sinkinswimmer wrote:
I dont think I would stress. Not a single IM has sold out as fast as ST predicted this year. Even Placid was open for days. Chatt is still open. In fact, Wisconsin, historically an immediate sell out, was open for weeks. All of the Western IMs (CDA, Whistler, Boulder, Tahoe) are still open. Los Cabos has moved to the fall and is still open. Arizona may be the one exception to the now general rule that instant sell outs are a thing of the past because there are no other real options for the SoCal area. But I will be stunned if it sells out as fast as predicted.
Haha, yea.. Arizona sells out in minutes once it hits online registration.
The best bet is to VOLUNTEER, that will pretty much guarantee a spot to race in as long as you're there early in the morning. Registration may open up at 8am, but I was there last year at 4am and there were already hundreds of people in front of me. Most people that volunteer, do it to just volunteer and not to race, so this is a guaranteed IN for next year. Also, if you don't want to volunteer, they have on site registration right after all the volunteers registered and last year I only saw maybe 40 people at most and they all registered. After all that, it hits online registration and the remaining spots are filled in minutes.
Last year's volunteer registration line:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQ4nNnwexMM