Check out the new site at www.5150.com. Note that the series logo is 5i50 not 5150. Does that mean a 5i50 is possibly a 'little ironman'? Maybe if it takes off we'll see folks on the OLY circuit proudly sporting an I dot tattoo! That ought to generate some controversy.
@Paul - I forget which other web site I saw that was pointing that out...maybe ST's article? Can't remember. But anyway, you're right - the number and web site are 5150, but they clearly want to keep "the dot" in the logo.
@Mike - It may be that the huge expansion of IronKids is ONLY those midwest ones. I am not sure. I have since learned that those are the ones that HyVee is co-sponsoring and they are all in places where there are HyVee grocery stores. i don't know what arrangements they may have with other locations. HyVee headquarters is in Iowa, and my local club has a couple "insiders" there, and floated me that list.
Looks like they are trying to take out the Lifetime Fitness/Toyota Cup Series with this one. They don't have all of the major Olypmic races but a quite a few of the well established ones and now they have a championship with cash.
They now have the qualification info up and also have price money for AG and Open Amateur:
For the US Championship (Hy-Vee in Iowa) Open Amateur Category:
1st Place: Ford Vehicle + $5,150 in product/prizes
2nd Place: $4,000 in product/prizes
3rd Place: $3,000 in product/prizes
4th Place: $2,000 in product/prizes
5th Place: $1,000 in product/prizes
It's going to be interesting to see what this does to USAT nationals and worlds...
Lifetime Fitness/Toyota Cup Series has bigger purses (in the hundreds of thousands of $$) than this does. But sponsors love the WTC-branded events more.
When this list came out I was actually surprised that Chicago wasn't included since they've pretty much been looking for a major sponsor since Accenture dropped out. I see that they are part of the Toyota Cup, but really don't remember that being a heavy promotion for last year's race. Figured they'd try to drop them to jump on the WTC bandwagon.
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@Mike - It may be that the huge expansion of IronKids is ONLY those midwest ones. I am not sure. I have since learned that those are the ones that HyVee is co-sponsoring and they are all in places where there are HyVee grocery stores. i don't know what arrangements they may have with other locations. HyVee headquarters is in Iowa, and my local club has a couple "insiders" there, and floated me that list.
More info: http://5150.com/index.html?20101118
Looks like they are trying to take out the Lifetime Fitness/Toyota Cup Series with this one. They don't have all of the major Olypmic races but a quite a few of the well established ones and now they have a championship with cash.
They now have the qualification info up and also have price money for AG and Open Amateur:
For the US Championship (Hy-Vee in Iowa) Open Amateur Category:
It's going to be interesting to see what this does to USAT nationals and worlds...
A not-so-easy balance for some pros, for sure.