Thanks, everyone, for the info. I am checking out those sites right now. My only remaining question is, how do I figure out the change in elevation from start of climb to end? Where do I find this info? I have looked in google earth and map, as well as gmaps, but there are huge differences. Also, it's a 2 mile climb, so I assume I would convert miles into feet when calculating with the elevation in feet?

And lastly, I WOULD bike the course pre-race, but the course is about 1.5 hours north and I don't have time to do that.