Pre-Race It is "top-off" season with the Jeep, so I really enjoyed most of the drive to Roanoke on Thursday. I did have to dodge a bit of a storm that I caught the edge of, but I don't melt and I never had to put the bikini top on :-) I splurged for this race and stayed at the hotel that was across the street from transition - If you are considering this race, I HIGHLY recommend staying at Spring Hills Suites because of the location and how amazing they were to the athletes. They even had breakfast out for us at 2am on race day!! On Friday, I drove the course and had dinner with Team IMF and a few other Tri-Friends that were in town for the race. I was enjoying the company too much and forgot to take pictures at dinner. On Saturday, my awesome strength coach (Brandon Ostrander of CTG Endurance ) lead the TEAM IMF athletes and a few other friends in some activating exercises to get us prepped for race day. I did my shake-out run and safety bike check before drop