What's the Fuss?

By Josh Weinfuss
News Herald Writer
747-5069 / jweinfuss@pcnh.com

PANAMA CITY BEACH
A Scot in Panama City Beach.

It sounds like the start to a joke gone bad, but Bella Comerford is anything but joking when she visits Panama City Beach each November for Ironman Florida.

In her sixth Ironman here, Comerford is hoping to get the last laugh — again.

“I’m from Scotland. It’s a bit obscure that a place in America has been my favorite place to run,” the four-time Ironman Florida winner said. “Ironman Florida has turned out to be a very, very special place for me.”
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Here’s a look at my first Ironman Florida preview of the season.

By Josh Weinfuss
News Herald Writer
747-5069 / jweinfuss@pcnh.com

Panama City Beach was supposed to be the site of Shawn Harrison’s finest day as a triathlete.

From the time he finished Ironman Lake Placid in July 2006, Harrison told his wife, Christine, that Ironman Florida on Nov. 3 would be the last of his six Ironmans.

He won’t get that chance.
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