We've got a bit more for you to salivate over for the Untamed Revolution in April; we've only got a few weeks to go so it's high time we ramped up the online angle to this 3 day event. Pictures, maps, check it out.
We never really opened registration for this event to the public . . . I sent an email around to some friends last year and there was sufficient response from them that we elected to try this new race concept out on them instead of just anybody. So, we've got a good bunch of friends coming over from the US for this as well as some local Swiss friends in the mix. There are benefits to trying this experimental race concept out on just friends, instead of paying "customers." For instance, we can test some new GPS tracking technology as well as our website infrastructure for video updates from the field. We also don't mind throwing our friends into mountains of snow if that's what the Spring Alps deliver! We're lucky to have some willing guinea pigs!
Like I said, this whole thing is an experiment and we're not sure what to expect. Will people really red-line with intensity for 3 days through the Alps, or will they stop and drink a beer and eat strudel on the summit of Rigi while the clock keeps ticking? I suspect it will be a combination. One of the other things I'm excited about with this event is I get to actually get out on the course; I'm going to hang with some of my friends on each day, since the CPs are all unmanned and the best way to stay close to the action is to be in the action, right?
Let's see, another goodie I can toss out here is an elevation profile for one way (about the shortest way) for Stage 1 around the Mythens. Note that elevation is in Meters. For all those people who arrive at a race checkpoint, point their finger at me, and then say, "I'd like to see you do that" you can rest assured I'll be sweating with the rest of you at this event. For all our events, in truth, I end up beating myself up way more than racers do in arriving at a workable course. This Swiss event is no exception, but this time I get the pleasure of running the course too. Nice! It's probably time I fire up some Prodigy and go get a workout in . . .