Originally Posted by
calhoun1
Thanks John. I hope to be able to put that advice to good use. Is the course well marked before the start of the Cat 5 race? I plan on warming up by riding a few laps to get familiar with the course.
And I think I just may try that 1K flyer... And hope to get enough of a gap to hold it. Of course now everyone on here who is racing knows my evil plans...
The course is hard to miss. Its marked by industrial park buildings all around the inside. Consider taking off on your flier right about where you hit the Thom. Somerville building about 2/3 the way up the backstretch. You'll get a chance to do a warm up lap on the course, but when the race is going, warmups are in the opposite direction but around the course loop. The race loop is closed to traffic. Watch for pot holes and cracks in the pavement. The worst of it all is before turn 3.
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