Sometimes its better to be lucky
For most of the year I’ve been thinking about how I am going to obtain entry into an official full Ironman distance event (2.4 mile swim, 112 mile bike, 26.2 mile run). There are 24 "officially sponsored" Ironman annual events and they’re far and hard to get into, due to their popularity in the triathlon community. Lately I’ve had my heart set on the Lake Placid event. In part due to the town’s Olympic history and also its proximity to home, compared to the other events around the country and worldwide. Registration for this event opened at noon on July 26th. I hit the site @ 12:03 and it was already sold out. Opportunity #1 missed. My coach recently told me that Lake Placid has a sister race - the Providence Half Ironman - whose participants have first dibs at registering for next year’s Lake Placid Ironman. “Great.” I thought, “That’s my way in. I’ll do the half this year and get into Lake Placid for 2012!” I eagerly awaited registration to open for the Providence, Rhode