{"id":9212,"date":"2016-01-11T15:27:58","date_gmt":"2016-01-11T20:27:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/huntsville.dopperonline.ca\/?p=9212"},"modified":"2016-01-11T15:40:33","modified_gmt":"2016-01-11T20:40:33","slug":"huntsville-you-are-no-longer-an-ironman-or-an-ironman-host","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/huntsville-you-are-no-longer-an-ironman-or-an-ironman-host\/","title":{"rendered":"Huntsville, you are no longer an Ironman, or an Ironman host"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Huntsville Mayor Scott Aitchison announced today (January 11) that the Town has terminated its three-year licensing deal with Ironman Canada and will not be hosting any further full Ironman events.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Reeling from an almost $100,000 deficit from the 2015 event, Town councillors were looking for ways to stop the bleeding. It appears the feeling may have been mutual.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45658\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"modern-quote full\"><p>There was a legitimate fear around the building that there was a real potential of losing another $100,000 a year for the next two years. I met with representatives from Ironman Canada in Toronto and they weren\u2019t particularly thrilled with the results either. They like to have about 2000 people at these events and they only got 1500. And so we discussed a little bit about why they thought that was and they felt in part that a full Ironman on these hills is maybe a little bit too difficult. The ones that sell out are the ones that are flat. Arizona has no problem. Miami has no problem.<br \/>\n<cite>Huntsville Mayor Scott Aichison<\/cite><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>As a result, the Town and Ironman Canada have amicably severed ties without penalty to the Town. Deerhurst has also agreed to cancel their contract with Ironman with no cancellations fees or penalties and will fully refund guests who have already registered for the 2016 event.<\/p>\n<p>Reaction to the news wasn\u2019t all positive. Taking to Facebook people expressed their disappointment. Comments such as, &#8220;Always getting rid of things that are great for our town&#8221;; &#8220;very disappointing&#8221;; &#8220;why????&#8221;; and &#8220;wtf!!??&#8221; were prolific.<\/p>\n<p>Veteran Ironman participant Bruce Schouten had this to say. \u201cAll in all, I would say that Ironman Muskoka was at the tougher end of the spectrum of the five races I have done so far, BUT with the right training program it was manageable. Ironman races aren\u2019t supposed to be easy!\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45657\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Huntsville Mayor Scott Aitchison announced today (January 11) that the Town has terminated its three-year licensing deal with Ironman Canada and will not be hosting any further full Ironman events. 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