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2008-09-16 10:16 AM


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Subject: Signing up for Ironman Wisconsin 2010
What's the best way to sign up for Ironman Wisconsin 2010? How much does it cost? i'm expecting I'll need to drive up to Wi. and sign up the day after Ironman Wi. 2009 to ensure my spot - ??? Any suggestions from the veterans? Thanks!, Mike from Marion, Iowa


2008-09-16 10:17 AM
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Subject: RE: Signing up for Ironman Wisconsin 2010
MikeR - 2008-09-16 10:16 AM

What's the best way to sign up for Ironman Wisconsin 2010? How much does it cost? i'm expecting I'll need to drive up to Wi. and sign up the day after Ironman Wi. 2009 to ensure my spot - ??? Any suggestions from the veterans? Thanks!, Mike from Marion, Iowa


Get there REALLY early.
2008-09-16 10:18 AM
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It will cost about $550. Better to be there in person Monday morning and wait in line....volunteering gets you through the line ahead of non-volunteers. Only a handful of slots went online sales.
2008-09-16 10:22 AM
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Subject: RE: Signing up for Ironman Wisconsin 2010
With the booming popularity of the sport and this particular race, I wouldn't count on ANY online sales next year. Plan on making a weekend of it and volunteering at the '09 race. If they follow the same procedure as this year, that will allow you to sign up ahead of non-volunteers also onsite the morning following the race.

If you do not volunteer, I would show up onsite at least 2 hours prior to the time they say they will open the doors for registration. Good luck!
2008-09-16 10:26 AM
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If you are not from the Wisconsin area, you hav to travel there anyway to sign up ( I agree that it will be unlikely that there will be online spots, and if there are, chances of getting one are slim)  so  suggest doing what I did, go up for a few days, swim the gatorade swim (Saturday morning) so you know the swim course then go for a bike ride doing a loop of the bike course, a lot of hills, and all the downhills end in sharp turns.  It is well worth it to expeience it in advance and get a volunteer spot in the line on Monday morning. 

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2008-09-16 10:53 AM
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So, the Monday after Sunday's Ironman Wi. race? How early and where at? Thanks!, MIke


2008-09-16 10:57 AM
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How do i hook up being a volunteer at the Wi.IM?
2008-09-16 11:33 AM
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Subject: RE: Signing up for Ironman Wisconsin 2010
There is always the "Community Fund" for about $1300.
2008-09-16 11:34 AM
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MikeR - 2008-09-16 10:53 AM

So, the Monday after Sunday's Ironman Wi. race? How early and where at? Thanks!, MIke


Monona Terrace for sign up....you have a few months before they post volunteer information. Its a year away.
2008-09-16 11:44 AM
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So is volunteering a fool proof way of getting into the next years race?  If you make the trip down to the race area, is it almost a sure thing you'll get a shot, or is there a chance you'd be turned away if you're at the back of the lines? 

 Hope I'm not hijacking the thread, just had some questions along the same lines.  

2008-09-16 11:59 AM
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Subject: RE: Signing up for Ironman Wisconsin 2010
MikeR - 2008-09-16 10:53 AM

How early and where at? Thanks!, MIke


It will be at Monona Terrace. If it were me, I'd be there ready to stand in line well before dawn. I wouldn't know when they will actually open the doors, but you can bet the line will form early.


2008-09-16 12:03 PM
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Subject: RE: Signing up for Ironman Wisconsin 2010

If you volunteer, the only way you won't get a spot is if every single athlete that does the race signs up on Saturday before the race.

Here's when/how the slots are made available:

Day before the race - Current year's athletes can get their voucher for next year

Day after the race - Current year's volunteers can get their voucher for next year.

Day after the race - After all volunteers that want voucher get one, anyone else onsite is able to get a voucher.

Day after the race - Any available slots remaining are made available online.

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One new trend, is that so many people seem to be claiming vouchers to keep their options open, that there is a second online offering made after the end of the 'signup window' for anyone holding vouchers.  More people take vouchers than actually sign up, so after the signup period closes, there are still slots available.  See the recent re-offering of slots online for Canada this year.

If you're in person, you will get a spot.  You will have to wait in a shorter line if you volunteer.  Not to mention you get a nifty shirt out of the deal.  If you wait for online, you may get a spot, but you have to be fast, as the online spots go very quickly.  If you miss the initial online, keep an eye open for the seconday offering, after the voucher holder deadline passes.

2008-09-16 12:47 PM
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Subject: RE: Signing up for Ironman Wisconsin 2010
Great info Chris, when do you officially sign up using your voucher online this year, is it a certain date or certain period of time?

The wife and I are planning on hitting IMMOO next year to volunteer, and I thought of grabbing a voucher for 2010, but was hoping to see how B2B goes in 2009 before spending the $$$.

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2008-09-16 1:12 PM
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Subject: RE: Signing up for Ironman Wisconsin 2010

For IMMoo '09, if you have a voucher, the signup window is 15th to the 19th ( IE, now ).  So one week after the race.

2008-09-16 1:20 PM
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So is volunteering a fool proof way of getting into the next years race?

It certainly was this year. The volunteer line was allowed in first to get vouchers on Monday. After all the volunteers were served, the non-volunteers were admitted. There was no advantage to being early in either line - all on-site wanna-signers were accommodated.  Judging by the short time the race was open on-line, that might be different for non-volunteers next year - the back of the line could be closed out.

There was also a lot of fuss over proving you were a volunteer. Volunteers were warned they wouldn't be allowed in the volunteer line unless they had checked in with captains appropriately on race day, still had their wristbands intact, and had their T-shirts. When it came down to it, anyone with a T-shirt made the volunteer line - perhaps enforcement will step up next year. There was a fair amount of T-short swapping going on late Sunday.

This week was the drop the money week - need to be in by Friday. So you get about two weeks after the race to pay up. The voucher, however, is a "contract" to sign up.  You're obligated.

2008-09-16 1:30 PM
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Subject: RE: Signing up for Ironman Wisconsin 2010
LeftRightRepeat - 2008-09-16 1:20 PM

The voucher, however, is a "contract" to sign up.  You're obligated.



Eh, not so sure about that. I know a lot of people who raced on Sunday also picked up a voucher for 2009 on Saturday as a "back-up" plan. I believe the race organizers plan on a certain amount of attrition from those who pick up vouchers to those who actually register. I don't think there is any obligation upon getting a voucher.


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Subject: RE: Signing up for Ironman Wisconsin 2010

scoobysdad - 2008-09-16 2:30 PM

Eh, not so sure about that. I know a lot of people who raced on Sunday also picked up a voucher for 2009 on Saturday as a "back-up" plan. I believe the race organizers plan on a certain amount of attrition from those who pick up vouchers to those who actually register. I don't think there is any obligation upon getting a voucher.

I'll quote you the exact words tonight if you'd like. (It's at home, I'm at work.) Whether they'd chase you or not is a different question - but it's a contract.

2008-09-16 4:39 PM
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MikeR - 2008-09-16 10:57 AM How do i hook up being a volunteer at the Wi.IM?

The Ironman Wisconsin website has a link to the organization handling the volunteering management activities, including sign-up. As previously posted, this info will not be updated for quite a while yet...

2008-09-16 5:10 PM
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Subject: RE: Signing up for Ironman Wisconsin 2010

550.00 for a race entry fee???

If your sponsored do you still have to pay that?

2008-09-16 5:15 PM
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Subject: RE: Signing up for Ironman Wisconsin 2010
benc84 - 2008-09-16 5:10 PM

550.00 for a race entry fee???

If your sponsored do you still have to pay that?

Depends who your sponsor is and what they will pay for.  Somebody is picking up the tab though. 

2009-09-16 9:47 PM
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Does anyone have a ballpark idea of when volunteer opportunities come online for 2010? I just finished IM WI 09 and want to take a year off, but get back in for 2011.


2009-09-24 10:40 AM
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Volunteer slots usually open up about April 1, 2010.

Click the link on the Ironman Wisconsin website for "Volunteer", and it will direct you to the "Sports in Wisconsin" website:  http://www.sportsinwisconsin.com/node/355(It currently still has the message for this year's event stating that "Volunteering is closed".

I have competed in Ironman Wisconsin in 2004 and 2008, and have voluteered 2005-2007 and 2009.  I hope to volunteer again in 2010.  It's a great way to still be part of the event.
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I am new to the full process of registering for Ironman Wisconsin.  I've read a few blogs and see that if you volunteer you might get in the following year as a participant.  Has anyone done this?  What are the chances of getting in if you volunteer?
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iddy1965 - 2010-01-27 9:28 PM I am new to the full process of registering for Ironman Wisconsin.  I've read a few blogs and see that if you volunteer you might get in the following year as a participant.  Has anyone done this?  What are the chances of getting in if you volunteer?


If you volunteer, you will get in.  You just come back the Monday following the race and volunteers have first shot (after the racers), then people who didn't volunteer but came in person and finally it opens online.  This year I think it didn't close until 11 pm or so online.

I volunteered and I highly recommend it if you are thinking about doing the race.  It will help with your overall preparation for when you come back and are an athlete.  Plus volunteering will replace many, many therapy sessions with all the accolades you will get from the athletes!Wink
2010-01-28 6:02 PM
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Thanks for the advice.  I have read great accounts of those who have volunteered at this race and it sounds like the right way to go.  Selfishly, it is assuring to know that if I volunteer I will probably get in.

I did my first triathlon in 1984 at age 19.  I raced a lot in the 80s and early 90s, and when I had kids-- I calmed my training down.  I've stayed in good shape by running -- and biking a couple days a week.  Haven't done a triathlon since 1995.  

The Ironman has been on my life's list of to-dos for 25 years.  I turn 45 this summer and will do a few shorter triathlons and a half-Ironman ( Pigman in Iowa(?))   Great to know that I can get into Ironman Wisconsin when I'm 46.  Blessings from my wife -- says, "go for it."

Will try to stay healthy and  focused.  Thanks for the info...
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