IRONMAN 70.3 Weymouth 2026
The UK's IRONMAN 70.3 by the sea. A beach-start swim in Weymouth Bay, a rolling bike through the Dorset countryside, and a flat seafront run to the M-dot arch.
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 branded 70.3 experience without leaving the country. Respect the sea swim: practise open water before September, not in it.”
The race
The course
One clockwise triangle straight out from Weymouth beach, two right turns and back to transition. Simple to sight and simple to pace, which is exactly what you want in September sea water.
One anticlockwise loop through rolling Dorset countryside north to King's Stag, then back via Godmanstone and Dorchester. Constantly undulating rather than steep, and that is what quietly empties your legs before the run.
Two laps around Lodmoor Country Park, out to the Overcombe roundabout, back through the RSPB reserve and past transition before Greenhill Avenue. Greenhill is the hill everyone remembers, and you meet it twice.
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 Weymouth course page on 13 August 2026. Courses change; the official page is always the last word.
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Photograph of Weymouth, Dorset: Jpbowen, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Not official race photography.
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