I did this race today. The last time I did it was 2008 at the old old location. I thought this venue was totally awesome. The course was challenging, hilly, and even a substantial segment of trail running on each 5k loop. I will definitely be doing it again.
I did this race today. The last time I did it was 2008 at the old old location. I thought this venue was totally awesome. The course was challenging, hilly, and even a substantial segment of trail running on each 5k loop. I will definitely be doing it again.
Agreed…the venue is sweet. I ended up doing the short course this year…not so much a fan of the long stuff. The trail section was great except that on our second run, there was still long course people on the trail so we were running directly at each other on a single track trail. I accidentally plowed some guy…he was going to go left and I was going to go right, I was running faster so he lost haha.
Yikes. Who passes head-on on the left? Momentum for the win!
Terrific venue and perfect day.
Was this year’s run course significantly easier since they took out the infamous hill?
Great conditions out there yesterday!!! Ya’ll come do Rocketman Oly Tri in Huntsville this year!
I can’t speak directly to that because I never did the race when it included the mountain. I did read a thread here where there was a lot of whining and crying about how the race just wouldn’t be the same without it.
The course yesterday was pretty tough. There was almost 3 miles of trail running, and that part was really cool, I thought. I would guess that the hills plus the trails made the course at least a minute slower than a standard open road 10k.
Terrific venue and perfect day.
Was this year’s run course significantly easier since they took out the infamous hill?
Yes…this year’s course, although still difficult, was far easier than last year.