The course circles Lake Junaluska, so you have water beside you for most of the route. It runs in winter, when the lake is quiet and the surrounding hills are bare, which gives the whole thing a different feel than a warm-weather race. The event is part of a larger ice festival happening that weekend, so there is a bit of a street-fair energy around the start.
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