Altho looking at Miami venue, looks like they run a 100K event next to an established event, so not all races are 100K. I guess?

I still think "70.3" sucks as a brand.
Using an imperial measurement for distance when the majority of the world used metric shows how USA-centric the Ironman org is.

T100 is better branding and a better distance.

The T100 races are pm Saturday. The 'Miami Distance' race on Sunday is 1600m/48km/13km.

No Australia race? Not many in Europe?
Seems a bit of a shame.

They would like to get to 10 races so very likely there will Oceania and mainland Europe races in 2025.

I'm guessing August is reserved for when the Edmonton race can finally return in 2026 or 2027.

What does the age group pricing of world have to do with the pto ?

You do understand Ironman is a race / event organizer and pto is a professional triathlete race product.

They are separate athletes choose money, humans choose money have you been familiar with humans the last 1000 years.

Lionel is a good example he was super pissed at Ironman post 70.3 worlds until he realized it is now the hand that feeds him.

These athletes have to take his money while it is here, in 10 years there maybe a few they say I should have focused on world x or Ironman distance but this gets them paid.

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Cool, i think the 100K distance is killer.

If they were playing it right for the grand final put it in Australia then a lot of pros would be able to go right to 70.3 worlds

It may help Ironmans final but also if pto is paying for travel it would help their contracted athletes so much to cover that travel expense.

This is giving us great races on paper to start, how long till we get bored of the same faces and format ??

It’s itu but longer / no drafting . We have seen this product.

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The Grand Final in combination with the Noosa Triathlon Festival would have been dope (and everything PTO wants out of its events).

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The Noosa Tri is owned by Ironman so that 'aint going to happen.

Lol no it is not. Ironman 70.3 carries a lot of cache.

Try explaining PTO T100 in Partnership with World Triathlon instead of "Ironman".
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Also incredibly disappointed that we're seeing really old recycles like Brownlee and Gomez on this, if those guys get the eyeballs, that's just as bad as Triathlon's average racing age creeping towards 50.

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I have a totally opposite view from you on this (and many other things :-)). Was really hoping to see Javier and Alistair racing the new blood. And Alistair is not that old (in real age, maybe older in triathlon/wear and tear age). And I think (hope?) that they will have a strong influence on the narratives and excitement coming out of this first year of the series. For one, they are almost guaranteed to feature in every race prominently (being among the best swimmers). And there run potential (potential being used due to past injuries, not because they haven't shown what they can do) is second to none too, except maybe Hayden Wilde if he shows up as a wildcard post-Olympics.

I was excited to see those two on the list!

Weird. I'm most excited about Brownlee. I just hope he doesn't injure himself again. I'm also most excited to see him racing more frequently in this T100 format.

I think it was just the StoBro grasping at straws to find anything negative in today's news.

Looking at the comp structure a few of those athletes that are unlikely to get in the top ~10 probably have a strong incentive to get the contract $, show up at the PTO races as paid training sessions (still some prize money even if dead lasts) and then try to perform on the less competitive ironman circuit if the goal is to maximize their gains.

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It seems that RvB agrees with you...

American triathlon star combining PTO Tour and IRONMAN racing (tri247.com)
"Moving on to his racing goals, the American star underlined that whilst Kona is his primary goal, he believes racing the PTO Tour throughout the year will increase his chances of success come October.

I think it will be good for me to not solely focus on full distance and the PTO will help me with that VO2 max and high velocity, but it’s also still long enough that you need to be efficient and it’s a comparable sport.

It’s not like Super League, where it is a completely different energy system and so I think it will help whilst still having Roth to get that IRONMAN prep in June. I think it is the perfect plan with two solid full distance races and then the PTO Tour.”

The "70.3" branding that's been around for something like 12-13 years and we just learned about the T100 branding today.
You must be very intelligent to figure out that the T100 brand isn't well known yet. Maybe apply for Mensa.

Sounds like a sensible approach for many pros. Sucks from an audience perspective if T100 is just long training sessions.

True, but nobody else is going to the Olympics in that male list so it's weird it's only him.

i personally think the fields are too small with 20 people what what i really dont get is that they dont allow more than 20 people for the grand final i think they should allow wild card people in that had shown an impact in the race when they had a wildcard. i mean there is some top athletes
they recognise that their field size is not fixed for ever so why not play around with it a bit
i get they want the narative that people can follow , at the same time singapore was for most perople the most boring race and i guess it was because the filed was too small

Target is clearly 20, but I don't think they'll limit themselves to 20 on the start list, if they have a superstar willing to join as #21. It might be KB, might be Gustav, might be Hayden etc. Additionally, they might even give 6 wild cards on top 16 fixed slots, just in case somebody feels sick on race morning. So it could be anything between 18-22.

I feel 20 is about right as long as the top ones are there. They used to have a field of 40 but vast majority didn’t stand a chance or feature
I have the feeling it will be the same with 20,

I am disappointed they don't have a race in up state NY or in Eastern Canada (which age group Americans in North East and Easterners Canadians could get to by car). Maybe it is their late timing. Maybe next year!

Did I misunderstand the start list.

I was under the impression that the "Hot Shots" are only on the start line if one or more of the first 16 are not racing....

I guess you could assume every race will have at least one of the first 16 pass on it........