If you're racing Ironman Kansas 70.3 just outside Kansas City and dreaming about a change to race in Kona in October, you're out if luck.
Slots for the prestigious Ironman World Championships in Kona are available only through full distance Ironman events plus a select few half events. Ironman Kansas 70.3 is just not one of those events.
You could race from the full ironman distance races and train 30 hours week to qualify, or you may play the lottery.
No, you cannot buy your means by if you win the lottery, even so the Ironman Lottery is usually a way of entering your reputation for a chance to acquire 1 of 100 spots for anyone age groupers that do not qualify in the whole ironman event.
This past Sunday, the 2012 winners were announced on and merely one person was from Kansas or Missouri.
Seiichi Noda, 48 from Missouri won the Ironman Lottery and may get a chance to race in Kona.
Ironman has evolved a few check here other avenues such as Legacy Program for the people that have raced several full Ironman events and possess yet to create the Kona cut. They offer 100 spots that go on the most qualified racers first.
Ironman also developed the Kona Inspired program where folks have been maing videos about why they will get to race. These videos should go through a combination of votes to discover the winner.
As you can observe, there are various ways to acquire to Kona, but none seem to be easy.
For the full list of Ironman Lottery winners, click HERE.
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