IRONMAN 70.3 Italy Emilia-Romagna 2026
The Sunday half at Cervia. Warm flat Adriatic water, a flat Romagna bike, and a flat seafront run. One of the friendliest 70.3s in Europe.
5 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.
Build my pacing and preparation plan.
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 Sunday half at the same venue as the Saturday full. Ideal if one of you wants the long day and the rest of the group wants a race and a holiday.”
The race
The course
One loop off the beach at Cervia. Out into the Adriatic, one turn left, then a long straight parallel to the shore before two right turns bring you home. Almost all of it is swum on one line, so it rewards anyone who can hold a straight course.
A single flat loop from the Cervia promenade out through the Romagna countryside and the Salt Pans nature park, where the flamingos are genuinely worth a glance. Flat and fast, so this is a watts and position course.
Three flat laps through Cervia and Milano Marittima, past the old salt warehouse. No hills to break the rhythm, which sounds like a gift and means there is nowhere to hide from your own pacing.
Not yet confirmed for this edition: bike elevation gain, cut-off times, aid station spacing, water temperature history. We publish these only once they are on the official course page, so check there before you pace off anything here.
Maps © OpenStreetMap contributors. Routes from the official GPX.
Course details verified against the official IRONMAN 70.3 Italy Emilia-Romagna course page on 13 August 2026. Courses change; the official page is always the last word.
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Photograph of Cervia, Emilia-Romagna, Italy: Congrega del Passatore ASD, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Not official race photography.
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