Oceanside 70.3
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wesmeyer11 posted 1 year ago.
not too bad. Rolling hills and two steep but short climbs. some longer steady climbs and then downhill back into town. With your experience shouldn't be a problem.
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glbrum posted 1 year ago.
Okay. Get ready for a complete breakdown to the best of my ability (from what i remember from last year).
Start to Christianitos---There are 4 small climbs in these first 24 miles. Nothing to be worried about. The remainder is pretty flat and generally pretty fast.
From there you go inland and go back onto the base. Miles 24-30 are basically a false flat that does have a bit of up and down.
The mile 30 marker hits halfway up "the hill". It's about 1/4 mile long at ~14%. It's hard, but it's short.
From there until roughly mile 50 contains 3 other medium hills and
a bunch of FAST rollers.
Once you cross the bridge and turn right, chances are you will be riding the remaining miles into the wind. It's flat, but like I said probably into the wind.
Good luck and have fun. If you have a hill near you at 14% or close, I'd suggest mixing that into your rides. Do it once or twice each time and "the hill" won't be too bad. At least you won't be shocked by the pain and slow speed.
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jmruns430 posted 1 year ago.
Not so bad. I thought I was going to be unprepared, but the big hills, 3 of them I think, aren't that long. You'll be able to see the tops and if you just put it in whatever low gear you can do and do it, you'll be fine.
The first 25 miles, like gblrum said, are generally flat and pretty fast, most likely because you have a tail wind, so take it. I talked myself into slowing down there last year because I thought I was going out too fast, but pretty soon I realized it was just easy, let it take you as long as you're not working too hard.
As stated above, the last 8 miles or so are flat and you come off the downhill thinking you can keep a pace, then you turn into a headwind that will slow you down. Don't fight it, take it as hard as you can easily (if that makes sense), don't waste your energy trying to grind, accept it and make sure you getting enough pre-run nutrition in at this point.
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calilargeguy posted 1 year ago.
Thanks for the info. As my handle says I'm a larger guy and the run is my worst aspect so was worried that I would get beat up on the hills. It's all about finishing and not destroying my body in the process for me.
thanks again
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glbrum posted 1 year ago.
The key, from what I've learned, to long course racing is all about pacing (especially on the bike). Take the first 25 miles easy. Just because you feel good doesn't mean you should TT up to San Clemente. Like JM said, the hills really aren't bad because they are really short. Use your bike energy towards the last 20 miles of the course when it's full of fast rollers that you can keep a really good pace on.
It's better to go a little easy on the bike because you will make more time up, by being fresher, on the run. And since you said the run is a weak point for you, it's best to save just that little bit extra.
I am training for Oceanside 70.3 in six weeks and would just like to get some feedback from people who have done it. I have done 4 sprint and 1 olympic so far so am not completely knew to Triathlon. I had some friends do it last year and they said it was fun. My questions are what is the ride really like?