I am going to be in my final peak week pre-taper for Ironman Louisville the weekend we are at the beach (Kure Beach, NC - near Wilmington.) I rode around the island last summer but it is deadpan flat. I’m looking for somewhere I can do some hills. Also looking for either a place I can master swim as a guest or do some lap swimming. Thanks!
Gretchen
For hills, you are going to have to drive inland, how big of hills do you want? You are probably looking at a 2hr drive. For swimming, here is a list of the masters teams: http://www.ncmasters.org/teamlist.html
Message ncfartstormer…he lives down there and gave me some useful info for b2b…also search beach2battleship for info. Good luck at IM ville
Our triathlon / cycling crew are based around Jacksonville (50 miles north of WILM), but can help with questions. Some go down to Kure quite often. Our FB group is https://www.facebook.com/groups/120601671356622/.
I’m not sure how much riding you did last time, but ride in your big ring into our beach head winds… hill can’t touch that.