Do you check out/run the route before a race?

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The Teaboy Jul 2013 10:12am, 24 Jul 2013 8,914 posts	0 The Teaboy Yup, always do. Especially for cyclosportives. Need to know how to spread my effort loads. It helps that I can memorise a 100+ mile route relatively easily too.
eL Bee! Jul 2013 10:16am, 24 Jul 2013 18,822 posts	0 eL Bee! Always. But that probably reflects the kind of things that I do
mushroom Jul 2013 10:18am, 24 Jul 2013 666 posts	0 mushroom Definitely - especially track races
NotFarNow Jul 2013 11:39am, 24 Jul 2013 First-time poster!!	0 NotFarNow Yep, never for a road race but I've been sucked into the world of ultras - I've found it a great way of exploring a completely new area plus its given me a lot more confidence of completing a distance I've never run before if I know what's coming up. Plus my navigation is so bad it probably chops hours off my finish time
Badger Jul 2013 12:07pm, 24 Jul 2013 3,766 posts	0 Badger I check where the hills are, that's all. I've only made exceptions to that for three races; two were relays (Round Norfolk and Turing Trail) where it would have had bad consequences for the rest of the team if I got lost, and the field is so small and spread out that you can't count on following anyone. The third is the Cambridge boundary run where the field can get quite spread out and the locals have been known to destroy or turn route markers. I once DQd myself from a 10k after following somebody who turned out not actually to be running the race...
slowcat Aug 2013 8:37pm, 9 Aug 2013 First-time poster!!	0 slowcat Always look, never remember and rarely take note of the hills. I have thought about doing a training run but then have to remember the route or take a map, especially if in an area I am totally unfamiliar with.