Notes
Ran this trail course following biking the bike route. Took a couple wrong turns and walked several parts of the course.
First of all, there is absolutely no way I will average 6:30 on this course. The course starts on the streets for about a quarter mile then goes to trail and starts with a big, steep hill to get toward the top of the lake ridge. We walked the hill and Tim V and Mike H said they both walked it last year during the race. I will not walk up it race day but it will be an ass-kicker. I am looking at it as the first place I will be able to make up some time on the fast bikers. The middle part of this race will be slow and will, IMO, suck.
The course is essentially trail running from the quarter mile mark into the race until getting to about the 3 mile mark where you come out of the woods onto a grass path prior to hopping back onto the roads for the final 1.4 miles.
First week in which I have logged 25 miles of running since February.