Just got an email saying registration for 2021 is now open but the link doesn’t work. Has anyone registered?
edited to change title to SOLD OUT from OPEN
Just got an email saying registration for 2021 is now open but the link doesn’t work. Has anyone registered?
I registered at 12:00.
Congrats. Link is working now for me. It will be interesting to see how quickly it sells out.
Has anyone who elected to defer-transfer into LP get their sign up link yet? My understanding is we need to sign up still. I’ve only gotten an email showing that I switched races but not one inviting me to sign up yet.
Has anyone who elected to defer-transfer into LP get their sign up link yet? My understanding is we need to sign up still. I’ve only gotten an email showing that I switched races but not one inviting me to sign up yet.
Based on posts on the facebook group from placid, I think those folks got their link to re-register already. Maybe a week or two ago? Check out the FB page.Oh - to be clear, I think it was the folks who auto-defered from this year’s placid.
I got in and registered just after 12:00. Interesting that they are clearly stating a free deferral to the 2022 race if you request by June 2021. Ideally I want to race my local IM Maryland in 2021 but we shall see if that opens to new registrations or not.
I received an email the 4th of September to complete the registration for 2021.
Checked the registration at 7 this morning at it is sold out.
Wow, it would be interesting to know if it sold out due to only a small number open due to 2020 deferrals or to the huge pent up demand from all of us sitting around and not being able to race.
… if it sold out due to only a small number open due to 2020 deferrals…
Certainly this.
… if it sold out due to only a small number open due to 2020 deferrals…
Certainly this.
I was wondering how many additional entries they add per race. Hear me out. I believe something like 1/3 of the field is always first timers. If you hold off first timers for a year because they can’t do any races, forget about their Ironman dream, they may drop off. So let’s say there are 800 first timers, they could easily add 500 new entries on top of additional entries to compensate for those who deferred “just in case” but likely won’t show up after a 2 year hiatus. I would think they can easily add 1000 entries to a 2020 race that is sold out and for which “everyone” deferred!
This is a very interesting point actually. I have three friends, all Ironman bucket-list hopefuls who were planning to do an IM with me in 2021 and two 70.3s in 2020. The “divide and conquer†strategy one of them called it.
But since none of them did any racing this year, all three have differed their IM dream to 2022 and will be using 2021 for the 70.3 prep phase.
Most athletes I know, seem to step up one distance level per season.
So that means there are going to be a lot fewer first timers as all the IMs this year right? Does that mean competition will be more fierce in 2021? Or is there silly likely to be a backlog of first timers (ie people who did their 70.3s in 2019 and were planning to move up to full IM in 2020 but deferred it to 2021)?
It appears there are Ironman Foundation slots still available. They are certainly cost prohibitive.
Do we know if IMLP is going to run Male Pros, Female Pros, or both in 2021?
…They are certainly cost prohibitive…
I don’t see it this way. In the grand scheme of things, the race entry is low in the total cost of a year long process (in most cases).
…They are certainly cost prohibitive…
I don’t see it this way. In the grand scheme of things, the race entry is low in the total cost of a year long process (in most cases).
Please elaborate
…They are certainly cost prohibitive…
I don’t see it this way. In the grand scheme of things, the race entry is low in the total cost of a year long process (in most cases).
Please elaborate
Assuming they are saying that $800 divided across every month from now until the race
…They are certainly cost prohibitive…
I don’t see it this way. In the grand scheme of things, the race entry is low in the total cost of a year long process (in most cases).
Please elaborate
If you run the cost out over a year, yes, its the equivalent of a used car payment on a Chevy Sonic per month. Also, the community fund being what it is makes it somewhat attractive if you are able to itemize. (Approximately 50% of a Community Fund entry fee is a tax-deductible donation.)
However, I look at it more like this.
I could do four 70.3 races for the price of an Ironman Foundation entry.
I am only doing IMLP next year because I won entry to this years event in a raffle.
…They are certainly cost prohibitive…
I don’t see it this way. In the grand scheme of things, the race entry is low in the total cost of a year long process (in most cases).
I don’t think it’s really fair for one person to comment on what is or isn’t a significant expense to another person.
There are some members on this forum who are fractional jet owners an extra $750 is less than the FET and fuel surcharges en route to a race. There are other for whom even paying the regular entry fee requires real financial sacrifices and trade-offs.
So let’s all just put away our measuring tapes and leave our dicks in our bib shorts shall we?
I don’t see it this way. In the grand scheme of things, the race entry is low in the total cost of a year long process (in most cases).
I don’t think it’s really fair for one person to comment on what is or isn’t a significant expense to another person.
There are some members on this forum who are fractional jet owners an extra $750 is less than the FET and fuel surcharges en route to a race. There are other for whom even paying the regular entry fee requires real financial sacrifices and trade-offs.
So let’s all just put away our measuring tapes and leave our dicks in our bib shorts shall we?
I think his point was not that $500 is insignificant, it’s that if you add up all the associated costs of preparing for and traveling to an Ironman, that $500 is “in most cases” not a very high percentage of the total. As a result, it may be worth more carefully considering the foundation slot if IMLP is what you want to do.
Yeah. I hear you. But what I think is lost on so many is that it’s not just about what a % increase it is relative to the total cost of an IM. It’s about what percent of your remaining discretionary spending that margin $500 is.