I'd much prefer if it was 16 months vs 2. My employer isn't going to give me much grief, but part of this is also planning family vacations and having supporters with you - which becomes harder if its last minute. At 2 months, it would just be me going. At 16 months, I'd likely have people coming with me. The race may not care if its just me, but the local venue would certainly care if I'm bringing a few people with me.

Though the website is saying that Ottawa 2024 goes to the WCs for 2025, which is clearly a typo.

fortunately i received a priority registration, oddly my girl friend did not. anyone figure out why some awa/tri club are receiving and some aren't?

I figured out why I didn't get a priority registration - I had somehow marked my email preferences to unsubscribe.

The only reason I figured it out was that I went to the part of the website where it says "notify me" and it let me know that I had unsubscribed from all communications. I don't remember doing so, and there isn't an easy to find toggle in your IM profile, but you can do so by doing the notify me thing.

thanks, after you updated did you then get the priority?

looks like my GF somehow had her tri club affiliation removed...
my GF emailed IM to see if they can send her a link..

we are a bit excited to race in our Nations Capital! ha!

I'm curious to hear what the early registration numbers are before Monday. Every long course triathlete I know in the area has already signed up.

Ya I’m not sure why or how or who is getting the priority registrations.
I am a AWA and signed up for all e-mail notifications and I received nothing.

Maybe I should write to Ironman.

I have always found their emails random. I get some priority emails, but not others.

Either way, I'm pretty doubtful it will sell out in a week, but I'm sure if you email them they'll give you a code.

No - but I emailed Ironman to see if they can resend. They're not usually the fastest response, so I'm not expecting an email before Monday anyway. I highly doubt it will sell out before Monday, but its always better to have that assurance.

hopefully it sells out at a later point :)


funny enough, she found the email in her deleted folder.. :-/

I was eager to sign up for the inaugural race in Ottawa, but on the priority registration Ironman site, I noticed that the Flex90 options (split payment and deferral protection) were not available upon payment. Oddly, 'best price and entry benefits' are advertised for April 22. Several of us will have to wait and see what pans out or if the Flex90 program is not available for 2025.

Additionally, The Nirvana options on the priority registration are also listed as a day short, having everyone checkout on race day. For example '4 nights' checking in on Wednesday, the last 'night' is Saturday. August 3rd is Sunday and probably the most important night for race finish hotel proximity.

It almost sounds as though they had to rush this out after an internet leak. 😄

and maybe some glitchy things going on bc i just received a second priority registration link...

They've just resent me the priority link. I'm in!

See you all on the parkways

ETA: From the post above, maybe I just got sent it for the 2nd round. Either way...

For someone who may be deciding between this race and say, Chattanooga next year, which race would you lean towards and why?

I'm equally comfortable in S/B/R, solidly MOP female. I don't mind hot weather, and I am equidistant from each race.

I'm curious to know what the "Max" registration number will be. Will they cut it off 2-2.5k for the first year to make sure it goes smoothly? Or will they take as many as they can and then about 3 months before the race announce they are at "90% full so register now" or something like that.

With the roads closed for the bike course and a staggered swim start I would think they could handle quite a few people.

Tamara Lich and Chris Barber have been hired to handle road closures.


That is ridiculously epic!

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Signed up yesterday, excited to check this race out. Seems like the city is pretty excited (so far) about it too.

Will be 3 straight years of Canadian IM's for me

2023 Mont Tremblant
2024 Penticton
2025 Ottawa

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Mayor Mark Sutcliffe asked if he can put a relay together and run the marathon haha

Dev,


Don't underestimate the role that Mayor Mark Suttcliffe most likely played behind the scenes, to make this all happen. When you have a Mayor who is a keen runner and multi time Marathon-Finisher himself, even writing a great book on his own journey to the Boston Marathon a few years ago.

Road closures that are required for this kind of Event, and the permits needed, when first pitched to larger City Municipalities are often met with "No way" from City bureaucrats, and you work from there . . but having a Mayor who is supportive can be all the difference, and rare!

Overall this is great to see. There is a proud and rich heritage of Triathlon in Ottawa and a legacy going all the way back to the earliest days of the sport in Canada in the early to mid 1980's!

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T2/finish line will be in the exact trucker shutdown zone in front of Chateau Laurier HAHA

I can't comment on Chattanooga as I have not been there.

Fly into Ottawa, take taxi-uber downtown and you don't need anything else. Lots to do and see downtown. The only downside is the swim venue is around 8km from downtown, but you can bike there on your tri bike with a backpack if you want to do practice swims, if not there is public swim at uOttawa 1km from T2/finish line. From downtown, you can bike everywhere on the bike paths which run parallel to the bike course, and frankly I mainly ride the roads on the parkways in Ottawa versus bike paths anyway most days, as I would rather deal with cars going straight than dog walkers and roller bladers on the bike paths.



Here is an overhead view of downtown area where bike course goes by 5x and run finish is. (It is also the infamous site of the trucker blockade from Covid19 lockdowns):



This is a normal Sunday bike closure on the parkways which is part of the race course, and beside it you see the bike path where you can ride when there is traffic on the road





The swim venue is largely right of this pier in a protected cove from all wind directions other than North West





Here is a google maps view. The swim is between what is labelled Ottawa city rafting, Brittannia Beach, Brittannia Yacht club

Fun fact, Sutcliffe is vehemently against the current practice of closing a road along the canal (part of the bike course) on Sundays for bikes, etc.

Most of the flat parts of the run course is on the paths on either side of the Rideau Canal:

Beautiful pics. You may have already answered earlier in the thread, but have you signed up?
The excitement from the local Ottawa community alone might be enough to get me to do this event.

And residents thought that the truckers were bad with urinating in public...wait until they see Ironman triathletes. Haha.

Yeah, not sure what to think about Mayor Sutcliffe. He obviously pushed for this to happen, but he's well known as a pro-car, anti-cycling Mayor.

I'm hoping that Ironman will offer bus transport to the swim start from the T2/Finish area. Most/all races with split transitions do this, I believe... especially since some of the roads around Brittania will have to be closed.