Subject: RE: New Race Series Mini-sprint to Full Iron distance- Dave Scott part of it KathyG - 2011-07-17 7:12 AM
12 new venues in 12 months, including putting on 12 full distance races seems like a big organizational challenge. Last time I checked the website, only first race had maps up. Full distance race had 4 out and backs with lots of turns and bike mileage was only 96 miles. Cut off times for IM distance race are shorter than WTC but shorter distance may make that a mute point. Few years ago a new series was announced....distance was I believe 101 (between HIM or IM), a couple races were held but there were lots of issues including getting permits for roads and final few including series championship were canceled. Having more options for well run races would be big positive. I hope they put together top quality races.
Looks like they have maps up for the first 4 races now. Bike courses all have different lengths (only one of the "full" events is 112 miles, the rest are shorter ) and many of the half & full distance bike courses use multiple out and backs or multiple loops (four out & backs on one, and five loops on another - ugh... ). I hope they can put together some more interesting course offerings for some of the other venues. At this point, I'm not sure I would pay the price they're asking for a long course race with that kind of set-up....
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