Re: FLATTEST im

On 12/2/03 3:26 PM, in article, "Andrew Halperin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Oh, and you're wrong. The run has gain and loss. I'll tell what that is at
> some time also. Find me a 26.2m course that's not on a track or treadmill that
> really has zero elevation gain and I'll be impressed.


I'm sure there are some - especially in coastal areas like the low country
of South Carolina. 

I've done the Parris Island sprint which has literally zero elevation gain
on either the bike or run courses (close enough to zero to not register on a
GPS unit).  It runs through flat as a pancake marshlands - and no, there
aren't any bridges.  All you would have to do is run both the bike and run
courses and you'd have 21 miles of your supposedly impossible-to-find
marathon course.  Take a detour on a few Parris Island side streets, double
back on part of the course, or run down the abandoned airfield runway and
you're there.

Want to argue with that?  OK, on a more literal note, any loop course which
begins and ends at the same location has, by definition, zero elevation
gain.

John