This was my first Ironman after competing in triathlons for nearly 7 years. After volunteering the year before, to experience the race firsthand from the sidelines, I signed up and trained my tail off for a year. The entire town comes out and cheers you on. The town

This was a fun neighborhood race with a very scenic route. It was well organized, started on time, and it felt like the whole local community came out to cheer us on, which was fun. The course had a good mix of uphill and downhill, but beware...Gallows Lane is no joke!

This is a great race, in just about every regard. If this isn't your PR race then you aren't trying hard. It's up and down for the first few miles and then the rest of the race is downhill. And not like falling-down-the-mountain downhill. It is almost imperceptible, which is the