Ironman entry... - Triathlon

DimTimTris

04/03/2012 at 21:18

Not even considering it til 2013, but... are Ironman entries first-com, first-served? Or are there other factors (qualifiers?) involved?

kittenkat

pirate

04/03/2012 at 21:22

Flash your bling, you get in (except for Kona).

DimTimTris

04/03/2012 at 21:25

Cool, thanks Kittenkat!

PSC

pirate

04/03/2012 at 21:28

be warned though, some sell out pretty quickly. I think Florida took 5 mins last year!

DimTimTris

04/03/2012 at 22:18

Wow .... Well I'm thinking about IM Wales 2013, and I think 2012 is still open.

Ironholgs

pirate

05/03/2012 at 09:09

Tim - the UK ones tend not to sell out so quickly, you should be fine getting into IMW.

slowerthanilook

05/03/2012 at 09:16

because the UK ones feature crappy weather and even crappier road surfaces.

fat buddha

05/03/2012 at 10:22

I would disagree about crappy road surfaces at IMWales - compared to where I live in the SE, they are positively smooth! but sure - nowhere near the billiard ball smoothness of IM Switzerland or Austria (or Challenge Roth)

slowerthanilook

05/03/2012 at 10:57

that sounds like music to my ears, Buddha! Happy to stand corrected.

DimTimTris

05/03/2012 at 16:56

Crappy weather? I love the British weather because we get ... weather. Might not say that after 112 miles on a bike in 30mph gales with hailstones, mind you.

D74

07/03/2012 at 22:42

I would challenge you to come over to IMNZ. We take your drizzle and occasional potholes and we laugh at it. Come here and get 140kph winds, a lake that had people surfing on the waves and a road surface that shakes bikes to bits with it's gravel and rough surface.

Bonus of the UK though, you actually get to race......

Slugs

09/03/2012 at 20:35

Tim Lebbon wrote (see)

Crappy weather? I love the British weather because we get ... weather. Might not say that after 112 miles on a bike in 30mph gales with hailstones, mind you.

Ask the guys dragged off the bike with hypothermia in mid June at Bala Middle Distance last year

Peter Ormrod

27/05/2012 at 10:25

Does anyone know anyone who has a spare entry for the Bolton Ironman event this year that they are not using? If so can you get in touch please.

Peter

cougie

pirate

27/05/2012 at 20:38

Not sure that will work unless you get their ID ?

Peter Ormrod

27/05/2012 at 20:52

A friend of mine has managed it before so I think it should be ok. I know its not what the rules say but it is doable none the less. If anyone has got a spare entry for the Bolton Iron Man can you let me know. The time to be able to defer entry or get a partial refund is over so if someone has got an entry they can not use I will happily take it and arrange a price for it rather than it going to waste.

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