We are staying in Harleysville, PA, for the Univest GP. The race itself is in Souderton, which is ~5 miles from here. But our host housing is really cool.
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| Cody's and My room |
Today we rode to the course and did a couple laps. Kennett dropped me on the downhill, Gabe attacked me on the uphill, and Parrish threw a water bottle at Dan.
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| Chris got new gloves! Handerwear |
The course is pretty cool, it's kind of a mixture of the Road Race from
San Dimas, the
Sunset Loop from Redlands, and the
Tour De Delta road race. So combine all of those into a Venn Diagram and what you have in the middle is the Univest GP, with the main features being: Laps in neighborhoods, short steep hills, and positioning being crucial.
My favorite part during the pre ride (we'll see if I like it tomorrow...) was the approach to the finish line. You go up the KOM hill, which is about a 1K climb above 10%. Then there are two 90deg corners and you head back down the hill towards the finish line. The finish is shaped like a V- Straight for 1k, but you bomb down the hill into a steep uphill sprint. Awesome.
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| Picture of the Finish stretch in a Coffee Shop that we stopped at |
The house we are staying at is a community farm. (
http://www.livinghopefarm.org/). It is all non-profit, and people come and do work and get produce. We looked around, and I took lots of photos. So yeah, here's where we are, and we get to race bikes tomorrow!
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| Sorting Squashes |
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| Onions and Garlic hanging from the roof of the barn |
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| Where people come and get their weekly produce |
Tonight our hosts are cooking us Kale, Chard, Squash, and Turkey. All the vegetables are from the garden. Probably picked today. FANTASTIC!
And finally, to harness the energy of a sign I saw today while riding.
I am feeling pretty muscular......
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