Dekalb was my least favorite course of last year. Others thought it was a blast.

Might suit sprinters. 100 yard hole shot into set of hairpins into flowy woods into runup to steep off camber hairpin (the best feature, see that carnage on the greasy slope last year) into more flowy stuff with a couple of tricky turns into short concrete path into single track to open space to barrier to singletrack to series of wide curves to off camber section to bumpy start/finish stretch back into woods.

Another one where the placing is decided in the first 10 seconds. I found it very difficult to build up enough of a head of steam to pass anywhere - maybe I was just on bad form on the day.

If you see a passing chance - punch it immediately and get past. Very easy to get stuck for 1/2 a lap or so before you get another chance.