New IMAZ date???

Weather.com says an average high of 77 in Tempe for Nov, with 0.8 inches of rain!

Hey Chili, relax man. It's not like people are asking for the race to move. NAS has been talking about moving it. Just because we are talking about it, doesn't make us Yahoos. 

For some people having the race in November, will be the difference between them doing this race or not. Since these races fill up a year in advance, I don't blame people for wanting to know how and when to prepare.

If the locals have a problem with the date changing, YOU should be complaining to NAS, not the people who are trying to figure out what they are doing.

No.

OMG I would not want all those poor poor Arizonans to have to be out in the heat training!

Stand Down:  Accdg to a post on ST (so take that for what it's worth), NAS responded to an email inquiry as follows:

Direct from NA Sports, "That was misquoted by the press, that race will not change and it is going to be held on April 13th 2008".

So Chile, you can save the whining for Summer 2009

One theory is that NAS wants to make Silverman (Las Vegas, November) go away.  Supposedly they've changed dates before to compete with other races.  I don't know where.   AZ is one of the only (the only?) NAS branded IM race that doesn't sell out very quickly, so that may have something to do with it.

Edit - madcow went to a meeting a year or so ago where NAS /IM people were speaking, and I believe they said something like don' expect to see many new IM venues, they are very difficult to get clearance to put on.

I can see how they would be logistical nightmares.  That means my hopes of seeing an IM race with a non-wetsuit ocean swim in a climate similar to Hawaii (Kona aside) is not very likely?  Bummer.

Usually the dates of races don't move too much, a weekend give or take. IM races need permits and all of that way in advance so they are pretty much set in stone.

I hadn't heard the Silverman rumor before. I do know that IMAZ and CDA have problems with the race filling up. Those races are mostly west coasters that can train during the winter. Moving Az to Nov. will give the rest of the nation the chance to train for it. Chili might be better to answer this, but I think the weather is very unpredictable in April. I'm not sure if it more predictable in Nov.

Also, since IMAZ was added a couple of years ago, they moved the Cali 70.3  from April to March. The number of racers has dropped ever since then. San Diego only gets 3 days of rain every year and they always end up being the week of the race, threatening to cancel the swim. Moving it back to April will guarantee good weather  It will also give people another month to train.

Yes Chris, they did say it was very hard to add a race. They don't search for race sites, cities come and recruit them. But when it comes down to it, it is very hard to get all of the surrounding cities and agencies in the city to go for it.

IMCalifornia is definitely out of the question.

total hijack, but why did IM Cal go away?  Not that I'd want to do the Pendleton loop twice   or the OCeanside pier loop 4 times (!!, you saw how I looked after two! )  Was it 9/11?

don't they have one, like a "thorwback" race to the original IM?

Sorry, a full IM in California is out. At least for NA Sports
California 70.3 will stay, as far as I know

You can always do the Ironman Revisted event. That race is on the original course in Oahu.

The problem or benefit is that it is an event and not a race. You can take as long as you want. And you do get the origional "hole in the head" Ironman trophy

I had never heard of that before.  I just checked it out.  It looks great!  They really should advertise that more over here.  Within the next couple of seasons, I would like to do an IM race.  Luckily, I have some time to figure out which will be best for me.  I'll be quiet now. Sorry,  Arizona debaters!