Quote Originally Posted by irongrrlhopeful
Unfortunately, I live across the "pond" from the IM UK course, so I won't be able to even look at the general area until 2 days before. It's 1.5 hours or so west of London. But perhaps there will be some way to drive the course. Would it be a crazy idea to bike the run course 2 days before? Probably.
You could always try checking out the course with Google Earth. It gives you elevations and a good idea of what the course looks like (in satellite mode), as long as the area you are interested in is included in the database of course... (I think it will be.)