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Let's be up front....the Owasco
Challenge Road Race is physically
demanding and we will compared
this course to any other in the
state in terms of quality and
quantity. Let's put it this way,
do this race and you will sleep
very well Sunday night.
By all accounts our 2007 Road
Race was a keeper. The
course has quality parcours and a suitable distance
to give you a real workout on a
Sunday morning. However we did tinker with
the finish, which we are happy to say has returned back
to the entrance at Emerson Park.
All classes get to enjoy a
traditional single looped course.
The Womens Open, Citizens Open and Cat 5/Jrs
classes will do a 40 mile loop,
the Cat 4 men and Masters 40+
classes are fitted to a 57 miles
loop and the Pro 1-2 and Cat 3
men get a sufficient 71 mile
loop. You can check out the maps
and profiles below. The vertical
climbing is 3089ft, 4095ft and
5346ft for the respective
courses.
View updated PDF Q-sheets for
each inidividual race here.
There will be four climbs used to determine the King
and Queen of the mountains based on a points system as
outlined in the Race Bible. Referencing the main
elevation profile, riders will tackle
Long
Hill (1.2 mi / 7.6% grade @ the 16 mile mark),
Murray Hill (.3mi
/15% grade at the 42 mile mark),
Twelve Corners Rd
(.7 mi / 7.6% grade @ the 44 mile
mark) and the
Crest of
the last hill on
North Rd (about 5
miles from the finish line) to settle that contest.
There will be no
intermediate sprint contest and no time bonuses in this
year's road race.
Check out the
following interactive maps.
Wms Open/Citizen Open/Cat 5 Men/Juniors Road
Course
Mens Cat 4/Masters 40+ Road
Course
Mens Pro 1-2/ Mens Cat 3 Road
Course
Google Fly Over of Womens Open/Citizens
Open/Cat 5 Men/Juniors Course: Before
viewing be sure to click
on the
Tools tab on the
Google tool bar, click on
Options
in the drop down window,
Check the
Advanced box and set
tour speed to .75, camera tilt
angle at 68°
and camera range at 924 meters.
Then
double click the play
button.
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Also,
Google Earth is a great
tool to visualize the road courses.
If you have high speed internet and
Windows XP, we recommend that you
download the program. It's free! Fortunately, the satellite mapping
for our area provides very detailed
information. Just query Emerson
Park, Auburn, NY |
