Ironman Mont Tremblant: The Course

I raced Ironman Mont Tremblant in its inaugural year in 2012. In sum: It’s challenging. It’s spectacular. It’s worth doing again. In this post, I want to share details about the course that will help guide training if you are signed up for this race. Because the course is the same for the 70.3, this post should also prove useful for those of you signed up to do that race. If you are on the fence about doing this race: Get off the fence, whip out your credit card, and do it. It’s awesome. (In a previous post, I covered …

I just want to know what happens already

Curiosity will conquer fear even more than bravery will. ~James Stephens. It’s just a little more than a week to go until showtime. Nine days until the canon goes off, and I begin my third Ironman in Mont Tremblant, Canada. You’d think I’d be nervous or scared. And I am, a little. But, mostly, I am curious.  I try to read the tea leaves of my training, of my performances at Bassman, or Quassy or Rhode Island – hoping to find a clue as to what I can expect at Ironman Mont Tremblant. While that story is positive, it’s incomplete. It offers …