Rumors have been floating around that Kansas 70.3 will become St. Louis 70.3 starting in 2015 (Swim would be in Creve Couer Lake Park for those familiar with the area) Anyone heard anything further on this?

Boooooo. This was a great race in a great venue. I loved camping out with hundreds of other athletes and running through the campgrounds with crowds cheering the whole way.

Quoted for truth. Don't f#ck this up, Ironman! >:-(

What's a guy gotta do to keep a streak alive? Did all 3 Branson 70.3 before it dried up. Have done all 7 Kansas 70.3 and it looks like it will go away. Got a Tahoe finisher's shirt from last year, so that's a streak of 1.

Rumors have been floating around that Kansas 70.3 will become St. Louis 70.3 starting in 2015 (Swim would be in Creve Couer Lake Park for those familiar with the area) Anyone heard anything further on this?

Maybe Silverback will pick it up?

Interesting. I wonder why. Seemed like it had very good turnouts the last few years. I also thought it was an awesome course. I'm definitely in favor of preserving the more remote races vs. urban ones. I bet the roads in St. Louis are awful.

Rumors have been floating around that Kansas 70.3 will become St. Louis 70.3 starting in 2015 (Swim would be in Creve Couer Lake Park for those familiar with the area) Anyone heard anything further on this?

Seems like a logistical nightmare to me. Athletes would need to be shuttled from offsite parking (casino?). Where in the world would the bike go? I'm not saying IM wouldn't do something like this, but it doesn't make sense to me.

They hosted a 70.3 out there this year with an attendance of 116 (an ultramax event which included a half, oly, sprint, aqua bike). IMO ultramax is going to drive Innsbrook into the ground. I thought the bike course was poorly designed and the run was brutal as usual. There are not a ton of hotel options close to Innsbrook, so I don't see this being an option for WTC.

I think Innsbruck is a great location for triathlon. You won't find a better lake in all of the St. Louis area to swim in. Unfortunately it suffers from the same fate as Branson. Too hard (the run)!

I did the Border Wars Tri in Alton a few weeks ago .

I did all three 70.3 Branson and the run was dead flat the whole way. The bike was hard, but the run was easy...

For a first time event, it was very well organized, I thought. There are a couple logistically things, the swim is in a location that without a mile or so walk, is inaccessible to spectators, which is kinda bad. The swim was in a slough of the river, and was really low on Saturday, and water temp was 72, but by Sunday the level was up a little, there were people still walking the swim on the backside of the loop, but the temp had dropped from 72 to 58, quite a shock.

Like I said the bike couse is FLAT, but the roads were nice, the turns were very well marked by paint and volunteer. While most of the roads weren't closed, the general public was pretty accomodating to the race, with a couple of exceptions.

The run from what my wife said was again dead flat along the levee, with a few hills up and down off the levee. Her biggest complaints were, a couple aid stations ran out of water, and the other was that it wa a very "lonely" run. Being on the levee, there were virtually no spectators so aside from other runners, not much encouragements.

The finish area was nice in the fact it was in a park with an ampitheater, I think that having a large centralized tent for spectators/athlete would have been nice. There were a lot of clubs and teams that had tents up as well. They would be well served to get another timing mat further down the finishing chute so they had a better idea of who was finishing, they tried to announce names from bib numbers but not the greatest success.

Post race food was good, BBQ, but being from KC it's hard to top hometown BBQ.

Overall, I thought it was a good race, and the public support was great. Work out a few kinks and this could be a really nice race. We plan on going back next year.

The real X factor will be the weather, the first week in October is iffy in this region. Saturday it windy, gusting to 30mph from the north, wind chill felt like the 30s, but Sunday was awesome. 50s at the start, 60s finishing, with very little wind.

For a first time event, it was very well organized, I thought. There are a couple logistically things, the swim is in a location that without a mile or so walk, is inaccessible to spectators, which is kinda bad. The swim was in a slough of the river, and was really low on Saturday, and water temp was 72, but by Sunday the level was up a little, there were people still walking the swim on the backside of the loop, but the temp had dropped from 72 to 58, quite a shock.

Like I said the bike couse is FLAT, but the roads were nice, the turns were very well marked by paint and volunteer. While most of the roads weren't closed, the general public was pretty accomodating to the race, with a couple of exceptions.

The run from what my wife said was again dead flat along the levee, with a few hills up and down off the levee. Her biggest complaints were, a couple aid stations ran out of water, and the other was that it wa a very "lonely" run. Being on the levee, there were virtually no spectators so aside from other runners, not much encouragements.

The finish area was nice in the fact it was in a park with an ampitheater, I think that having a large centralized tent for spectators/athlete would have been nice. There were a lot of clubs and teams that had tents up as well. They would be well served to get another timing mat further down the finishing chute so they had a better idea of who was finishing, they tried to announce names from bib numbers but not the greatest success.

Post race food was good, BBQ, but being from KC it's hard to top hometown BBQ.

Overall, I thought it was a good race, and the public support was great. Work out a few kinks and this could be a really nice race. We plan on going back next year.

The real X factor will be the weather, the first week in October is iffy in this region. Saturday it windy, gusting to 30mph from the north, wind chill felt like the 30s, but Sunday was awesome. 50s at the start, 60s finishing, with very little wind.

Word going around is: The race will happen in 2015. It will replace Kansas. If you look at the Kansas 70.3 web page, you'll notice a lack of date and a lack of ability to sign up, there is a reason for this: Kansas is done. The swim will be at CC Park. The bike is not set yet, but will probably remain in one "county". The reason to remain in one county is that you don't want to inflict the traffic "pain" on neighboring communities, when they aren't benefiting from any of the revenue generate by the race. The run will most likely be around the park on the outer loop.

Word going around is: The race will happen in 2015. It will replace Kansas. If you look at the Kansas 70.3 web page, you'll notice a lack of date and a lack of ability to sign up, there is a reason for this: Kansas is done. The swim will be at CC Park. The bike is not set yet, but will probably remain in one "county". The reason to remain in one county is that you don't want to inflict the traffic "pain" on neighboring communities, when they aren't benefiting from any of the revenue generate by the race. The run will most likely be around the park on the outer loop.

I really enjoyed Branson in 2012. The run was flat but I enjoyed the route through The Landing. Best bike course I have ever done for a 70.3. I don't see it returning, but I would go back if it did.

I did Branson the first year it was held and again last year when it was Rev3.

Such a perfect race location and course. The bike is killer, but how often do you get to roll on a closed 4 lane highway?

Fantastic place for a race and a little family vacation for sure.

I'd say it's a safe bet that KS 70.3 is no more based on this new race:

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What new race? Is something listed somewhere for St. Louis? I still see kansas on the website and nothing about St. Louis.

The largest medal in the world!

Rode around the lake last night after my first MTB visit to Bootleggers run. Looking out upon the lake I was trying to figure out if they could make the swim one loop. What do you think?

It will be hard to top this one....3.3 lbs

With the latest email from ultramax we know this race will not be replacing the quartermax (70.3) which has been held at Innsbrook in June.

"Want to test your improvement throughout the season join us for the Quartermaxand Octomax Triathlon(s) on June 27th and then again in September for the Championship Weekend!"

Sorry guys, it's my fault. Ran Branson in 2012 and Kansas in 2014. Just call me the race killer.

I was at the last Branson and the last Kansas as well. Throw in the last summer version of Louisville last year for good measure.

According to a City of Wildwood posted memo...looks like June 7th.

Here's an attached link to the memo:

http://www.cityofwildwood.com/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Item/2127?fileID=3097

It also mentions "Ironman Officials" in the doc, so there ya go.

It even has the bike route!

Simple answer on the bike course terrain......HILLY......

Two recent developments inching us closer to an official announcement:

(1) Ironman 70.3 Kansas has disappeared from the listing of 70.3 events. Up until a week or so ago, it was still listed, though the dated was "TBD".

(2) The City of Wildwood's city council apparently approved on Monday night the resolution in support of the event. http://www.cityofwildwood.com/...tem/2294?fileID=3302

I love how the employees at WTC/Ironman are described.

I even think Bryan Myrick (RD for Raleigh, Muncie and Chattanooga) had a shirt made up that said "Some WTC guy"

Has anyone heard anything on this, is it completely dead or is it just on life support?

Edit to say dead for 2015, but wondering about 2016

Now that we're into 2016, is there any scuttlebutt going around in St. Louis about this long-rumored race? One would think that If it were going to be held this summer, we would have heard something by now. (I don't hold out much hope, especially with the recent cancellation of other WTC races.)

Has anybody heard anything?