Originally Posted by
KendallF
If you're doing a relay, you're basically doing a 40k TT. Treat it just like a bike-only TT, leave it all out there (do you do bike races?). I would advise you not to use the "arms hanging over the top" position on a road bike; if you're a decent cyclist, you will be passing many people and it's hard to react quickly in that position if you need to dodge someone or brake.
Practice the course, do long intervals, go have fun.
Thanks how I'm looking at it, a 40K TT. I don't race....this will be my first taste of any kind of competitive riding....but I do belong to a club and do do the B rides....
I have to correct the elevation listing on my initial post....a buddy of mine mapped it on mud.bikely.com and it's actually closer to 2,800 feet of elevation gain.......
http://mud.bikely.com/maps/bike-path...d-24-5m-2832ft