The swimming portion runs parallel to the beach and the waves are typically small so early in the morning.
The bike portion has a beautiful 11.1 mile course along the Lake Minnewaska and beautiful views and the run is 2.5 miles
out and back along the Lake and finishes by a soccer field.

For a world marathon and after running other world marathons, i expected better logistics, communications and planning. Not enough time between corralls, expo oddly laid and lack of communication for what to do and where to go before hand. Not enough nutrition, ran out before half of the participants came through

"Fun run through Prospect Park. Nice scenery in the park with the fall colors -- lots of energy along the race. Rock 'n' Roll series is always fun with the bands along the course.

Looping the park is a bit boring, but the race was run well, and