CPA_Triathlete wrote:
You didn't enter because it was 60. Neither did the thousands of other entrants. Even if it had been listed as 50, everyone that has registered would have anyway. NBD.
This is not a correct statement. In many age groups, when it goes from 60-50 it reduces slots from say 2 to 1. That is a big deal. Overdistance could have chosen to race in Frankfurt (100 slots) or Tremblant (75 slots), but chose LP (60 slots) because he felt he still had a decent chance at Kona Qual at that number of slots and LP working into family/business life. At 50 slots, he and others have a lower chance. If he knew that in advance, perhaps he changes family and work to go to Tremblant or Frankfurt, but it is too late now (Frankfurt is done, Tremblant is sold out).
For the record, I am not doing IMLP this year, so I have no skin in the IMLP game, but fundamentally don't agree with the slot count being changed around 2 weeks out from the race. I am registered for Whistler (50 slots) and Tremblant (75 slots) body permitting.