With all of the IMFL transfers, I wouldn't wait too long. Generally, they do social media highlighting when they have 100 slots left to get people like you off the fence.

When they say they only have 100 slots left they mean it. For the past several years it has meant you only have a few days to register.

I really wish it wouldn't sell out. Would be nice as a local to sign up last minute if you're feeling good and just let it rip, with no worries about dropping out if things go badly.

I think last year when they announced 100 slots left it sold out that day. I waited and missed it. Seeing how they're tier four right now if you want it, sign up.

yeah, it is a local race after all. $1,000 10 days out, I am sure they'd pick up 10+ entries...

I was in a similar boat last year. I know that it didn't sell out in 2017, I recall reading reports about people signing up at the expo. So last year I was thinking that I would train for a couple of months (Jan/Feb 2018) and then see how I was feeling and maybe sign up. I was pretty surprised to see a '50 slots remaining' banner on the IM Texas site at some point in early December 2017 (maybe it was late Nov, not really sure). It filled up that day.

Now I'm debating it again, but not sure that I'm going to get any sort of 'family approval' right now.

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There is one less slot as I registered yesterday.



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Once, I was fast. But I got over it.

I registered 10 days out in 2017 and I was NOT the last entry. There were several that registered at the expo.

I'm surprised it didn't sell out the day the draft pack pictures were shown to the world

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I was in the fence for 2017 when my coaches texted me and said it was sold out. That was late November 2016. Am I not remembering correctly? (Possible!)

Either your coaches were wrong or you have the wrong year because I registered in April 2017 after coming back from IM South Africa and realizing a week later that I was recovered. I checked airlines, hotels, and entry availability then launched to capitalize on the build I had already done.

IMTX did sell out about 2-3 months before the 2018 event and it will almost certainly sell out for 2019 with about ~300 IMFL transfers they took (or so I heard).

Well, the 300 FM transfers certainly will help sell it out. The promise of a draft-legal Ironman will kick it over the edge.