The 70.3 World Championships - Kyle Marcotte, Pro Ironman

The 70.3 Half-Ironman World Championships are taking place this weekend (November 14^th) in Clearwater Florida. Fifty athletes who raced in the Calgary 70.3 race have qualified for the world championships (See the list of who qualified).

At least one Clearwater slot was allocated for each age-group category for each gender, providing there was at least one athlete registered. If there were no athletes entered in a particular age group, then that slot was reallocated to another category. Additional age group slots were allocated based on proportion of athletes in each age category. Pros were also allocated Clearwater slots.

All athletes had to be present at the Clearwater Registration following the Calgary 70.3 race to claim their spot, but since some athletes who qualified chose not to race the World Championships, there was some keen racers who were waiting to see if a spot would “roll down” to the them.

I was one of the lucky Pros who received a “roll down” spot. I’m looking forward to the race but do admit that it will be a bit more of a vacation and reward for a good year’s effort in triathlon.  I think that I’ll be asking for autographs before the start of my race.  I’m excited to share a starting line with the likes of Greg Bennett, Terenzo Bozone, Luke Bell  and more.  Hopefully I can finish within 20 minutes of the winner!

You can follow your friends this Saturday November 14^th at Clearwater at: www.ironman.com

Good luck to everyone who qualified for the Calgary 70.3!

Kyle Marcotte - Pro Ironman