^Nevermind, I found it.

Where does one get a 3x5 postcard for mailing?

Yes! 100%. I tried for the lottery for 20 years including 18 straight. If my 3x5 card gets my a slot I will tell everyone!
I want to race in Kona before I die.
John

Yes! 100%. I tried for the lottery for 20 years including 18 straight. If my 3x5 card gets my a slot I will tell everyone!
I want to race in Kona before I die.
John

maybe that's the impression people have but none of it is true.
The swim is not made more difficult by altitude. It's only 5000ft - swimming at 9000ft is a big deal - 5000ft is not as long as you swim within your ability. Most people coming from sea level don't have a problem with it.

The bike course is great - and is about 100 times more scenic than Arizona (which sells out fast), plus it's a faster bike course.

The run is slow for whatever reason, but the Boulder Creek path is not that uninteresting. There is one out and back section which is boring but the rest is pretty cool. Comparing with Arizona again, the run is significantly more interesting, although maybe 10 mins slower.

So if people want a fast race, this is a good one to sign up for. The swim and bike are probably faster than IMAZ, the run is probably a little slower. But it's a much more scenic and more enjoyable race. I think most people are put off by the altitude but that aspect is not a big deal. The "dryness" is probably more of a legitimate concern than the reduced oxygen

i've done arizona 3x, and would describe that as a pretty flat course; even the outbound uphill grade is pretty mellow. i looked at the boulder profile, and not sure i'd say that it looks to be faster, can you describe why you would surmise that ? thanks.

Thanks. I just bought a pack.

did you pick up the pet rock as well from Nordstroms' with that?

There have been a few threads about the course: swim- challenging due to altitude, uninteresting bike = no climbs, no scenery, uninteresting run = concrete on a multi-use path with a bunch of civilians. Not the best of Boulder. WTC even advertised IM Boulder on their Kona broadcast.

I'm sure it's already been covered here somewhere, but Boulder is also only 109 miles and change.

People might not realize that will be 2 ironmans (or one and then one that is short 3 mi on the bike) in a span of 2 months and change....Ouch.

Interesting in the rules you have to validate by doing at least a half Ironman, did the old lottery require that? Also interesting it doesn't have to be WTC branded.

"In order to validate and use the prize, the winner must demonstrate, by August 27, 2017, such winner’s personal completion of a triathlon consisting of, at a minimum, a 1.2-mile swim, a 56-mile bike ride, and a 13.1-mile run, between October 8, 2016 and August 27, 2017, so as to ensure the health and safety of the winner and all other participants during the course of the IRONMAN® World Championship."

I think the low attendance is very predictable based on the low population of the region. Anyone who doesn't live in the Denver metro (less than 3 million people) has to fly there. I'd bet that every other ironman has a much larger local population to draw from.

I can only vouch for 2006, but I assume it was the same in most years prior to, and after that.
Yes, the old lottery required a 70.3 validation. Back then, it DID have to be a WTC-branded race.

People complete two ironmans in less time than that on a pretty regular basis. They will be fine.

Edit: Also, Boulder is in June and Kona is in October, so I'm not really sure we're on the same page here.

I get why nobody is registering for IMMD but what's the deal with Boulder?

That took the race off my list, but I'm not sure what percentage of potential registrants outside the local area even heard about it.