It's a one-off race.
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They took out validation for the winners of IM and 70.3 now? I thought they still had to "validate" to gain their entry to this years world championship?
(I've not misunderstood anything)
To race IM as a validation it's: 1 IM or 2 70.3's
To race 70.3 as validation its: 1 70.3
So to get the "full" PTO contract according to sources you must race the full schedule. If you do less, you get less money, if you do less you also lose opportunities to offset/place hold/block others. So you can race as little or as much as you want as those guranteed athletes. The more you race, obviously the more travel + racing is on your body. So if you race IM WC as a validated athlete you are doing a min of 2 IM's more or 2 70.3 + 1 IM more on top of whatever PTO series races you actually decide to do.
Obviously the ones who decide "all in" on PTO will have a better chance at contract for following year + most amount of end of season money success. So unless you just show up and win 3 pto races and scratch the rest, the top 10 are going to almost assuredly be the ones who are "all in" on PTO. The ones who can win 3 times and skip the rest will likely best be positioned to grab that next 6 spots. I dont know that anyone is going to win more than a few who then also do "outside" race series at a top level imo, thus you'll likely be forced to focus on PTO if you want that '25 contract and the end of year bonuses.
Brooks Doughtie, M.S.
Exercise Physiology
-USAT Level II
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They took out validation for the winners of IM and 70.3 now? I thought they still had to "validate" to gain their entry to this years world championship?
(I've not misunderstood anything)
To race IM as a validation it's: 1 IM or 2 70.3's
To race 70.3 as validation its: 1 70.3
So to get the "full" PTO contract according to sources you must race the full schedule. If you do less, you get less money, if you do less you also lose opportunities to offset/place hold/block others. So you can race as little or as much as you want as those guranteed athletes. The more you race, obviously the more travel + racing is on your body. So if you race IM WC as a validated athlete you are doing a min of 2 IM's more or 2 70.3 + 1 IM more on top of whatever PTO series races you actually decide to do.
Obviously the ones who decide "all in" on PTO will have a better chance at contract for following year + most amount of end of season money success. So unless you just show up and win 3 pto races and scratch the rest, the top 10 are going to almost assuredly be the ones who are "all in" on PTO. The ones who can win 3 times and skip the rest will likely best be positioned to grab that next 6 spots. I dont know that anyone is going to win more than a few who then also do "outside" race series at a top level imo, thus you'll likely be forced to focus on PTO if you want that '25 contract and the end of year bonuses.
Brooks Doughtie, M.S.
Exercise Physiology
-USAT Level II
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B_Doughtie: Feb 2, 24 8:15