Ummm, but they get to go to HAWAII. My former spouse was always hoping i would KQ; she had absolutely no problem doing a small amount of "sherpa" work in return for going there. :)

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"Anyone can be who they want to be IF they have the HUNGER and the DRIVE."

I am fortunate enough to have done most of these in that I have done versions of Mongolia and Galapagos and have not sat in the team car. I have no interest in sitting in a team car.

While my preference would be the Euro cycling vacation (Probably done 15x but will never get enough), I chose Hawaii, not because I want or need to go back. I chose it because it means having the health to do that race doing all three sports at a very high level, especially the running part...at the moment, I can't do any of the sports at any reasonable level, so my pick is biased

More likely that a high percentage of people on this forum have already been to Kona and looking for something different

Well, you were definitely swimming and biking at a "reasonable level" before last week's crash, so it has not been very long since you were doing 2 out of 3 pretty well. And, your swimming is now beyond "reasonable" for a tri guy. :)

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"Anyone can be who they want to be IF they have the HUNGER and the DRIVE."

Hang on....my swim sucks for a swim guy...I must be a swim guy because I am doing Individual Medley kick sets for rehab. This is not triguy behavior!!!!

All kidding aside, these are the sport vacations I would like to have next year:

1. France Alps bike tour
2. Global Swim Series 10K finals Cozumel
3. Masters Swim Nationals Montreal (OK, that's a 2 hour drive, so really it's gonna be 2 days at the Comfort Inn and eating at Tim Hortons...our equivalent of Dunkin Donuts).

Dev

+1 on that

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They constantly try to escape from the darkness outside and within
Dreaming of systems so perfect that no one will need to be good T.S. Eliot

Maybe but as i said in another post, the ultimate in tri snob talk is to be able to talk about 10 or more years of Kona, comparing and contrasting the weather conditions of each year, the pro competitors, etc. Plus, as i read this, it is a free entry into Kona w/o the need to KQ; seems kind of silly to pass up this sort of chance, IMO.

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"Anyone can be who they want to be IF they have the HUNGER and the DRIVE."

Kona is a must do for any triathlete fan or age grouper who can appreciate the challenge of that day. Ive been to watch it twice and then on the Sunday morning got picked up by Bicycle Adventures to do their 6 day bike tour of the big island which includes some riding on the Ironman course. Highly highly recommend this company. The first time was so great I went back the next year to do it all over again. The only negative part is the long flight which is a small price to pay for an incredible experience.

roth is better than kona..

I know right?! Swim with turtles, wife and kids can play on a beach (wife cannot swim well). This might be the only one on the list that is a vacation.