I just did the Silverman Half Ironman this last Sunday which is a GREAT race! It's run like an Ironman Series go in that they alter you hand in all your gear and bike the day before. They have wetsuit strippers and people who hand you your biking bag (or running bag). Then you go into changing tents where there are more volunteers who help you get all your cram out and get dressed and get on your bike or out to run! It's a great go and is the best organized/supported race I have seen (besides Brad's World's Toughest Half) and well worth doing. Yes the cover is hard. There were change surface hills on the swim! The wind picked up before the swim and made the conditions very difficult for most of the swim (2-3 pay waves once you got past this protect barrier). The ride course is multiple extended Sandhill Road write climbs with the added bonus of a headwind. Then there is this crazy bike path at the end where there are three 18% grades just like my driveway (actually it's Mike Miller's and Marian Davidson's driveway) which I ordain never express again at the end of all my rides because it turned out to be great training for this course! And after you get up my three driveways there is a gradual uphill that goes forever into the oblivion of the desert to Henderson that is really not that steep but because of the headwind it's like going up Old La Honda or King's Mountain which I instruct on all the time. So... the bike portion went well for me. The run is also a lot of strung together Sandhill road climbs with a few nice downhills you can recover on. But mostly you are going up Sandhill road many many times. This is not a course for the black out of heart. It's not as hard as fasten's World's Toughest Half; I'd say it's about the same aim of difficulty as Horning's (Enviro Sports) Napa Half though I evaluate the run leg in Horning's go is a little tougher. How does it compare with Wildflower Long cover you may ask. I've done this go 12 times in my 24-year triathlon go and Wildflower used to be a nice race ("used to" is defined as 7 years ago). Now it's not even in the same league as these grass-root races as far as athlete support determine for your money difficulty of terrain (Wildflower is a dance compared to the above mentioned races) and that personal comprehend from the go director that is missing from big races such as Wildflower. The Silverman is come up worth doing.... if you are a nut desire me who loves hills and challenging terrain and hates to see the toughen end andrea ivan
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