If you're racing Ironman Kansas 70.3 just away from Kansas City and longing for a change to race in Kona in October, you're out if luck.
Slots to your prestigious Ironman World Championships in Kona can be obtained only through full distance Ironman events and also a select few half events. Ironman Kansas 70.3 just isn't one of those events.
You could race inside full ironman distance races and train 30 hours week to qualify, or you may play the lottery.
No, you can not buy your strategies by if you win the lottery, though the Ironman Lottery is often a way of entering your company name for a chance to acquire 1 of 100 spots for all those age groupers which do not qualify in a complete ironman event.
This past Sunday, the 2012 winners were announced on and one person was from Kansas or Missouri.
Seiichi Noda, 48 from Missouri won the Ironman Lottery and can get a chance to race in Kona.
Ironman has evolved a few other avenues such as Legacy Program for anyone that have raced several full Ironman events and still have yet to produce the Kona cut. They offer 100 spots that go on the most qualified racers first.
Ironman also developed the Kona Inspired program where individuals have been maing videos about why they will get to race. These videos goes through a compilation of votes to discover the winner.
As you can observe, there are lots of ways to read more acquire to Kona, but none are easy.
For the whole list of Ironman Lottery winners, click HERE.
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