devashish_paul wrote:
Does that race course profile include the run course...in other words, so you climb a mountain and run downhill down the other side of the mountain?
yes the profile include also run. bike finish and T2 is somewhere arount "V" letter in the picture :) you climb a mountain and run downhill down the same side just different route.
http://www.strava.com/segments/1740462 this is final bike climb 5km; 7,5%. I am the KOM :)
then the run start with 2,5km climb and 500m evaluation. after that its only downhill.
look at my run from this year (only 12 km), next year it will be even more negative elevation difference
http://www.strava.com/activities/68730408