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Kansas 70.3 vs IMLOU

 
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regis

Aug 26, 08 7:44

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How does the bike course compare to IMLOU? I've done IMLOU and IMMOO and was thinking about Kansas but want something relatively flat.


Paddy O'

Aug 26, 08 7:53

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Re: Kansas 70.3 vs IMLOU [regis] [In reply to] Can't Post
If your looking for a flat course, Kansas is not it.


PBFLRacing

Aug 26, 08 8:05

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Re: Kansas 70.3 vs IMLOU [Paddy O'] [In reply to] Can't Post
Ive done Kansas and will be doing Imlou this weekend, ill get back to you. But Kansas is hilly and exposed...not flat.


sathomasga

Aug 26, 08 11:24

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Re: Kansas 70.3 vs IMLOU [regis] [In reply to] Can't Post
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How does the bike course compare to IMLOU? I've done IMLOU and IMMOO and was thinking about Kansas but want something relatively flat.
 
I haven't raced IMLOU, but KS70.3 is definitely not flat. Perhaps with a bit of exaggeration, the race directors claimed that KS70.3 was the toughest bike course in the North American 70.3 series. (It's not just the hills, but the wind can be pretty brutal in Lawrence; it's a long way from the Rockies to eastern Kansas, and nothing in between as a buffer.)


Fast&Crooked

Aug 26, 08 12:03

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Re: Kansas 70.3 vs IMLOU [regis] [In reply to] Can't Post
Come do the Florida 70.3 for a relative flat course or Miamiman for a very flat course!


JSA

Aug 26, 08 12:22

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Re: Kansas 70.3 vs IMLOU [regis] [In reply to] Can't Post
I have done IMWI twice (#3 this year) and live close, so, I have ridden the course dozens of time. I did IMLP this year. I also did IMKS this year. IMHO, IMKS 70.3 was the hardest bike course I have ever raced (in a triathlon, I am not counting the Horribly Hilly Hundreds). Obviously, IM is longer, but, given the hills and the wide open exposure to the wind, I had a harder time and put up bigger power numbers than the other two courses. I had a blast at KS 70.3, but, it was tough.


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