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 2011-05-12 8:17 PM |
Extreme Veteran  523  Brambleton, VA |  Subject: IM China CancelledPer the attached press release WTC has cancelled IM China 2 weeks before the race. Needless to say, very frustrating, especially when the long-distance triathlon race options in Asia are somewhat limited. Considering that I am all trained-up, welcome any suggestions regarding a suitable substitute race in the next couple of months. http://ironman.com/events/ironman/china/ironman-china-and-ironman-7... |
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Champion 5312  Calgary | Subject: RE: IM China Cancelled That is bruatal. I have to say OP, you are taking this rather well. Especially since you are probably in the midst of your taper. I am very impressed. |
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| Extreme Veteran 523 Brambleton, VA | Subject: RE: IM China Cancelled Big DH - I am trying to be very Zen-like and put this 'set-back' in context. It was very gracious of WTC to offer a refund; however this still does not cover airfare, hotel, visas, vacation schedules coordinated with collegues, yada, yada, yada. As everyone knows, it is tough to get all the stars to align for an Iron distance race. The bottom line : IMC was poorly executed from the beginning. Time to start racing Quelle Challenge races. |
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Champion 19812 MA | Subject: RE: IM China Cancelled That really sucks! I thought of you when I read the news today they canceled the whole race. Race fee is but a small part of race costs especially traveling to a different country. I hope you can figure out an alternative race that can work.
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Elite 3060  N Carolina | Subject: RE: IM China Cancelled What about IM Korea? or maybe we can meet up in Louisville in August......... Edited by japarker24 2011-05-13 8:40 AM |
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Champion 5495 Whizzzzzlandia Silver member | Subject: RE: IM China Cancelled I think France or Switzerland would be fantastic races! ( I have no idea if they fit into your schedule or are actually races in which you may be interested... but they sound awesome! ) |
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| Expert 684 Bend, OR | Subject: RE: IM China Cancelled swiss tri - 2011-05-13 3:05 AM It was very gracious of WTC to offer a refund; however this still does not cover airfare, hotel, visas, vacation schedules coordinated with collegues, yada, yada, yada. This was my first thought... giving a refund for the race is probably only 15% of the money you've actually spent, let alone the logistics of your race/work schedule and all the training. |
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| Subject: RE: IM China Cancelled That does suck. Sorry, I know what a PITA it must be with time off, travel arrangements, etc. Like racing, we can only affect those things that we can control. After I DNF'd my first IM my friend said that a lot of IM race day is an emotional release for all of that stress in training. I think he's right. Hope you find a suitable alternate |
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| Master 2725 Washington, DC Metro | Subject: RE: IM China Cancelled Fred Doucette - 2011-05-13 6:43 AM swiss tri - 2011-05-13 6:05 AM Big DH - I am trying to be very Zen-like and put this 'set-back' in context. It was very gracious of WTC to offer a refund; however this still does not cover airfare, hotel, visas, vacation schedules coordinated with collegues, yada, yada, yada. As everyone knows, it is tough to get all the stars to align for an Iron distance race. The bottom line : IMC was poorly executed from the beginning. Time to start racing Quelle Challenge races. Again, it sucks. You are free to not do WTC events in the future. I have my own gripes about them. However, *I* do hear that much of what happened was well beyond the control of WTC and was related to China local politics. So maybe I wouldn't do another IM in China. Either way best of luck. What Fred said... (ha I made a funny... sorry easily amused) I totally feel for you and it does suck and I would be totally freaking PO'ed, but it was China! Me, personally, I would've never even signed up for an event in China, but that's just me. I'm sure that WTC had very little control over what happened, other than maybe not even trying to put an event on in China in the first place. |
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| Master 2468 Muskego, Wisconsin | Subject: RE: IM China Cancelled Sous - 2011-05-14 2:35 AM Fred Doucette - 2011-05-13 6:43 AM
I totally feel for you and it does suck and I would be totally freaking PO'ed, but it was China! Me, personally, I would've never even signed up for an event in China, but that's just me. I'm sure that WTC had very little control over what happened, other than maybe not even trying to put an event on in China in the first place.
When you live in SE Asia like the OP and many of us do we are limited on our options. We can only try to find a race that works with our time schedule and hope it doesn't get cancelled or shut down. It's not like there are many different 140.6s to choose from that are in easy to get to locations out here.
Edited by papson14 2011-05-14 1:35 AM |
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