This weekend Hallie and I went to Lousiville to ride the course the first time!!!!
We both had great rides! - the best we have had all training long! Hallie did 60 miles - not the 60 she was SUPPOSED to do - she kind of missed the turn at 393 :-) Luckily Bob the guy who is in charge of these training rides (which we can't thank him enough!) He informed her that she missed the turn - so like usual - Hallie made up her own route! When she got back from riding she ran up and down river road just waiting for me to come in off the bike - I HAVE THE BEST SISTER!
I road 80 - so I was able to see the entire course! and I owe a huge thank you to the two guys that I road with for one not getting me lost and two for pushing me! I finished the 80 miles with a 18.1 mph!!! Far better than what i do when i ride on my own.
So a little about the course - you head out River road - which was pretty rough. Some guy got a flat tire within the first 5 miles. But - it was pretty flat - I kept thinking - wonder why people say this course is so hilly. Even when i turned for a little 4.5 mile out and 4.5 mile back- i thought this isn't bad - THEN i approach a huge hill that i started down...and it kept going ..and going and going - and all i could do was laugh because i knew this was out and BACK - so I would be climbing this hill. As I was riding back I past Hallie and we both just laugh because we were thinking the same thing!!
The HUGE hill turned out to not be that bad climbing - but the rest of the course is just constant hills. I asked the guy that I was riding with, "when does it get flat" and he said when we start running! haahahha
But this ride - just gave me the confidence I needed to help me prepare for this race.
Without a doubt in my mind - Hallie and I WILL be IRONMEN! :-)
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