Originally Posted by
canuckbelle
Has anyone raced this before? I've seen some go-pro footage of the course, and scouted the Strava segment, but I'm hoping to get some insight from someone who's ridden it: how significant are the rollers? ...remember that I train in a FLAT area.
Here's the segment for the course:
https://www.strava.com/segments/709430
And bear in mind that this course in Knoxville completely kicked my ass:
https://www.strava.com/segments/5158272
Thanks!!
There are rollers, and one kinda-steep-for-a-crit hill, but you carry a ton of speed into all of them.
A better question is this: why do you think training in Charleston means you can't race hilly courses?
At MTB XC nationals there are always a (highly) disproportionate number of podium finishers from sunny Florida... and that race is usually held at a ski resort.
Some of the strongest climbers I know got that way from riding flat roads into a headwind for hours; watts are watts.