Subject: RE: Ironman France for first ironman?? I DID France as my first IM. It IS one of the hardest bike course (at least in terms of climbing and technical downhills). If you are a nervous biker, choose elsewhere. Run is usually hot, 4 laps to the airport and back along the boardwalk, no shade, 100% humidity. My race log is public so IMF is in there. It is one of the most beautiful courses and the European IMs take awhile to fill up so it actually wasn't much more expensive (since most US ones required on-site signup which was 2 trips instead of one) Oh and you get to roam around Nice and Monaco once you're done (less than 1hr away). Women are definately not as common (maybe 10%), and there were NO porta-pottys on the bike so you don't have a lot of options. Not nearly the same level of volounteers as NA races. The women we spoke to enjoyed IM Canada much more. Edit: Oh and cutoff is 1 hr quicker, if that's an issue. Edited by Khyron 2011-05-07 8:30 PM
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