If you're racing Ironman Kansas 70.3 just over and above 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 are given only through full distance Ironman events as well as a select few half events. Ironman Kansas 70.3 will not be one of those events.
You could race within the 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, however the Ironman Lottery can be a way of entering your business for a chance to obtain 1 of 100 spots for the people age groupers that will not qualify in a complete 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 created a few other avenues such as Legacy Program for the people that have raced several full Ironman events and have absolutely yet to create the Kona cut. They offer 100 spots that go towards the most qualified racers first.
Ironman also developed the Kona Inspired program where folks have been maing videos about why they need to get to race. These videos should go through a group of votes to look for the winner.
As you will see, there are several ways to acquire to Kona, but none turn out to be easy.
For the whole list of Ironman Lottery winners, click HERE.
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