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.
6 weeks to race day: the sharpening window
A full build no longer fits, but a sharp one does. This close in, the job is specificity and freshness: race-pace touches, open-water or brick rehearsal, and a taper your nervous system actually absorbs. No heroics; arrive fresh.
Building for this one? 70.3 training plan covers the sessions, the weekly shape and how the block is paced. The R.A.C.E. Framework explains why it is built that way.
Start my Road to IRONMAN 70.3 Augusta.
Commit to the date and the work gets a shape: your countdown starts, the emails arrive in step with your build, and the app anchors a recovery-led block so the final week lands exactly on race day.
One confirmation email, then the road begins. Registering for the race itself stays with the organiser.
“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, only a live tracker that runs on race day, 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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