Frank, I can see your point if Hawaii was the only IM out there but it was made a WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP "RACE" by the WTC. I can't ask John Collins this question but were you perceptive enough to see the proliferation of Ironman events all over the world as there has been? By my count, there
are 15 m dot events other than Hawaii. Couldn't these corporations give their free spots to some other exotic location and leave those 500+ slots to qualified athletes to RACE in Hawaii. If they did so, some of the people on this forum who have worked their a**es off might be qualifying for te big show.

Bob Sigerson