Kona Lottery

In search of the perfect holiday gift for the Triathlete who has everything?

Entry into the 2007 Ford Ironman World Championship Lottery is the ultimate gift idea. Sign them up for a chance to compete at the world's most challenging endurance event taking place on October 13th, 2007 in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii.

The Ford Ironman World Championship selects 200 athletes each year to participate through a lottery system. One hundred and fifty of the athletes will be selected from the United States applicants and fifty athletes will be selected from other countries. The Ford Ironman World Championship is one of the most in demand athletic events in the world. Qualifying gets more difficult each year, so the lottery is another option to enter the race.

As part of the lottery process, Ironman in 1990 established the Passport Club in the United States. This year the Passport Club has been opened to all athletes worldwide. The Passport Club offers many benefits including increasing your chances to be selected through the lottery.

Lottery Application US$35, Passport US$50 Additional- Membership

http://www.active.com/event_detail.cfm?event_id=1363504&group_id=10701

There are 50 lottery slots available to International applicants. CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES WILL NOT BE ENTERED. 25 names will be drawn from the Passport Club. 25 names will be drawn from the International Applicants and any unselected Passport Club members. Lottery selections will be available on April 15, 2007 at 12:00pm EST on Ironman.com.

US/INTERNATIONAL SELECTED ATHLETES

Athletes who are SELECTED through the Ironman Lottery must have completed an event that is 70.3 (1.2 Mile, 56 Mile + 13.1 Mile) distance or greater within one year of the 2007 Ford Ironman World Championship to validate his/her lottery slot. Lottery winners must complete the validating race before August 31, 2007 and all validating information should be received in the Kona Race Office by August 31, 2007. Failure to comply will result in forfeiture of the lottery slot.