Daily Archives: Saturday, June 13, 2009

Here we go! 14.3 kilometers of hill climbing in boiling, sweltering, muggy conditions. This year’s Devon race course is new and totally awesome. It begins innocently enough, on the flat. But only for a half kilometer or so. After that it’s up hill for I don’t know, 3 kilometers? These aren’t nice hills. They are blood sucking evil vampire demon hills from hell. The sports class only had to suffer those hills once. We suckers in the Enduro class had to suffer them twice since we had to do two laps. But once you were past the hills the rest was a long downhill lark and very enjoyable. Elevation changes totaled 450 meters and you can get the race details here. You can view the map and elevation profile here. I had the option of starting 40 minutes sooner than the elite Enduro runners, who started at 10 AM, so … Continue reading →