Kilkee Hell of the West

shotgunmcos · 24-02-2012 1:39pm #1

Folks

Keep an eye on www.limericktriathlon.com, the Hell of the West first batch of entries is open next Wednesday 29th at 9am.. Don't say you weren't warned, as most well know its a hugely popular race

Get thee to a stable Broadband connection

slayer91 · 24-02-2012 2:08pm

Any idea of the entry cost for this year??

Regs

pgibbo · 24-02-2012 2:41pm

Active Europe I assume?

sconhome · 24-02-2012 2:43pm

pgibbo wrote: »

Active Europe I assume?

Don't be giving away all the clues its tough enough to get an entry

tunney · 24-02-2012 3:06pm

amphkingwest wrote: »

Don't be giving away all the clues its tough enough to get an entry

Slots there for a few days last year no?

sconhome · 24-02-2012 4:11pm

First slots sold out in jig time. Hate to be relying on getting into second slot again, burn more nervous calories waiting for confirming email than you would racing it (almost!).

shotgunmcos · 29-02-2012 10:10am

280 entries gone in 9 minutes 20 left

sconhome · 29-02-2012 11:01am

Entry to HoTW is just like racing. By 8.45 I was limbering up by the laptop, credit card and TI cards (Mrs. too) arranged. A couple of dry runs with Limerick Tri Club page and active.com open in front of me.

Quick draw on the double refresh, all good. No drop out of signal and active.com retaining the right profiles, no surprise 'Please log in' or anything like that.

8.59 last one, double refresh, check, cards ok, check, kids at a good distance, check, power on at switch, check. All systems check.

9.02 two entries confirmed and 134 places left. Thank God, that's done for another year.

Thats 3 NS races entered already this year, now just need the training to back it up.

tunney · 29-02-2012 11:03am

Given I'm not racing this year I was happy to laugh at all the fuss about entering this. Until I get a text at 0855 -"I'm stuck in traffic, can you enter me in HoTW?" Great fun trying to remember your Active Europe password under pressure.

catweazle · 29-02-2012 11:13am

Didnt even know it was opening till I got an text from Gibbo asking to enter him, seeing as it was 8.50 and I was in the pool changing rooms I was in trouble. All very seamless loads of entries left when i logged in but when I clicked purchase now and browsed back to the page after delighted with myself - I could see 0 entries left :eek:

Fazz · 29-02-2012 11:17am

Sounds manic, fastest sell out this year so far then.

Ironic really, I wanted to do this but sacrificed it over Athlone the following weekend. Figured many would do similar.
I guess it's only the first batch and 300 entries so always gonna be big demand anyway for a popular race.

BTH · 29-02-2012 11:29am

Can't do the race but was watching the madness. 40 left when I checked at 9:08, by 9:13 they were all gone. 300 in 13 minutes. 1 sold every 2.5 seconds. (spot the numbers nerd)

pgibbo · 29-02-2012 3:27pm

I'm surprised no-one has commented on the price. Personally I thought it was a little too pricey. Saying that I still entered......:pac:

tunney · 29-02-2012 3:33pm

pgibbo wrote: »

I'm surprised no-one has commented on the price. Personally I thought it was a little too pricey. Saying that I still entered......:pac:

Well I was fairly surprised when I saw the amount alright. €63 is awfully steep.

The wife once commented to me that its cheaper to do one IM than many Irish races.

Huff n Puff · 29-02-2012 4:21pm

15 mins to sell out is good going. It's a quality race and deserves good support. I got 5 registered this morning so happy out!

Price comparison (from Active Europe records)
2008 - €55
2009 - €58.85
2010 - €58.85 Best goodie bag ever created. Think they only barely broke even in terms of cost this year. That is probably the reason for meal change and slightly higher price in 2011.
2011 - €61.37 Goodie bag not as good + I think they stopped doing the after race meal (or maybe I have this totally wrong?)
2012 - €62.67

The price is creeping up very slowly, but they could charge €70 or €80 and it would still sell out. With the Castle Triathlon Series coming to Ireland things might be about to get a lot dearer - €85 Olympics here we come! http://www.castletriathlonseries.co.uk/lough-cutra-race/

On the TI website the Lough Cutra race (Jun, Sun 3rd) has NC + NS beside it. I presume it is just a mistake?

catweazle · 29-02-2012 4:38pm

Huff n Puff wrote: »

The price is creeping up very slowly, but they could charge €70 or €80 and it would still sell out. With the Castle Triathlon Series coming to Ireland things might be about to get a lot dearer - €85 Olympics here we come! http://www.castletriathlonseries.co.uk/lough-cutra-race/

On the TI website the Lough Cutra race (Jun, Sun 3rd) has NC + NS beside it. I presume it is just a mistake?

I emailed them a little rant over their entry prices a while back during a bad day in the office. The reply was more or less that they are not expecting much take up from Ireland but are more geared towards getting their regular English entrants over with a bank holiday over there at the time.

shotgunmcos · 14-03-2012 12:40am

Last chance to enter 8pm Wednesday

couerdelion · 14-03-2012 6:10pm

catweazle wrote: »

I emailed them a little rant over their entry prices a while back during a bad day in the office. The reply was more or less that they are not expecting much take up from Ireland but are more geared towards getting their regular English entrants over with a bank holiday over there at the time.

For the castle Tri, your club secretary should have an email allowing them to obtain a code for 25% off for club members. They admit that following their french version 50% of competitors will be from the UK so it is priced for that market as CW said.