Was there really that much of a rolldown at Honu for M40-44?

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From the results it looks like 29th place in the age group got the first slot?! 5:02 total time.

Is this correct? Can anyone confirm?

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There’s a lot of people upset they didn’t go!

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Same thing for the M35-39 and many other AG’s. Something doesn’t make sense. I was there for the awards and I don’t remember 28 people turning down spots (or not present) at the rolldown……

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Was this for Hawaii, or Clearwater? If it was Ironman then that is crazy, if Clearwater, no big suprise. Probably some slots they cannot even give away anymore…

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Likely Hawaii and Big Island spots…

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nope, even that didn’t make sense for what was posted. They’re actually sorting it out right now as we speak. check back in a few minutes.

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exactly. Lots of Kona residents in the qualifier list.

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What’s even more outrageous is that in the same AG (m 40-44) a guy got a slot to IM for going 5:33:31
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this race was different as it had big island slots and international slots for kona that had the further roll down. International meaning non hawaiian resident…

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As others have mentioned, but just adding more detail, you need to consider the fact that Honu gives out International, State of Hawaii and Big Island spots. All 3 get different allocation amounts. The International slots are what you want to focus on and in order to do that you have to obviously check out the athlete’s city/state.

Thanks, Chris

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As others have mentioned, but just adding more detail, you need to consider the fact that Honu gives out International, State of Hawaii and Big Island spots. All 3 get different allocation amounts. The International slots are what you want to focus on and in order to do that you have to obviously check out the athlete’s city/state.

Thanks, Chris

I’ve heard of people actually moving to The Big Island in order to qualify with a slow time since the locals are so weak. I think you have to had lived there a certain number of years, like maybe 3.