2006 Ironman Japan or AZ

anyone done either and can shed insite?

which would be a better first timers race?

Take a chance, go to Japan.

that’s what i am thinking. my wife is japanese and her family would come down to check out the race.

Awesome… you got someonee who can speak the language! I hear the island it’s on is pretty nice too.
Arizona too me is just about the dullest place to do an IM.
The only place worse would be Florida.

I think the out-of-the-way IM’s are probaby the most rewarding.

Nobody has done Japan, hence my present signature. I hope to be there myself.

Here are some killer pictures of the Island:

http://www.pluto.dti.ne.jp/~ohto/pictures/pictureindex.htm

Japan is an awesome country i lived there for 3 years, after i finish my degree we are moving back.

looking at the pics of the course from this year, it looks like alot of fun, versus stairing at desert for 12+ hours. first IM so i am optimistic on the time. we’ll see.

once registration gets closer maybe we can get a ST crew together to go over and do it. Language isn’t a problem, I can speak and your right we would have my wife, so if anyone is holding back cause of that chime in and lets plan it out.