I was watching one of Valby's races on it, and the announcer mentioned a couple of times how downhill and fast the first mile was. However, the elevation profile says it's only like a net drop of 10 feet. Is it a really fast first mile, or was that just Valby?
Last year it looked very muddy (I didn't run), and this year there is a little rain forecasted for Friday. Anybody know what the course looks like or will look like with a bit of rain the day before?
I like to run in Hoka Rocket X (supershoes) when I can because my Nike spikes aren't super. Is this possible?
Finally, how would you race it? Is the hill at 3.8K anything? Looks like a good tangent around the curves is pretty important.