This years Pinnacle challenge course will remain very similar to last years, so you can check out the results and expect near the same frills on the course.

We have taken out a 1/4 mile of the Mountain bike course. An uphill section was removed and replaced with smooth, windy, singletrack downhill. Times should be a couple minutes faster for most bikers.

The course is a little more beginner friendly now, but certainly not a beginner MTB course. It is a true Mountain bike course with roots, rocks, uphill and down.

The road run is fast and flat.

The Trail run is not.

The road bike is fast and flat with a big bump in the middle.

And as it has been pointed out to me, "PJ, don't forget to mention the road run will take you on a trail, and the trail run will take you up a mountain"

oh yeah, I forgot that part.



PJ

Some competitors from 2006 mentioned the little bump in the middle of the road run (up around the cemetery in N. Newport). The locals knew about it, but it surprised others.

I'm thinking that the "big bump" in the middle is my most favorite, Loverin Hill Road...Am I right?

Yes Jewels, PJ was refering to Loverin Hill.

Yes the Road run offers many surprises, as does the whole course, we highly recommend you make yourself familiar with it before race day, you will be happy you did. Having raced this solo 2 years in a row I can tell you first hand, this race lives up to its name, it is a "Challenge".

Ryan

Ohh, Ohh! can we finish Mtn BK through the plummet?