They didn’t post the allocations. M55-59 4 spots, no roll down. M50-54 8 spots rolled down to 27th! A 12:13 time took it.
WOW
M50-54 and M35-39 both originally had 7 slots; there were no finishers in M75-79, so by virtue of one more person in the AG, that slot got reallocated to M50-54. My husband was 8th in M35-39. We were listening to that M50-54 slot roll endlessly and breaking inside a little bit. Thankfully, there ended up being one rolldown within M35-39, so happy ending to that little story over here!
They didn’t post the allocations. M55-59 4 spots, no roll down. M50-54 8 spots rolled down to 27th! A 12:13 time took it.
WOW!
Imagine being, say, 15th and having given your all for KQ for 7 months you decided not to hang around after assuming the worst.....
I can't and I won't because I always attend roll-down no matter where I finished. Damned be the fool who gives up because 99% of the time one would be justified for not attending but then loses out that 1% of the time it wouldn't. Of course, depending on how badly one actually wants it... 808 > NYC > PDX > YVR 2024 Races: Taupo
I did not take mine, one person had already KQ and I talked to a guy at the finish that said he was not taking his, think he was in 6th or 7th. So m40-44 should have rolled 3 deep to 12th, unless those guys did not take them either. 2024: Bevoman, Galveston, Alcatraz, Marble Falls, Santa Cruz
Imagine being, say, 15th and having given your all for KQ for 7 months you decided not to hang around after assuming the worst..... //
Yes, but the disappointment of that guy who got 15th, would be cancelled out and then some, by the guy that got 27th and got the slot. His joy and excitement would be exponentially larger than the others grief...
Imagine being, say, 15th and having given your all for KQ for 7 months you decided not to hang around after assuming the worst..... //
Yes, but the disappointment of that guy who got 15th, would be cancelled out and then some, by the guy that got 27th and got the slot. His joy and excitement would be exponentially larger than the others grief...
Good point, hope somebody got video of that and can post it! I cried when I needed a single roll down and got it, can't imagine this guys reaction!
Imagine being, say, 15th and having given your all for KQ for 7 months you decided not to hang around after assuming the worst..... //
Yes, but the disappointment of that guy who got 15th, would be cancelled out and then some, by the guy that got 27th and got the slot. His joy and excitement would be exponentially larger than the others grief...
Good point and part of the magic. I saw 3 slots at IM UK in M45-49 roll to 13th. The guy who got it walked up on stage, shook Paul Kaye’s hand and exited backstage to sign up. This should have taken about a minute, but took at least 5 as he was crying his eyes out throughout.
You could even make him out in the queue backstage, he was the guy whose shoulders were moving up and down as he was still bawling. Fantastic.
these are the best. I love going to the roll down just for that reason.
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monty wrote:
Imagine being, say, 15th and having given your all for KQ for 7 months you decided not to hang around after assuming the worst..... //
Yes, but the disappointment of that guy who got 15th, would be cancelled out and then some, by the guy that got 27th and got the slot. His joy and excitement would be exponentially larger than the others grief...
Good point and part of the magic. I saw 3 slots at IM UK in M45-49 roll to 13th. The guy who got it walked up on stage, shook Paul Kaye’s hand and exited backstage to sign up. This should have taken about a minute, but took at least 5 as he was crying his eyes out throughout.
You could even make him out in the queue backstage, he was the guy whose shoulders were moving up and down as he was still bawling. Fantastic.
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They didn’t post the allocations. M55-59 4 spots, no roll down. M50-54 8 spots rolled down to 27th! A 12:13 time took it.
There's gonna be around 15 facepalms when people see/hear this news. Crazy
I was there-I transferred Texas to Wisconsin because life has gotten in the way and my training isn't where I felt it should be...when the rolls started my buddy laughed at me and said you could have used it as a training day and punched a ticket...a hard training day but yup, coulda/woulda...I got up, walked around a bit, said a few choice words to myself, and had a beer at lunch...
Top 15 in M40-44 where overall faster then m35-39, thought this got easier to get to Kona when you got older...... Would be interested to hear how far m35-39 rolled to. 2024: Bevoman, Galveston, Alcatraz, Marble Falls, Santa Cruz
More the depth of field, you have much tighter times in m40-44 then you have in 35-39. Yes I know this might be different next week at a different race, but if anything its looking like there is def no drop off in competition by aging up and if anything its more competitive then 35-39. 2024: Bevoman, Galveston, Alcatraz, Marble Falls, Santa Cruz
Very sure. At one point Mike Reilly asked who is here in the M50-54 and about 3-4 people stood up, so he kept reading names until a German guy in 27th place took it.