I'm not involved in the planning for it, but I wish that I was.
I did email the organizers to find out why they want to place riders on a 1-mile stretch of that death trap. The particular section (Coleman to Old Almaville) is a slow uphill ride on a bike with several blind spots where oncoming cars won't see riders until it's too late. The fact that there's no shoulder and gusts from large vehicles could make some novice riders quite nervous. I'm not personally willing to put my back to the traffic on that road, no matter what time it leaves in the morning.
Unless they plan to post some actual patrol cars to cover this stretch of road, or to have volunteers covering it with SLOW signs, I'm thinking of working out an alternate route to ride this one.
The area between Cason Lane and just before Moreland/Beasley is 5 lane and the city keeps the shoulders relately clean. Once it narrows down to two lanes, the sphincter factor is almost more than I can bare.
the two sections that Ed mentioned are great for working on your sprints.
I appreicate your input and expertice to this part of our route. We will be changing this portion of the route based on your suggestions! We will have the revision posted by Wednesday of next week. Thanks for your help!