Kick-off your race season in great weather conditions at the start of summer!  With expansive views of the Blue Ridge Mountains, athletes are sure to enjoy all that Roanoke has to offer during the inaugural year of Carilion Clinic’s IRONMAN 70.3 Virginia’s Blue Ridge.  There's a reason Roanoke has been coined America's East Coast Mountain Biking Capital! Virginia has a wide array of metro-mountain adventures and hundreds of miles of hiking trails, including the world-famous Appalachian Trail!