tamiii wrote:
It costs almost a ground to do this race. FFS Ironman. How do I go from a payment plan as described below:
- Payment 1 ($270.27): At the time of registration
- Payment 2 (274.37): Due by January 6, 2021
- Payment 3 (274.37): Due by February 6, 2021
- Note: All payments will be charged the Active processing fee
To having to pay a deposit of $415 + 2 payments of $274... ? Why $415???
Really not cool to advertise the race on the homepage at $770 and having to pay $964 in the end (this includes the $15 USAT membership)...
Yeah the costs are getting a bit rich.A lot less than Ultraman by a long shot but still very expensive.
To put it in perspective,here in Oz it is over $1kAUD to do Ironman Cairns and I thought that it would be fun to ride 1,000miles from my place to Cairns and do the race.When I got to the registration page and looked at the cost I realized that the cost of doing Ironman would be about the same as the cost of riding to Cairns and back.Three weeks of cycle touring Epic Camp style for the same price as one day of an Ironman.It is a no brainer,I didn't enter Cairns but am riding up to watch and hang out with friends after which I'll ride home. I have done 24 Ironman's so the whole "wow factor" is lost on me but they are still fun to be around and now I get to spend four days in Cairns doing fun stuff instead of all the pre and post race admin stuff that eats away at visiting time.