"March 16th, 2008 - One of the most difficult road racing events in a four state area. Held South of Fayetteville in Hogeye, AR this 20 miles course offers no flat roads. Large rollers lead to a to a one km climb at the seven mile mark and then it’s to the now famous Hell’s Kitchen climb. This beast attacks your legs with its 3 km distance, 15% grade and pea gravel surface. This is the end of the race for a lot of racers and saps all strength even from the most gifted climbers. Never expect a bunch sprint in this event!"
Nate, my cousin Brittney, and I carpooled over to Hogeye yesterday to ride the course once around. The "Hell's Kitchen Climb" part of the course isn't nearly as challenging as I feared it would be. In fact, aside from the steeper pitch at the top, I hadn't realized we had began climbing Hell's Kitchen until I was told we were already on it. Don't get me wrong, the hill is a killer, and taking it at race pace will really sap your energy.
Overall, I think the course is going to be blast to race on and I think I'll do very well.
This is me rounding the hairpin turn about 5 miles into the course. The truck had a stop sign.
This is me a little before the Hell's Kitchen Climb enjoying the ride.
And this is me after the ride. Nate was supposed to be taking pictures of the buffalo, but he snapped a picture of me real fast.
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