Beyond the Finish Line — 2025 Ironman Lake Placid
From Arizona to Lake Placid On Sunday, July 28, 2025, I completed my second full-distance Ironman at Lake Placid (IMLP) with a final time of 14:33:45. This race was an entirely different beast from my first Ironman (Arizona 2021) in many ways: terrain, weather, strategy, and mindset. Lake Placid is a small town in upstate New York near the Canadian border. It hosted the Winter Olympics twice, in 1932 and 1980, and is best known for the “Miracle on Ice,” when a team of American college ice hockey players defeated the heavily favored Soviet national team composed of seasoned professionals and eventually won the Gold Medal. Ironman Lake Placid has been held annually since 1999, making it the longest continuously running Ironman event in the world outside of the Ironman World Championship in Kona, Hawaii. Known for not only its scenic beauty but also its challenging terrain and unpredictable weather, Lake Placid is widely recognized as one of the most challenging Ironman courses globa...