What do they use the money for ?
I suppose some of it to pay the police to block roads, pay lifeguards, the race bag you get with goodies in it..
The full ironman is 700 bucks.
I just happend to be looking because I was seriously contemplating doing a half ironman next year, dont think I could do a full one
this is just the half ironman
1.2 mile (1.9K) swim, 56 mile (90.1K) bike, 13.1 mile (21.1K) run