Ironman Tahoe

Registration suspended = kiss of death

Hm seems to be up on the website and active, although I didn't go through to the credit-card stage, obviously.

Just went through the process up to that same point and it seemed to work.

So it doesn't seem like this is any kind of news but I can guarantee this race is not long for the world.  As mentioned, most of the 2015 registrations are probably 2014 athletes taking the $100 offer.  After 2013 and 2014 what new participant is this race going to attract?

I guess that depends on how much you want to spend and where you prefer to be.  Since this race has separate T1 / T2 areas, the popular choices are to stay near King's Beach where the race starts, or in Squaw Valley where the race ends.

I was at the host hotel in Squaw for the 2013 race.  For me personally, it was better to be staying near the finish line.  It was a bit of a hassle getting to King's Beach, but at least you're dealing with it up front when you're not wiped out from a difficult day.  IF you stay in Squaw, make sure you know how you're going to get your bike to T1 the day before the race.  I remember some people were in rental cars that couldn't (easily) transport their bikes, and ended up riding 20 miles over to T1 in rain / sleet.

There are 900-something signed up for the full.  My guess is the vast majority of those 900-something are 2014 registrants who paid $100 to race in 2015. My guess is 2015 registrants not from 2014 can be counted on a few hands.  It's a difficult course to begin with which will never make it popular but add the possibility of freezing cold, snow, and/or wildfires, and it's not a race a lot of people are willing to gamble on.  They're basically 0-2 with this race.

Barring this course change causing some kind of registration miracle this race won't be around in 2016.  The half will probably continue to exist but the full will be kaput.