craigj532 wrote:
The GMAN wrote:
So the transfer email stated:
Quote:
Athletes who are registered for IRONMAN 70.3 Raleigh can transfer for free into any open 2016 North American IRONMAN 70.3 event taking place prior to December 31, 2016.
Then there's a registration link that lists:
2016 IRONMAN 70.3 Hawaii (June 4)
2016 IRONMAN 70.3 Eagleman (June 12)
2016 IRONMAN 70.3 Victoria (June 12)
2016 IRONMAN 70.3 Syracuse (June 19)
2016 IRONMAN 70.3 Coeur d'Alene (June 26)
2016 IRONMAN 70.3 Muncie (July 9)
2016 IRONMAN 70.3 Racine (July 17)
2016 IRONMAN 70.3 Steelhead (August 14)
2016 IRONMAN 70.3 Timberman (August 21)
2016 IRONMAN 70.3 Santa Cruz (September 11)
2016 IRONMAN 70.3 Austin (October 30)
Yet when I go to the Ironman website and search for open 70.3's in North America there are several other open races: Buffalo Springs, Muskoka, Calgary, Whistler, Superfrog, Cozumel, Tempe, Miami, Cabo.
I get some of those are licensed races not owned by WTC but many are not. Based on this and the IMTX transfer thread, it's pretty clear that WTC doesn't understand that North America consists of more than the United States.
This thread also confirms that they don't understand that Hawaii is NOT located in North America.
Geography is hard.
Victoria is in Canada so they do have one non-US race on the list.
Buff Springs, Miami, Cozumel, and Cabo are licensed races. Maybe Calgary too. So I get that maybe they don't have the agreements in place for a no-cost transfer. That stated, most people probably don't know that.
I also get why SuperFrog isn't on the list.
I have no idea why Muskoka, Whistler, and Tempe are not included.
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