This race course was amazing and very tough, not for the faint of heart! You were either climbing or descending... I would not call them rolling hills by any stretch of the imagination. The steep up hill part would start when you lost all of your momentum, then the real work would begin for the next quarter mile or so. On this race to add to the pain fest, once you made it to the turn around the real race began, to beat the heat! It got hot and the last mile was all uphill! On the test run the last hill wasn't too bad and I thought I would launch my attack up the climb to the finish and in my mind that was the master plan until I got to the hill in the race... when I got there I intended to launch an attack up the hill I got 100 yards into the climb and my legs said, ""Hell No!" I was after a racer up in front of me, I did everything in my power to keep my leg turning, it became sheer will power to keep my leg spinning to move forward! This climb felt like it was never.going to end and like I was rolling backwards instead of forward... I thought the entire field was going to pass me and all the hard work was going to be for nothing. Little by little I moved up the hill and finally I could see the finish line, off I went dashing to my destination! I was completely drained and never happier to be finished! What an adventure... be safe out and enjoy your ride!