IRONMAN 70.3 Turkiye 2026
The closing race of the European season. Warm Mediterranean water and coastal roads in November, long after British racing has stopped.
11 weeks to race day: a full block fits
This is the sweet spot. A complete 12-week recovery-led build fits inside the runway with room for a base phase in front. Anchor the block to race day and every week between now and then has a reason.
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.
Adapt my training to this course.
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 last realistic race of the European season and still warm in November. A good way to cash in a long summer of fitness before the off season.”
The race
The course
Two loops in clear Turkish Riviera water, split by an Australian exit. You run out onto the sand and straight back in, which spikes your heart rate halfway through the swim. Rehearse it, because the second loop is where people panic.
Two laps of a 35km loop plus a short section in and out, all on well maintained multi-lane roads towards the Expo 2016 area. Around 80m of climbing in total, and the only rises are bridges. This is as close to a time trial as the distance gets.
IRONMAN publishes no route file for this leg, so there is no course map to draw from.
Three laps through The Land of Legends, starting into the shopping mall section and following the Venetian Channel past the finish line each lap. Passing the line three times before you are allowed to take it is its own kind of test.
Not yet confirmed for this edition: 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 Turkiye course page on 13 August 2026. Courses change; the official page is always the last word.
Questions, answered
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Read before you race
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How Much Harder Is a Full IRONMAN Than a 70.3?
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Photograph of Turkiye: HALUK COMERTEL, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Not official race photography.
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