Congrats, Melisa!! IMFL and IMCdA, you make some of us look lazy... And in 12:29! WOOHOO!!

I'm also curious about the bike course. I don't know that area too incredibly well (yet), but most of the area around here is rolling hills. I'd imagine around Hayden Lake there is some hilly area, and if it does go to the Higgens Point turnaround there are some hills along Coeur d'Alene Lake Drive between Coeur d'Alene and Higgens Point.

The marathon would be similar, not superflat, but not as hilly as some. As for the swim, the lake was supposed to be about 62 degrees. Probably a little chilly for the Zonies. The weather was supposed to turn worse, it seemed to be most windy later in the day but the cooler temperatures, super wind, rain, and thunderstorms never came. Spring weather here isn't the most predictable.