Subject: RE: Ironman Coeur d'Alene : Official ThreadCarlaLThompson - 2012-07-10 5:48 AM GatorDeb - 2012-07-10 5:06 AM IMCdA13, my first =) :::: PERK ::: Did someone say IMCdA????? AWESOME GatorDeb!! OMG You are going to LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am so happy to hear you say that ![](https://beginnertriathlete.com/discussion/images/emoticons/smile.gif) I wanted to do my first IM by the time I was 35 (5/26/13 ) so I was set on Texas, then the delays, then my coach and a training partner signed up for CdA, and I had to choose between my dream of doing it at 34 or doing it with people I know (and how cool is it to do your first IM with your coach that you've trained with for over a year and who pretty much got you there... and she's faster, she'll get to the finish line first lol ). I hear CdA has more of the Kona experience, i.e. tremendous crowd support, the crowd loves it and eats it up especially on the run. And how much can Texans love their IM when it took this long to even get it opened.... Looking forward to it! I hear CdA is an amazing and pretty experience ![](https://beginnertriathlete.com/discussion/images/emoticons/smile.gif) |