found the gpx file of the bike course
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/27174254
2000 meters total elevation!!!
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/27174254
2000 meters total elevation!!!
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Re: Ironman Norway [Plissken74]
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Lots of climbing but broken into many, many small gradients by the look of that. Max altitude is just over 120m! It's hard to find a course that low that accumulates that amount of climbing.
I'd much rather have a few big climbs personally.
I'd much rather have a few big climbs personally.
Re: Ironman Norway [Ai_1]
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Lots of climbing but broken into many, many small gradients by the look of that. Max altitude is just over 120m! It's hard to find a course that low that accumulates that amount of climbing. I'd much rather have a few big climbs personally.
it can be anything, difficult to imagine but on FB they mentioned you can use momentum on those short climbs. so i imagine something like Louisville or Raleigh where you get lot of rolling hills but you go up fast with the previous downhill...
if like that, then you can achieve better split time than compared to an IM France where you have similar 2k elevation but downhills you don't compensate (and climbs are tough).
Re: Ironman Norway [Plissken74]
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Plissken74 wrote:
Ai_1 wrote:
Lots of climbing but broken into many, many small gradients by the look of that. Max altitude is just over 120m! It's hard to find a course that low that accumulates that amount of climbing. I'd much rather have a few big climbs personally.
it can be anything, difficult to imagine but on FB they mentioned you can use momentum on those short climbs. so i imagine something like Louisville or Raleigh where you get lot of rolling hills but you go up fast with the previous downhill...
if like that, then you can achieve better split time than compared to an IM France where you have similar 2k elevation but downhills you don't compensate (and climbs are tough).
Thanks for that. I live in Florida but have been doing lots of climbing on Cyclops Rouvy to get ready. I hope when it gets a little warmer that someone will ride it with video and upload the file to Rouvy so I can see it as I ride the profile.