Asked in the other thread, which is likely to die, since this has "official" in the title.....

what happens to Kona slot allocations - if every new race gets 50, are they expanding the field or cannibalizing other races?

Here's an interesting detail: the announcement of 50 age group slots for 2015 Kona confirms that there won't be a new age group points system in place before 2015. I'm rather pleased about that: hoping to qualify under the current system before it goes away.

A guestimate as to how much difference this will make for a non-fish swimming in the 1:15 region? This may be a very nice selling point to catch the plane for Chattanooga in 2014.

I thought about this with regards to the Kona slot allocation too. I think it will be a few options in the future:

A. No more 100/75 slot races.

B. All races slowly trim down to 45, then 40, then maybe just AG winners

C. Only certain races have Kona slot allocation (very unlikely)

D. I fear this, but KPR for AG'ers. Given the emergence of more competition slowly rising this would be a great business move. I think this is the most likely option or at least the direction Andrew Messick is trying to go.

Sometimes I feel Kona is destructive to the development of Triathlon.

look at louisville sells out or does it.... hint hint

also look at the timing of the year.. i would not think it will very fast