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Professional Ironman Races

I wanted to write a short post on Professional Ironman racing.  There have been many new events added to the calendar this year.  Some with a fair bit of prize money ($75,000) and some with not much at all ($15,000).  These races pay anywhere from the top 4 to top 10. Since this has happened, it is quite apparent that the quality of the fields has really been knocked down and spread out. This is especially apparent with the women's racing, who at many "larger" Ironman races, only have to finish and they will receive a pretty good paycheck and a lot of Ironman World Championship qualification points (www.ironmanpromembership.com). What would be a fair way to do things? Here are a few options that come to mind. #1 - Pay at fewer events, to attract more professionals and pay all who turn up, to where they at LEAST get their expenses covered. OR #2 Go with a prize purse at each event, based the average annual revenue generated over the previous 3 years.  I think