If you're racing Ironman Kansas 70.3 just away from Kansas City and wishing 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 found only through full distance Ironman events along with a select few half events. Ironman Kansas 70.3 isn't one of those events.
You could race from the full ironman distance races and train 30 hours week to qualify, or you'll play the lottery.
No, you simply can't buy your strategies by if you win the lottery, nevertheless the Ironman Lottery is really a way of entering your company name for a chance for getting 1 of 100 spots for the people 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 may get a chance to race in Kona.
Ironman has evolved a few other avenues like the Legacy Program for the people that have website raced several full Ironman events and possess yet for making 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 should go through a combination of votes to discover the winner.
As you will notice, there are various ways to acquire to Kona, but none seem to be easy.
For a complete list of Ironman Lottery winners, click HERE.
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