ZachO wrote:
In response to your opposite direction question: Would I run a marathon with a net elevation gain of ~1000ft? Sure. I've run races with 16,000ft of climbing. Would it be a little slower? Yeah, duh. So all marathons must be either uphill or 100% flat to be non-aided? Let's just have the trials and every marathon in Nebraska, folks.
Um, I asked if you’d run “the course”, CIM in the opposite direction...my unspoken question was..would you expect the same result..? To answer your question or statement about up or down courses..ever heard of a loop course..? CIM is aided by its elevation loss; the course would never be legal for world’s best records comparison. No need to get all worked up...