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 for the prestigious Ironman World Championships in Kona can be found only through full distance Ironman events plus a select few half events. Ironman Kansas 70.3 is just not one of those events.
You could race from the full ironman distance races and train 30 hours week to qualify, or you might play the lottery.
No, you can not buy your strategies by if you win the lottery, nevertheless the Ironman Lottery is often a way of entering your reputation for a chance to acquire 1 of 100 spots for the people age groupers which don't qualify in the full ironman event.
This past Sunday, the 2012 winners were announced on and only 1 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 including the Legacy Program for all those that have raced several full Ironman events check here and also have 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 everyone has been maing videos about why they need to get to race. These videos goes through a combination of votes to discover the winner.
As you will see, there are numerous ways to have to Kona, but none turn out to be easy.
For the full list of Ironman Lottery winners, click HERE.
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