Patricia Merschdorf says:. Leave a comment Cancel reply.{/INSERTKEYS}{/PARAGRAPH} Athletes from the northern hemisphere would face a tougher time training for the event, too, as they would be having to do the bulk of their training in the heart of winter. {PARAGRAPH}{INSERTKEYS}A repositioned world championship solves a lot of problems. Messick acknowledged that hosting the event in February would alleviate many of the qualifying issues as more and more races are postponed until the fall. February would not be a good month due to it is our busy season and a lot of accommodations are already booked. That would be followed by another race in October, This would be a repeat of , the year the race moved from Honolulu to the Big Island, when two events were held, one in February and one in October. May 9, at pm. Why not Nov or Dec the first weekend? Slow time. In March and April Ironman rescheduled over races. Of course the logistics for changing the date of the event would be huge β February is a busy tourist time for the Big Island, which means accommodation would be a big challenge.