2017 IRONMAN 70.3 LAKE PLACID | BEHIND THE SCENES

The air was crisp, the leaves had started to change and the hills we’re chilly out on the beautiful, timeless, Lake Placid race course for the inaugural IRONMAN 70.3 Lake Placid race. 18 TEAM IMF Athletes not only toed the frigid starting line to tackle this historical and challenging race course, but they rallied together, shared training stories at their TEAM IMF breakfast and then ventured to IRONMAN Village, where they stuffed backpacks as a part of the IRONMAN Foundation’s,  We’ve Got Your Back(pack) program, to inspire the local Lake Placid Central School students to eat well, exercise and live a healthy lifestyle! Thanks to TEAM IMF and their fabulous donors, the IRONMAN Foundation delivered over 150 backpacks on race weekend and presented them to the school’s principal. Between IRONMAN Lake Placid and IRONMAN 70.3 Lake Placid TEAM IMF members, our total give back to the Lake Placid race community was over $90,000, which brings the historical give back to the community over $1.5 million dollars historically! We’re excited to return to this beautiful race community next year to join in the celebration of IRONMAN Lake Placid’s 20th anniversary as we continue to #RaceForMore.

It was a polar plunge for these TEAM IMF Athletes! Air temp started at 37 degrees race morning!