Really appreciated the work CoachCox does with the psych sheets!
https://docs.google.com/.../edit#gid=1348280801
I started to do some primitive maths and something really struck me in the data:
1. There are now about 2,400 athletes in Kona, when there were only 1,800 a few years ago. That seems like a big increase, are the majority of slots from the new Ironman races that have been added? Legacy, or other? Where did they find room on the pier for the bikes?
2. There are 40 Ironman qualifiers or so and a few 70.3 you can qualify at, like China, Hawaii? Not certain. I looked at the biggest age group (M45-49) and there were 304 starters. If there are about 4 slots per race in that age group at each qualifier (some 3, some 4, some championship races have more), so maybe slightly more than 4 per race, that comes out to about 160 males that qualified, and 140 that did not.
I'm surprised at the number competitors that are in by another mechanism, ie; not by qualification.
Legacy?
Other?
Really just curious, as it is WTC's right to do what they want, but in my head I had the that the number of non-qualifiers would be lower?
I welcome your insights.
Founder of THE TRIATHLON COLLECTIVE (Closed Facebook Group). A SBR discussion group without the white noise/trolling!
https://docs.google.com/.../edit#gid=1348280801
I started to do some primitive maths and something really struck me in the data:
1. There are now about 2,400 athletes in Kona, when there were only 1,800 a few years ago. That seems like a big increase, are the majority of slots from the new Ironman races that have been added? Legacy, or other? Where did they find room on the pier for the bikes?
2. There are 40 Ironman qualifiers or so and a few 70.3 you can qualify at, like China, Hawaii? Not certain. I looked at the biggest age group (M45-49) and there were 304 starters. If there are about 4 slots per race in that age group at each qualifier (some 3, some 4, some championship races have more), so maybe slightly more than 4 per race, that comes out to about 160 males that qualified, and 140 that did not.
I'm surprised at the number competitors that are in by another mechanism, ie; not by qualification.
Legacy?
Other?
Really just curious, as it is WTC's right to do what they want, but in my head I had the that the number of non-qualifiers would be lower?
I welcome your insights.
Founder of THE TRIATHLON COLLECTIVE (Closed Facebook Group). A SBR discussion group without the white noise/trolling!