IRONMAN 70.3 Augusta 2026
A downstream Savannah River swim, a rolling single loop into the Georgia backcountry, and a half marathon that is nine miles shaded.
2026 edition completed
This record covers the 27 September 2026 edition of IRONMAN 70.3 Augusta in Augusta, Georgia, USA, with a 1.9 km swim, a 90.1 km bike and a 21.1 km run. This date belongs to a completed edition. The course record remains available. Course descriptions and coaching notes are archived context for this edition. Check the organiser for a future edition once its date and entry details are published.
“The downstream swim will give you a personal best you cannot repeat anywhere else, so enjoy it and then ignore it. The race is decided on the rolling backcountry bike.”
The race
The course
No course maps for this race. IRONMAN publishes no downloadable route for any leg of this race, so there is nothing to draw a course map from. Everything below comes from the official course page, checked on the date at the foot of this section.
Point to point downstream, starting on the South Carolina bank by SRP Park and finishing under the 5th Street bridge, with the current helping the whole way. Spectators watch from the bridge. This is where most people record their fastest ever swim split.
A single loop out of downtown into the Georgia backcountry: rolling hills, several long climbs, some technical corners, and long straights for anyone who wants to push.
Out onto the Riverwalk, across the 13th Street bridge to the North Augusta Greeneway on the South Carolina side, then back along the Savannah to finish in historic downtown Augusta. Over nine of the 13.1 miles are fully shaded, which in a late September Georgia afternoon is the single most useful fact about this course.
Not yet confirmed for this edition: run lap count, bike elevation gain, transition locations, cut-off times, water temperature history. We publish these only once they are on the official course page, so check there before you pace off anything here.
Course details verified against the official IRONMAN 70.3 Augusta course page on 14 August 2026. Courses change; the official page is always the last word.
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Photograph of Augusta, Georgia, USA: Thomson200, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons. Not official race photography.
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