Heading to Palo, IA (Cedar Rapids, IA) on Saturday to do the Pigman on Sunday morning
I did this race in 2008 and memories of it are a little vague.
The swim is about a third of mile, probably the shortest swim you will do in a tri.
If memory serves me correctly, you ride out of the park and down a fairly length hill. The course is then flat and runs out and through Palo. You then come back up the hill, over the hill and past the entrance to the park, down the hill and out on flat stretch again. Out to a turnaround. At the turnaround you head back the way you came go up the hill and enter the park back to transition. I think, again it was two years ago, aside from the one hill you ride down three times and up twice, it is fairly flat and there is almost no shade.
The run is in the park, part way around the lake and back. I know you have to run a long the damn out and back, downhill out and uphill back. I think you get some shade once you cross the damn. If the sun is out and it is over 70, it will seem hotter than it is with the lack of shade.
Below are my results from 2008. I am shooting for a swim under 9:00 min, a bike 42min or less, and any kind of run I can get. I would like to get out of the first transition under 3:00. I don't know what happened that got me a 3:44. Stuck in my wetsuit? It would be nice to go under 1:20
Swim (547 yards) - 9:27 (1:44/100yards)
T1 - 3:44
Bike (15.5mi) - 44:13 (21.1 MPH)
T2 - 1:44
Run (3.1mi) - 24:42 (7:57 min/mi)
Total - 1:23:47
Overall - 145/606
AG - 21/53
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I kept seeing all kinds of advertisements for this race posted at races here in KC. You'll have to do a good race report since they advertised so hard around here.
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