As for the shortened cutoff time for 2015 in Kona. Our opinions are going to be based upon what we perceive as sacrosanct. Is it the midnight cutoff or the 17 hours? Honestly, the race used to be be finished whenever though.
Yes, there are WTC races either less than 17 hours. And the one shot deal, IMNYC, had a short cutoff as well as I recall. But how often was the shorter time acknowledged as being at the expense of one group of athletes so that pros could have greater distance on the age group men instead of local neighborhoods etc? There are solutions as long as the race is here: go back to a 6:30 pro start. Men and women. Start everyone else later. Or just go retro and return to a mass swim start for everyone, pros and age groupers alike. Don't like getting passed by elite age group men or women? Swim faster. Or just move the finish time to 12:15 am. Let the media have their 17 hour end game shots.
As for a sacrosanct midnight time. It's not midnight thus year for age group men. They're pumpkinized at 23:50 HST. Ali'i drive doesn't swallow people starting at 12:01 am either. I'm fairly certain you can still run, walk, skip, hop and dance but not crawl on it at 12:15. So why have the midnight cutoff?
Btw, Kailua town doesn't get a penny of money from the race, the participants or their family members. There is no town government here, there are no city governments either. And the race utilizes state property, three state highways, and a couple of county roads. Any revenue goes to the state and the local businesses that people choose to patronize. There is mandatory overtime for the county police paid for by WTC but little else has a direct interaction at the county level.
Mauna Kea is extinct Dev. Mauna Loa would be covering the Queen K :p It's active too. Seriously.
On a serious note, the June 27 lava breakout is threatening the town of Pahoa. This is not an insignificant village, it's a fair sized town with even more population in the vicinity of it. On a triathlon level, Ultraman Hawaii has the day 2 bike course through much of that area. 2014's race could be "different'.
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The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits. -- A fake Albert Einstein "quote"
Yes, there are WTC races either less than 17 hours. And the one shot deal, IMNYC, had a short cutoff as well as I recall. But how often was the shorter time acknowledged as being at the expense of one group of athletes so that pros could have greater distance on the age group men instead of local neighborhoods etc? There are solutions as long as the race is here: go back to a 6:30 pro start. Men and women. Start everyone else later. Or just go retro and return to a mass swim start for everyone, pros and age groupers alike. Don't like getting passed by elite age group men or women? Swim faster. Or just move the finish time to 12:15 am. Let the media have their 17 hour end game shots.
As for a sacrosanct midnight time. It's not midnight thus year for age group men. They're pumpkinized at 23:50 HST. Ali'i drive doesn't swallow people starting at 12:01 am either. I'm fairly certain you can still run, walk, skip, hop and dance but not crawl on it at 12:15. So why have the midnight cutoff?
Btw, Kailua town doesn't get a penny of money from the race, the participants or their family members. There is no town government here, there are no city governments either. And the race utilizes state property, three state highways, and a couple of county roads. Any revenue goes to the state and the local businesses that people choose to patronize. There is mandatory overtime for the county police paid for by WTC but little else has a direct interaction at the county level.
Mauna Kea is extinct Dev. Mauna Loa would be covering the Queen K :p It's active too. Seriously.
On a serious note, the June 27 lava breakout is threatening the town of Pahoa. This is not an insignificant village, it's a fair sized town with even more population in the vicinity of it. On a triathlon level, Ultraman Hawaii has the day 2 bike course through much of that area. 2014's race could be "different'.
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The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits. -- A fake Albert Einstein "quote"
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KonaCoffee: Sep 26, 14 22:31