Yay- RM is back in the game!!! I'm SO glad to hear that we'll be cheering for you next year!!!

I agree that the finish line is the BEST! We have an iron distance almost literally in our backyard every September (although we cannot call it "iron distance" anymore because we were sued this year by WTC for using the word "iron" because they said they own all rights to the word "iron". We don't have big lawyers to fight it so we have to call it a "full" distance race).

Anywho- it was my first IM (and my DH's, too). It's the BEST to watch people finish- newbies or seasoned veterans. We have about 1000 people do the full and half combined every year, but even tho we're small we do it up big time. IM is the BEST!!!!