KONA should be at 15 hours (or 16)

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. . . but not at 17.

its the world championships.

only the best of the best.

if they inlcude those with 12 IM in their belts, then those qualified should HTFU.

they should abolish the lottery and executives.

they should award hard work, discipline and true grit, not luck.

they should keep the top AG qualifiers to keep the field crem de la crem (and maintain the level of exclusivity)

if ever any, the only exception for beyond 16 hours are those 65 and above AG’s who qualified the hard way.

I will NEVER do kona through a lottery. it defeats my whole point of being able to brag to your face.

andrew

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Can’t agree. A friend of mine did it in about 16:51. Think he sucks?

He’s 80. He deserves to be in it. Dude kicks ass. Missed winning by six minutes.

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Nice try. 2/10.

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I don’t like tilapia, but it seems it’s the only damn thing you can find in a restaurant these days. What the hell kind of fish is that anyway? Don’t they just grown them in buckets in Vietnam or India or something?

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that much? 2/10?

lemme guess…your best IM time is 14.59

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. . .

they should abolish the lottery and executives.

they should award hard work, discipline and true grit, not luck.

they should keep the top AG qualifiers to keep the field crem de la crem (and maintain the level of exclusivity)

andrew

I may take a beating from fellow STers but I agree with you on what I have quoted above. You want to do the world champs…you do what I had to do, you bust your ass for years and hopefully you get in.

As far as changing the time limit I have to say you gotta keep it at 17 hours because it just makes sense to end the race at midnight. If for no other reason than midnight just has a good ring to it

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. . . but not at 17.

its the world championships.

only the best of the best.

if they inlcude those with 12 IM in their belts, then those qualified should HTFU.

they should abolish the lottery and executives.

they should award hard work, discipline and true grit, not luck.

they should keep the top AG qualifiers to keep the field crem de la crem (and maintain the level of exclusivity)

if ever any, the only exception for beyond 16 hours are those 65 and above AG’s who qualified the hard way.

I will NEVER do kona through a lottery. it defeats my whole point of being able to brag to your face.

andrew

It isn’t the “World Championships” It’s just the championship race for a particular race series.

But nice attempt at a troll post. Next time try to be a bit more subtle.

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Lew Hollander won his age group at 16:45:55. In my opinion, he’s the most bad ass guy out there. Chuck Norris would be proud to know him. I wouldn’t mess with him, if I were you. :slight_smile:

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. . . but not at 17.

its the world championships.

Mmm…no. Not really. It’s just another race designated as a world championships. Really about the only true “World” championships come around every 4 years, and even that is suspect anymore.

only the best of the best.

No again. It’s the best of the people that showed up to IM race and said “yes” to the slot. How is including a 50 y/o that finished 15th but got a rolldown slot the “best of the best”?

they should abolish the lottery and executives.

Yeah, abolish a section where sponsor and potential sponsors abound. Good point.

they should award hard work, discipline and true grit, not luck.

I would posit that the lottery entrant that finishes displays more grit than someone that qualifies and then lolls around to a 14 hr finish.

they should keep the top AG qualifiers to keep the field crem de la crem (and maintain the level of exclusivity)

See comment above re: rolldowns.

Because I felt the need to rebut some of it, 3/10.

John

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They did award True Grit. John Wayne got best actor that year.

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You are correct. I know Lew. Chuck Norris is no Lew Hollander.

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I don’t like tilapia, but it seems it’s the only damn thing you can find in a restaurant these days. What the hell kind of fish is that anyway? Don’t they just grown them in buckets in Vietnam or India or something?

That stuff is gross. And if they don’t want to call it tilapia they just have “white fish” on the menu

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he’s the best of the best!

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Should be 11. No 10. If you can’t go sub 10 you have no real shot at the podium so if you can’t reach podium a slot you aren’t Ironman.

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. . . but not at 17.

its the world championships.

**only the best of the best. **

if they inlcude those with 12 IM in their belts, then those qualified should HTFU.

they should abolish the lottery and executives.

they should award hard work, discipline and true grit, not luck.

they should keep the top AG qualifiers to keep the field crem de la crem (and maintain the level of exclusivity)

if ever any, the only exception for beyond 16 hours are those 65 and above AG’s who qualified the hard way.

I will NEVER do kona through a lottery. it defeats my whole point of being able to brag to your face.

andrew

No it’s not only the best of the best. It can still be a ‘world’ championship and not ONLY be best of the best.

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Actually you’re too nice. Only the first person who finishes should get anything. Everyone afterward isn’t even considered a finisher. They should have trained harder and been faster.

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. . . but not at 17.

its the world championships.

only the best of the best.

if they inlcude those with 12 IM in their belts, then those qualified should HTFU.

they should abolish the lottery and executives.

they should award hard work, discipline and true grit, not luck.

they should keep the top AG qualifiers to keep the field crem de la crem (and maintain the level of exclusivity)

if ever any, the only exception for beyond 16 hours are those 65 and above AG’s who qualified the hard way.

I will NEVER do kona through a lottery. it defeats my whole point of being able to brag to your face.

andrew

Have you qualified for Kona? If not…all in favor of having to qualify for Kona before complaining about racing/qualifying standards for Kona…?

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You know what would be really cool?
If after the 3rd person in each age group crosses the line, they don’t record the times of any one else in that age group.

That would force people to HTFU.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGKHFFpADpM&feature=related

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. . . but not at 17.

its the world championships.

only the best of the best.

How does reducing the cut-off by one or two hours equate to “best of the best”?

A whole slew of people go better than that in any given IM distance race. Are they among the “best of the best”?

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actually I think everyone should be required to wear a self-destruct belt. After the 3rd person crosses the line everyone else’s belt should go off, killing them instantly. Now THAT would be a race.