Good luck to POLAR LA athlete’s racing this weekend in Louisville & Canada.

Rick (Ironman Louisville)

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“Athletes are in for a challenging day – Louisville has experienced record-setting temperatures this week, with little relief in site for Sunday’s inaugural Ford Ironman Louisville.

Thanks to “significant rainfall upriver,” race organizers were forced to change the swim course, which will now consist of a short leg upstream followed by a fast downstream journey along the Ohio River to Louisville’s Waterfront Park. The pros will head off in one wave at 6:50 AM, while the age group competitors will start one-at-a-time in a time trial fashion 10 minutes later.

The bike course promises to be a deceptive challenge. While it begins with a 10 mile stretch along River Road before heading into the beautiful “horse country” that this area is so famous for which offers a series of relentless “rolling hills” that will make this a tough ride for pros and age groupers alike.

The flat run will pass many of Louisville’s well-known tourist sites including the University of Louisville campus and Churchill Downs (the home of the aforementioned Kentucky Derby).

It all ends with a finish line sure to be one of the most memorable in Ironman racing at “Fourth Street Live,” a closed off street area in the heart of Louisville’s downtown that features a number of restaurants and bars and certainly has the potential to be one very loud and exciting finishing venues.”

Aaron (Ironman Canada)

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It all started in 1983 when 26 athletes entered Lake Okanagan for the first Ironman distance race here in Penticton. Little did anyone know that time the race would develop to the point that there could be as many as 2500 athletes at the start line a quarter of a century later.

On Sunday, August 26, 2007, the 25th edition of Subaru Ironman Canada will take place in the Penticton, British Columbia in the Okanagan region of the province. Few would argue that the race is one of the “crown jewel events” in the Ironman family of races.