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Description:
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http://www.flybynightdu.com/race/faqs.html
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Course Info:
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The Fly by Night bike course takes place entirely on the twisting, turning race track of Watkins Glen International.
The track varies from 36 to 48 wide and has a 6° bank at all turns except turn 9S/5L, which is 10°.
Elevation changes from a low of 1,460 above sea level to 1,575, including one larger hill in "The Boot."
The course will be swept and thoroughly cleaned before the race.
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There are two courses used by car races at WGI - the short and long course. We will be using the long course, and it will be clearly marked to indicate which way to go.
One loop around the race track is 3.4 miles long and you will complete the loop three times on every bike leg. There are two bike legs in the race, making the total biking distance for the entire race 20.4 miles.
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The Fly by Night run course follows roads and pathways along the infield of the race track itself.
Athletes will have views of the track and, since WGI is perched high on a hill, the fertile farmland and gorges of the valley beyond.
The run course begins at the transition area in Pit Row (labeled with a red "T" in the map below) and proceeds clockwise along the red line.
The first section, on Wedgewood Road, is paved, straight, and flat. The right turn onto Richardson becomes a dirt road and takes athletes past camping and along the back straight of the track.
The path loops nearly 180° and becomes Canisteo Road, still dirt, and then turns left onto Cayuga Road.
A steep downhill grade takes athletes under the track and through the West Tunnel, then a gradual uphill section weaves through more camping areas as athletes bend right onto Skaneateles Road.
A shaded, woodsy section accompanies the final uphill stretch before athletes descend to the footbridge, which takes them over the track and back to transition.
The run loop is 1.86 miles long and you will complete the loop three times - once for each leg of the race. Total running distance for the entire race is therefore 5.58 miles.
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Directions:
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Getting to Watkins Glen International from...
- - Boston:
Take the Mass. Turnpike (I-90) West. At the New York border, I-90 becomes the New York Thruway, a tollroad.
Continue on the Thruway west toward Syracuse.
Continue past Syracuse and exit the Thruway at #42 (Geneva). Turn RIGHT after the tollbooth onto Route 14 towards Geneva.
Continue on Route 14 through Geneva and along the west side of Seneca lake, for approximately 38 miles.
Continue through the center of Watkins Glen and bear right on Route 17.
Turn right on County Road 16 and youll see the racetrack on your left, about a mile up the road.
- - New York City:
Take I-87 North until it turns into I-90 near Albany.
Continue on the Thruway west toward Syracuse. Continue past Syracuse and exit the Thruway at #42 (Geneva).
Turn RIGHT after the tollbooth onto Route 14 towards Geneva. Continue on Route 14 through Geneva and along the west side of Seneca lake, for approximately 38 miles.
Continue through the center of Watkins Glen and bear right on Route 17.
Turn right on County Road 16 and youll see the racetrack on your left, about a mile up the road.
- - Ohio and points west:
Take I-90 toward Erie. This road becomes the New York State Thruway.
Continue on I-90 past Rochester to exit #42 (Geneva).
Turn RIGHT after the tollbooth onto Route 14 towards Geneva.
Continue on Route 14 through Geneva and along the west side of Seneca lake, for approximately 38 miles.
Continue through the center of Watkins Glen and bear right on Route 17.
Turn right on County Road 16 and youll see the racetrack on your left, about a mile up the road.
- - Central/Eastern Pennsylvania:
Take I-81 North to exit 8 (Whitney Point, Route 79).
Follow Route 79 west, through Ithaca and toward Watkins Glen.
When you reach downtown Watkins Glen, turn left onto Route 14 and then make a right onto Route 17.
Turn right on County Road 16 and youll see the racetrack on your left, about a mile up the road.
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2009
Results:
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Previous Results:
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www.flybynightdu.com/results
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