Has anybody done both and can compare the bike courses??
Yes, I have done IM Switzerland in 03 and 04 and did Roth last year. What do you want to now?
Felix
Hi felix, a friend of mine did Roth in 2004 and is doing zurich this year. He wants to know how fast zurich is compared to Roth.
you sent me a polar file from zurich, do you have one from roth??
what was you bike split at roth??
cheers, alvaro
Alvaro, I sent you a email with the QC Roth 04 HRM file.You can find a pdf here: http://home.datacomm.ch/weilenmann/Sport/2004/images/QCRoth-Polar.pdf
In Roth my bike split was 5:14 (9:58 total). I did Zürich 3 weeks later and ‘lost’ 20 minutes in the marathon because I was not fully recovered (10:27 total). I did zurich only for fun.
Therefore I think Roth is 5 to 10 minutes faster than IM Switzerland. But I prefer the course in Zurich because I like real hills and long flats. In Roth it is much more rolling terrain with no long flat parts.
Felix