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This was on ironman.com today
Determined not to be a “bridesmaid” again “I’ve been a bridesmaid here twice, and I don’t want to be a bridesmaid anymore,” Kim Loeffler, pictured here racing at Ironman China earlier this year, said in an interview today. “The first year I was second, in 2005, to Heather Fuhr, it was a breakthrough race for me. I was so happy I got second. I beat so many amazing women. I was just four minutes from Heather Fuhr, who is an amazing athlete with an amazing race resume, and it was the race of my life at that time. Last year I got second and it crushed me. I had the win until mile 23. I thought it was gonna be my day, and once again I got outrun … which is supposed to be my strength. It was really hard to handle, but it’s those feelings you use to fuel you in training. Hopefully I can achieve my goal of winning this race.”

Loeffler was possibly one of the few people here in Lake Placid who was aware of Caitlin Snow’s amazing running abilities, but in the end the Vermonter succumbed to the weather and couldn’t get it done on the run.

“I knew she was a good runner. I am a good runner. I just did not have a good run that day..

Loeffler would very much like to get her first Ironman win on what she considers her home course. She lives just outside of Burlington, Vermont, which is about a two-hour drive from Lake Placid. More than that, though, she’d very much like to get a lead and hold it through the entire race here.