With all the summer races being cancelled, you prob have a lot of folks in the US flocking to the few that are still scheduled to go ahead.
And just as an example, Florida was one of the transfer options for those who were supposed to do Texas, so probably filled up a lot from that. Not sure about the other two races, probably similar circumstances I'd guess.

Ironman St George still has spots available for racing on September 19.

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Not an Ironman, but my wife and I are signed up for Patriots Half the weekend of 9/11. We haven't booked a room yet because we are wondering if it is still going to happen.

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I feel like I just checked the other day for Florida and it was still open so it filled up pretty recently. Bummed as I was keeping an eye on it but wasn't ready/able to throw down the $$ yet.

I know. I've done it 3 times and was watching it as well. No way in hell did I think it would sell out. I was waiting for a "for sure" race before signing up.

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I wonder if they are limiting registrants. This happened with IMWI too. Usually IM sends emails that there are fewer than 100 spots left in a race, none of those emails went out.

It looks like Texas, Waco is open. Confusing wording on the Ironman page because the course maps all show Woodlands but it says Waco.

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I feel like Ironman has historically given a registration update as it approaches filling up but nothing this time around. I guess it's also possible that they logistically couldn't fit anymore bikes with the addition of the 70.3 and just had to close things (although they'd gladly take $1400 and make a spot).

Only Foundation slots,no general entry.

My gut is that those races are all capping the overall registration numbers - I believe I saw that Eagleman/Maryland was for sure doing that, and only holding the max between the two races of what they would typically have for one race (I believe 2500). Same goes with Florida and Wisconsin.

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I think only Foundation slots are left.

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I'm jumping into Ironman Chattanooga right now since it's still open. Looks like Gulf Coast 70.3 is full, Muncie 70.3 is full among others. I think people want to race, lol.

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I had this problem booking a train ticket for my parents who were stuck overseas and finally got home on a repatriation flight. From their final landing spot the best way to get home was a train leg, except the train was constantly sold out. As it turns out, they were running a reduced schedule and each car only had 1/4 the seats occupied even though website said "sold out". I bet Ironman is doing a bit of the same. Sold out races to which less people are traveling to are not "re opening" to fill the projects no shows or existing open races are being capped all to reduce density on course. My guess is that they want to run these races with reduced capacity and not cause a fuss and be perceived as a group spreading the virus wherever they are operating before building back to larger events next year.

There are a few 70.3's I am eyeing this fall, but I have to be able to travel to the USA first from Canada. Right now the border is closed (I believe till end of July) anyway.

These days, the status 'sold out' appears to be a pending cancellation... :-( I hope that won't be the case though...
Sam

Seems odd that they would defer racers (Santa Rosa) to IMWI considering they already combined the WI 70.3 to that same day. Doing the exact opposite of limiting participants to keep gatherings smaller. Also feedback/updates from IM are horrendous as we already know.

Active registration site for Muncie still shows you can register for general entry ($325)

but I have to be able to travel to the USA first from Canada. Right now the border is closed (I believe till end of July) anyway.

Turns out you can fly......article in Toronto Star (I didn't read the details)

That's weird...but maybe its for essential travel. I want to travel to both Tampa and NYC for business once my customers are back in their offices. Probably the last place anyone in Ontario wants me to go and bring the virus back from, but regardless, I then have to go into a 14 day quarantine, so its not worth it!!! (yes, I am more deterred by the quarantine than the virus, so essentially the quarantine is working to keep people from potentially moving the virus around not by keeping them put at home after travel, but dissuading them to move in the first place....so that works)

I tried. If you click on General Registration Tier 4 it still only allows Relay Spots.

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That was quick. I signed up this AM around 6:30 Mountain Time.

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That's strange because I tried yesterday. I wonder if the website was acting up. It worked out anyway as I'm heading a different direction as of today. Being from Indiana is a bucket list race.

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I want to say they might have shut down sign-ups to avoid having to give refunds/deferrals when the events are still so far away. And potentially so that as more and more events get cancelled, people will still be able to transfer into them (like as transfer options when events are postponed).

I think they might re-open once there is a clearer idea of potential numbers based on how many events actually get to happen.

It is the damn quarantine on the way back. Even if you go to Iceland which has zero cases I think. New York and Tampa, yes I want people to quarantine.

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Hawaii is almost no cases now too, but I would have to quarantine on each end. For Iceland, you can enter with a test at the airport, and if you pass, you're good, if you fail, you pay for your own 14 day isolation until you recover (not sure how they do it, but one of my colleagues based in California is about to do that). That system seems reasonable because at some point, the world can't keep quarantining people moving around (and eventually people will move around....there is too much business and personal demand pent up, its just a question of time).