{"id":109,"date":"2008-03-28T14:11:21","date_gmt":"2008-03-28T14:11:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dshen.com\/blogs\/training\/2008\/03\/28\/is_it_worth_40000_to_abuse_my_body_in_kona\/"},"modified":"2008-03-28T14:11:21","modified_gmt":"2008-03-28T14:11:21","slug":"is_it_worth_40000_to_abuse_my_body_in_kona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dshen.com\/blogs\/training\/archives\/is_it_worth_40000_to_abuse_my_body_in_kona.html","title":{"rendered":"Is it worth $40,000 to abuse my body in Kona?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Seen in the latest Ironman email newsletter:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nFor a sixth consecutive year, Ironman will conduct its annual auction with eBay, designed to benefit a variety of charitable organizations worldwide. The Ironman Foundation has raised more than $2,000,000 through the auction since its inception in 2003.<br \/>\nThis year&#8217;s auction will include six slots to the 2008 Ford Ironman World Championship taking place on October 11 in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii. The auction will begin on Sunday, April 13 and will incorporate six phases with one slot available per week. The minimum bid for slots to the event will begin at $10,000. The average selling price for slots to the world&#8217;s most challenging endurance event is approximately $40,000.<br \/>\nIn 2007, Ironman made grants and donations to deserving charities on Hawaii&#8217;s Big Island including: the American Cancer Society, Boy Scouts of America, Daughters of Hawaii, Habitat for Humanity and the Special Olympics. Additionally, more than $100,000 in cash and\/or supplies went to St. Joseph&#8217;s Children&#8217;s Hospital, The Hospice of Kona and the Hawaii Fire Department, in conjunction with the Daniel Robert Sayre Memorial Foundation.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Should I bid?  Is it worth $40K to beat up my body amongst the lava rocks of the Big Island?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seen in the latest Ironman email newsletter: For a sixth consecutive year, Ironman will conduct its annual auction with eBay, designed to benefit a variety of charitable organizations worldwide. The Ironman Foundation has raised more than $2,000,000 through the auction since its inception in 2003. This year&#8217;s auction will include six slots to the 2008 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-109","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dshen.com\/blogs\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dshen.com\/blogs\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dshen.com\/blogs\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dshen.com\/blogs\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dshen.com\/blogs\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=109"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.dshen.com\/blogs\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dshen.com\/blogs\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dshen.com\/blogs\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dshen.com\/blogs\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}