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Jorgan
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 Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2018 9:56 am Post subject: Best Swim, Bike & Run courses? |
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Has this ever been discussed here? For events still in existence. My votes based on 26 years experience:
Swim
IM Austria
Perranporth Extreme Surf Tri  
Bike
IM70.3 St Polten (AUT)
Mondsee Triathlon (AUT)
Run
IM Regensburg (now Challenge)
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stenard
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Interesting idea for a thread. I definitely don't have that level of experience!
Would it help if you were to explain why you think those courses are the "best" in your opinion? Adds some context
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Jorgan
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| Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2018 11:49 am Post subject: |
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| stenard wrote: | Interesting idea for a thread. I definitely don't have that level of experience!
Would it help if you were to explain why you think those courses are the "best" in your opinion? Adds some context |
IM Austria Swim: just search for it on Youtube, some great videos (particularly in the good-old mass start days). It's a stunning lake, clear water and the canal bit at the end.
Perranporth Swim: well some years it's just f'ing nuts with the surf & subsequent run up the beach 
70.3 St Polten Bike: very varied scenery, Autobahn for 20km, then up through vineyards overlooking the Danube, then back down & along the banks of the Danube, up & over a longish steady climb, lovely fast wide descent, into very nice rolling countryside back to the finish. Roads very smooth. Single Lap.
Regensburg Run: nice flat 4-lap course through the old town, then the park, and then along beside the Danube back into old town. Varied, well shaded in the main, nice scenery.
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Bluepoolshark
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| Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2018 11:51 am Post subject: |
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Norseman swim - Jump off the back of a ferry, into a beautiful Fjord with mountains either side, a swim doesn't get any better in my opinion
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IM Nice run - flat, warm, 4 laps, can always see both ends of the course
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| Portrush sea swim: Swam with a basking shark for company, although the swell was such that you couldn't see anything while swimming. Supporters on the beach got a bit excited though. Was more concerned about the sea sickness from all the buffeting.
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Swim: Not sure, IMA sounds good if it's point-to-point? I hate multi-lap. For the same reason I'd probably like Norseman or Celtman.
Bike: Again, not sure. The one I like the best is the X in the Lakes. Hard, yes, but the scenery is stunning all the way (apart from a bit of A road on the west coast). For pure speed it'd be IM CPH, Outlaw or ex-Rubicon/now-Falcon (half) at Newby Hall.
Run: Absolute no-brainer - that's Wasdale X Half when it was run from Wasdale. Single loop with the best scenery the country has to offer, and the course just throws everything at you: Steep ascents/descents, narrow rocky trails, a bit of rock climbing, bouncing over huge boulders, ghyll scrambling, and marshlands. All in 21k, simply stunning.
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mattsurf
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I have limited experience however, here are mine, so far:
Swim, IM 70.3 Switzerland - beautiful clean lake, clearly marked swim to the middle of the lake and back
Bike: Zug Triathlon (CH), flat, fast on perfect roads (42kph average speed), even if it is 1km short
Bike: New Forest Middle distance, great ride through the New Forest, on surprisingly good roads, rolling course, with no major hills... so long as it is not windy
Run: IM Vichy, flat run, 4 laps, so spectator friendly, varied with run round lake, parks and town... so long as you don't mind the heat
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Jorgan
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| Symes wrote: | | IM Nice run - flat, warm, 4 laps, can always see both ends of the course |
Sounds horrendous to me 
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| Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2018 8:42 am Post subject: |
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| Jorgan wrote: | | Symes wrote: | | IM Nice run - flat, warm, 4 laps, can always see both ends of the course |
Sounds horrendous to me |
The year I did it was hotter than hell - no shade at all apart from a short section by the airport. It's the only race I've done with a medical tent halfway up the course 
On the plus side, there were some great "sights" to be seen on the beach to take your mind off the suffering
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Even after the course changes, I think the IM Lanza bike course is hard to beat  - it's an epic, single lap course and if anything, I reckon the course changes have made it more difficult.
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Jorgan
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| Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2018 8:51 am Post subject: |
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| Whisk wrote: | The year I did it was hotter than hell - no shade at all apart from a short section by the airport. It's the only race I've done with a medical tent halfway up the course
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Let me stop you there. It is widely acknowledged that the hottest events are as follows:
(Surface of the Sun)
Outlaw 2013*
(Mercury)
Frankfurt 2015
Kona most years
Nice when you did it
*whatevvva
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Swims Kona Swim is awesome ,like swimming in a huge fish tank,Perfect swim Temp
Alpe D,huez
awesome location great views while swimming ,plus lovely clean (fresh) water
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Jorgan
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I see what you've done there Yes, as 'hot' as Kona at 4.46am.... in the night
Outlaw '13 must have been high 20s in the sunlight iirc; so to be fair, actually pretty 'hot' for the UK when you're doing an Iron dist marathon! Frankfurt had >1000 DNFs in 2015 (40 in shade), but not this call-sign
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