To those complaining that you can't get everything you want, straight away, in advance. Welcome to the North.
To those complaining that there is not enough accommodation, a recent survey would suggest there is (only 10% said they did not have accomm and that was some time ago), it's just wasn't available immediately and a spokesperson for the race has mentioned this often in this group. And, I am still approving comments regularly for accommodation. This is not a 3,000 athlete race so; patience! Yes, I know you want to book it 12 months in advance but you can't, welcome to the North.
To those complaining about price gouging, I agree with you (I hate IM accomm gouging), but this is not an Alaska only issue. Also, the prices are high up here period , welcome to the North.
To those complaining that the community is not offering their support; I have never seen more community support (not even close) on an IM group and I run 4 of them. Welcome to the North.
The best and worst thing about Juneau is that it's in the middle of nowhere. Things don't work like they do in your big city at home. That's the point. Everything is big, wild, remote. LIfe is harder. The people are nicer. That is the experience. Welcome to the North.
This is not an easy race to put on, not an easy race to get to, accommodation is more awkward to arrange and is available later .... the list of 'harder' is probably endless. But, what did you expect ... it's Juneau, Alaska. Not Whistler, BC. There is a huge difference. I am sure some of you will not see the point of this race until you arrive. Time to put on your intrepid adventurer boots, suck up some of the difficulties and go where no IM has gone before.
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今天骑完车，看到IM网站上这段话，突然忍不住有点哽咽的感觉。
yes, what do you expect? this is Alaska。
自从这个大铁开始筹备以后，很多报了名的运动员抱怨找不到离比赛地点近的旅馆，找不到租车，我也花了很久才找到一个one bedroom house，离比赛地点有十五英里，和以前走路就可以去出发地点当然是不方便许多。网上常常有人发牢骚。
但是这是阿拉斯加。我们应该感谢ironman和当地组织者，让我们有这个机会去阿拉斯加打铁，这是从来没有过的，我们将要见证历史的。和这些相比，其他的物质条件，就显得不那么重要了。
那个发帖的人说，everything is big, wild and remote, life is harder。让我对这个race更加respect。
只有train hard，才能对得起这样的一个race.
let's go.
