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I'm guessing there are others who also would be interested in less flip responses.

How about everyone who wanted to go? :)

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Yep...

Mont tremblant apparently didn't roll past top 10 for the most part, so interesting that syracuse was such a different outcome.

I think Canadians are generally more open to travel....and the Americans who came to Tremblant are already more open to travel since they just crossed a border to get to Tremblant. As I mentioned in the other thread, Montreal to Munich is easy travel with a direct flight...then rent a car and get to Zelle.

Makes sense, thanks Dev.

Yes, but do we know how the roll downs went? Or even if they did awards?

A thunderstorm approached just when the transition opened and they said over the loudspeakers "everyone quickly get your bikes and into your cars - you have 10 mins" At which point everyone makes a mad dash for the transition, then to parking.

It would have had to go far for me to get a spot, though...

The person I asked about awards said they were going to mail them. I overheard one person asking how they were going to handle the 70.3 WC slots. Not sure if he got an answer.

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They didn't do awards or slot allocation at the race. Asking various "officials", it sounds like they are going to mail any awards. For slot allocation, they are going to do it by e-mail. How that actually works, does not seem to be clear. The only way I see that happening is to e-mail the top qualifiers & give a deadline for response. No response resulting in e-mail to the next person on the list. I'm not sure what minion at ironman would draw the short straw to handle that mess.

I'm just hoping that there are not many people who can drop everything and travel to Austria on short notice (and that's about the same time as kids going back to school). Given that I was beaten by a few Canucks, it's a toss up. I need it roll to 10 and my wife to 5. Guess I should have done a bit more hill run training!

Well, with only 30 slots to give out for 24 age groups means almost every AG = 1 slot.

There was alot that wasn't clear at the end of that race... like whether people could actually finish or not. Officials telling us on the course that everything was over and finish was closed, and timing had been shut off.... only to find the clock still running when we got back after sitting in someone's barn for 45 minutes. I'm not flinging blame, it was just confusion when the weather came in so fast. I should have been running faster, then I wouldn't have had an issue.

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True, but I would expect it to roll down significantly. I suspect that most who set qualifying as their goal would have done an earlier race. To be honest, it's an afterthought as I didn't think my wife would have been up for doing this as an add-on to the season. After doing IM Austria a couple years ago, returning to that area has a lot of appeal.

Regardless, it was a great course and the staff did a fantastic job. The last couple miles of the bike & start of the run are a cluster#@! but it seems unavoidable without significant changes to the bike course (e.g. running it in the opposite direction).

I earned a Vegas slot here 2 years ago via roll down, after similar weather conditions cancelled the awards. They'll start with emailing 1st place, waiting for a response, rolling down and emailing 2nd place, etc etc.

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Just got this email:

FWIW at Raleigh in early Jun the rolldowns varied from none in a couple AGs to 11th (the lowest I heard but I might have missed something).

Anyone has received an email yesterday for the roll-down slots from Syracuse ? They were supposed to be sent at 4PM as I understand...

Guess my AG has not rolled down and the top 2 finishers took their spot...

Were you next in line to get a slot? I wish they had some kind of tracker so you would know if it were still an option. From their initial e-mail, it sounds like they wouldn't notify roll downs until after the deadline (i.e. yesterday at 4 pm then q.48 hrs thereafter). It would make more sense to just give each person who qualified a 48 hr turn-around. That way, if someone immediately declined the slot, they could just go to the next person. I never received the initial e-mail so I need to make sure my info isn't lost.

Good luck!

At Raleigh, in F45-49, anyone who was present and finished the race could have claimed a spot. My girlfriend is in that AG and had to DNS due to a dislocated shoulder in early spring. We were at the awards ceremony to collect our Tri Club award and stayed for the entire awards & roll downs. That F45-49 slot went unclaimed and got reallocated to F30-34, I think (possibly F35-39).

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thanks. I was 3rd in M45-49, my understanding is there were 2 slots for that age group... Not sure if I would take it given what's involved (travel, costs, time away) but I was curious to see I would I would get the email for the roll-down