Posts Tagged "Pocono Mountains"

Beautifully situated amidst the Fall colors of mountainous Northeastern Pennsylvania, the Inaugural Ironman 70.3 Pocono Mountains was a race to remember – and certainly a race of “firsts” in more ways than one.   For me, it was my first bike/run triathlon event. With the Pennsylvania region being pummeled by rain and storms, the race organizers had to make the difficult but wise decision to cancel the swim in the Delaware River and make the race a bike/run event, with athletes leaving transition on their bikes in a time trial format.   Moreover, extensive construction in the area led to a number of course changes that made some of my pre-race reconnaissance pretty useless, although I did get to embrace the scenery while out on my ‘bonus’...