and run - but holy
cow. Just when you think they couldn't put any
more hills in, there's another one. My garmin
clocked just shy of 3900 feet of climbing on the
56 mile bike course and the run course (although I
added 3 miles on at the end) was about 1100 feet
elevation gain. it's a tough course. I think the
location of the hills is what makes it really hard
- just when your legs are smoked and you don't
think you can climb anymore.. you find another
hill.
So, if you want a hilly course, Rev3
Quassy is the race for you. 4 weeks from today! |
Subject: RE: Quassy Rev3 70.3 Course Recon By: Andy M.
Written on: Monday May 07, 2012 Message: That is a hilly course. Good luck next month. |
Subject: RE: Quassy Rev3 70.3 Course Recon By: Stacia J.
Written on: Monday May 07, 2012 Message: No kidding on the hills, Amanda. We checked it
out a few months ago (after I had signed up
unfortuately!) My training partners and I have
been riding and running hills the entire time (it
helps that we live at the top of a Cat 5) and I am
still terrified. That 4 mile hill at mile 25
looks kind of brutal, and those short, steep ones
at the end may put me over the edge.
It
is very pretty though!! |
Subject: RE: Quassy Rev3 70.3 Course Recon By: Amanda D.
Written on: Monday May 07, 2012 Message: Just wait til the run course! By the time you hit
Tranquility Road around mile 7ish - it is anything
but tranquil! Just when you think your legs cannot
take another step, the entire road is uphill.
And yeah, that 4 mile hill - just when you
get to the top and think you're done...you hit
another one.
Yeeehawwww!!!! |
Subject: RE: Quassy Rev3 70.3 Course Recon By: Michael P.
Written on: Monday May 07, 2012 Message: Gotta love it. I'm semi-local to southbury.
Southbury and everything around it is very very
hilly and sometimes can look and feel like
straight up mountains in some areas. A few of my
routes used to be out to southbury and back but I
avoided some of the very serious hills after
exploring a few times.
I didn't know
what hills were until I moved here. When I first
moved to the area from the flat south shore long
island, I swapped my cassette out to get a good
granny gear after a week. You might want to
consider doing the same just for the race unless
you're a tremendous climber. Don't be ashamed of
the granny gear.
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