Oliver 1/2 Year 15: & a new bike course

Jun 2, 18 9:22

Post #1 of 15 (2856 views)

A big weekend for triathlon out here in BC. There's the 70.3 in Victoria and in the Okanagan the 15th annual Oliver Half. From a Hydrosloth's perspective the swim course always "seemed" long, and the bike course really WAS long, at 93 K. This year, due to some construction issues in the bustling Wine Capital of Canada (Oliver) the bike course is featuring a adventure up into the Eastern Flanks of the Okanagan Valley. The new course which you can see here:

http://www.dynamicraceevents.com/...f-BIKE-COURSE-88.pdf

indicates a 87 K course. Is the new shorter, steeper course going to be faster than the old course which was 93 K? Any other ST folk doing Oliver?

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Re: Oliver 1/2 Year 15: & a new bike course [Hydrosloth] [ In reply to ]

Jun 5, 18 8:05

Post #2 of 15 (2718 views)

New bike course in Oliver was outstanding. New pavement for much of it. Was 87.5 km on my garmin with more climbing than the old route. Best bike course i have ever raced a tri on IMO.

Re: Oliver 1/2 Year 15: & a new bike course [triracerboy] [ In reply to ]

Jun 5, 18 8:54

Post #3 of 15 (2691 views)

were you faster or slower than on the older longer course?

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Re: Oliver 1/2 Year 15: & a new bike course [Hydrosloth] [ In reply to ]

Jun 5, 18 9:15

Post #4 of 15 (2676 views)

I was 1 min slower this year than the last time i did the race on the old course (around 2 1/2 hours each time)

Re: Oliver 1/2 Year 15: & a new bike course [triracerboy] [ In reply to ]

Jun 5, 18 16:15

Post #5 of 15 (2635 views)

Five minutes slower here... about the same fitness level. I figger only about 3 minutes of that because the new course is harder.

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Re: Oliver 1/2 Year 15: & a new bike course [Hydrosloth] [ In reply to ]

Jun 14, 18 15:19

Post #6 of 15 (2508 views)

i'll add in that the new bike course was way better too (i've only done the olympic before - but that was basically the same thing)

except for the big hill at the start of the willowbrook section - the course was great!
- perfect pavement
- zero traffic
- nice rolling hills

I hope Joe at Dynamic keeps that course for next year

Re: Oliver 1/2 Year 15: & a new bike course [Hydrosloth] [ In reply to ]

Jun 14, 18 17:14

Post #7 of 15 (2484 views)

i recall swim being advertised as 2100 meters.

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Re: Oliver 1/2 Year 15: & a new bike course [Hydrosloth] [ In reply to ]

Jun 14, 18 21:22

Post #8 of 15 (2438 views)

I’ve been wanting to do this race for awhile. I think I’ll finally pull the trigger this next year. The new pavement sounds enticing!

Matt

Re: Oliver 1/2 Year 15: & a new bike course [Pun_Times] [ In reply to ]

Jun 15, 18 6:54

Post #9 of 15 (2387 views)

Bring your 58 tooth for the ride back. I pissed away time gliding at 55 kph when I could have been crushing at 60 +

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Re: Oliver 1/2 Year 15: & a new bike course [Hydrosloth] [ In reply to ]

Jun 15, 18 11:16

Post #10 of 15 (2363 views)

Newest newsletter from dynamic says they are keeping the willowbrook bike course for next year! Good news

Re: Oliver 1/2 Year 15: & a new bike course [Hydrosloth] [ In reply to ]

Jun 15, 18 12:29

Post #11 of 15 (2342 views)

WOW. This makes the course much harder, but also FREAKING AMAZING.

It's on my list for next year for sure.

The new paving will make the Axel Merckx fondo a lot more enjoyable too! It's about time they paved those roads.

Re: Oliver 1/2 Year 15: & a new bike course [NordicSkier] [ In reply to ]

Jun 15, 18 14:02

Post #12 of 15 (2317 views)

I wonder whose cage we can rattle to get the Victoria 70.3 to be held two weeks AFTER Oliver. Both are memorable, but very different Canadian races. Most of us Canadian ST folk are just LIKE CODY BEALS & would love to do both. But our 40 year old (plus) bodies would benefit from an extra week of recovery. Let`s put this ball in the WTC court.

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Re: Oliver 1/2 Year 15: & a new bike course [Hydrosloth] [ In reply to ]

Jun 15, 18 17:10

Post #13 of 15 (2283 views)

WTC doesnt give a shit about Oliver's success or Joe (despite he setting up Whistler when PEN blew the coop!) . They want those $$ in Victoria. Never going to happen.

@rhyspencer

Re: Oliver 1/2 Year 15: & a new bike course [Hydrosloth] [ In reply to ]

Jun 16, 18 13:08

Post #14 of 15 (2215 views)

LOVED the new course!!

I unfortunately haven't done the race in the past, but knew the loop training locally.

I am glad this bike is here to stay, I gave Joe my feedback at the race too.

That fresh pavement was a nice treat too, pre-driving the course I was very pleasantly surprised!!!

Re: Oliver 1/2 Year 15: & a new bike course [Hydrosloth] [ In reply to ]

Jun 17, 18 0:42

Post #15 of 15 (2126 views)

Hydrosloth wrote:

I wonder whose cage we can rattle to get the Victoria 70.3 to be held two weeks AFTER Oliver. Both are memorable, but very different Canadian races. Most of us Canadian ST folk are just LIKE CODY BEALS & would love to do both. But our 40 year old (plus) bodies would benefit from an extra week of recovery. Let`s put this ball in the WTC court.

This is really good to hear. I've raced Oliver three times and I loved the old course; nice to hear the new one is good as well.

This year my wife got to choose and we went to Victoria (fun course, nice long weekend). Next year I'll probably push to return to Oliver.

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