The World Triathlon Corporation, headquartered in Florida, has chosen The Woodlands, Texas for its inaugural Memorial Hermann Ironman Texas event in a special 5-year agreement.

The Ironman Team, Memorial Hermann, The Woodlands Township and The Woodlands Convention & Visitors Bureau (CVB) made the announcement on Wednesday, June 23 that the inaugural Memorial Hermann Ironman Texas will take place Saturday, May 21, 2011.
 
Participants will begin with a swim in Lake Woodlands, entering the water at Northshore Park and finishing at Town Green Park, which will serve as the transition area. Athletes will then head out on the bike course that will take them west through The Woodlands before heading north to the scenic, rolling farmland of east Texas. The final portion of the race is a marathon course entirely within The Woodlands that concludes with a spectacular finish on Market Street.
Source: TWT

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