#862 – New Kona Qualifying System

Crushing Iron Triathlon Podcast

Mike Tarrolly

Ironman, Nutrition, Triathlon, Podcast, Fitness, Swimming, Training, Coaching, Health & Fitness

4.7 • 724 Ratings

🗓️ 8 July 2025

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Despite our best effort to resist, today we look at what the new Kona Qualifying System could mean for you! BUT, we also look at if it may give Ironman events a boost. Or . . . are there other things they can/should do to revitalize interest in their main brand, Full Ironman events. What would it take? Will they announce something new? How are they doing with getting new people in the sport? We have been on the ground at these Ironman events for a long ass time and have some thoughts about why people get involved in racing.

Topics:

The fireworks over the Kona Qualifying system
Why was the new IM CEO at Roth?
Kona Should be hard to get into
Nothing is perfect
Will THIS finally make everyone happy??!! Probably not.
How one WC is better for general interest
Ironman shit on who they are
Field vs. Years before in your age group?
Making races spectacles
New IM on the way??
Sticking to your guns
The deep interest in Mass Starts from athlete to fan to new beginnings
New IM CEO seems to be going back to the roots

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0:00.0	All right, man.
0:20.5	I think the fireworks are over for now. I think the fireworks are over for now. Happy everything. All right, man.
0:23.6	I think the fireworks are over for now.
0:29.3	I think, yeah, just, well, just when you least expect it, one will go off and scare the shit out of you.
0:30.9	That's pretty much how July 4th goes.
0:31.6	Yeah, but it is that. We're past July 4th, this July 8th, the year 2025.
0:36.0	Welcome more, everybody.
0:37.0	You're listening to the Crushing Iron Podcast.
0:38.6	This is episode 800 and 62.
0:41.4	Yeah.
0:41.8	Although, at least the beginning of our topic set off some fireworks last week.
0:47.1	God, no kidding, right?
0:48.5	I don't even know.
0:50.9	Yeah, I gave you a million dollars.
0:52.4	Now, who cares?
0:53.8	This is what we're doing to the
0:55.3	Kona world
0:56.6	oh my god
0:59.0	yeah it's uh it was it's
1:01.8	really I mean listen like you know
1:04.1	yes you were we're gonna talk of me
1:06.2	and I got like I don't know 34 I mean before even got the email
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