The swim start and T1 and T2 will both be located at Pennington Flash. When you arrive on Race Day, you will need to park in  the designated IRONMAN UK Car Park and then walk the 350 meters to Transition for the start. There will be no parking at Pennington Flash.

IRONMAN UK will be offering full parking facilities for athletes and spectators at the swim start. There will be signs to and from the car park and these signs must be adhered to. IRONMAN UK is now hosted in a more urban area and as such are conscious that parking does not negatively impact on the general population. Please ensure that your cars are leaglly park in the designated areas. Please make your spectators aware of this.  Full details wil be avaialble on the IRONMAN UK website and in the race week schedule over the coming months.

Transition will open early on Race Day. Please refer to Race Week Schedule for full timings. Click HERE for Race Week Schedule.  

Body Marking

When you arrive at Transition you will need to be Body Marked. The IRONMAN UK Race Crew will write your race number on your upper arm, your side thigh/calf, and your WTC age category on your rear calf. You will need to free of any clothing and free of any creams, lotions, oils or sun creams. This will help facilitate our Race Crew with this task.   

Pre-Race Preparations

Once you have been Body Marked you will be allowed access into the transition area. You will have full access to your bike. You will not be allowed access to your blue bike transition bag or your red run transition bag. There will be NO exceptions to this ruling. This is to ensure full security of all transition bags and to ensure that your bags remain exactly where you racked them yourself the day before!   

You will need to put your wetsuit on and then pack your clothes into your white transition bag. This bag will need to be deposited by you at the White Bag Drop Zone in transition on race morning.   

Swim Start

At approx 5.30am all competitors will be walked out of transition and along the concrete path down to the lake. Competitors will be held on the concrete slipway at the waters edge. Competitors will be asked to enter the water. Competitors enter the water at your own discretion. Please allow yourself sufficient time to enter the water, swim the short distance to the deep water start line. 

The starting gun will go off at 6am!   The competitors will be organised with the Pros at the front. A single line of canoes will separate the pros by a few metres from the age groupers. Prior to the gun going the line of canoes will part. Competitors are asked to hold their places and not move forward.   You will be under the Chief Referees orders. The next thing you will hear will be the starting gun/horn.   

Full water safety boats will be on the water - alongside 30 lifeguard canoeists. They will be on hand for your full safety and to ensure you do not head off course too much!   

Swim-to-Bike Transition

Once you have completed the swim section you will exit the water across the swim exit timing mat. This will register your swim time. Your will follow the barriered chute that leads you into the blue bike bag transition marquee.   

You will collect your own blue bike transition bag from the numbered hook that you hung your bag on the previous day. You will proceed into the changing area to take your wetsuit off and change into your bike gear. You will use your blue bike transition bag to put your wetsuit, goggles, swim hat etc in. Volunteers are on hand to help you.   

No nudity is allowed in the transition or main change areas. There will be separate male and female changing areas available, which will be screened off from the main transition area, so that you can fully undress should you wish.  Once changed you will deposit your blue bike transition bag with the IRONMAN UK Race Crew. They will re-hang your bag on your numbered hook.   

You will then proceed into the transition area, collect your bike and wheel it out of transition to the mount line. DO NOT mount your bike in transition. DO NOT mount your bike until the mount line. Time penalties will be awarded for such actions.   

You will then proceed onto the IRONMAN UK bike course.   

Bike-To-Run Transition   

Once you have completed the bike course you will return back to the transition area at the Pennington Flash. Upon approaching the dis-mount line you will be cautioned to slow down appropriately. You must dis-mount at this dis-mount line. You must not cycle in transition. You will follow the barriered chute and will run along the top of transition. The IRONMAN UK Race Crew will be waiting to take your bike from you. Pease proceed to the top of your numbered row and leave you bike with the volunteers. You can now remove/undo your helmet if you wish. The IRONMAN UK Race Crew will rack you bike for you.   

You will then proceed into the red run transition bag marquee. You will collect your red run transition bag from the numbered hook that you hung your bag on the previous day. You will proceed into the changing area to change for your run section. You will use your red run transition bag to put your bike gear in. Volunteers are on hand to help you.   

No nudity is allowed in the transition or main change areas. There will be separate male and female changing areas available, which will be screened off from the main transition area, so that you can fully undress should you wish. Once changed you will deposit your red run transition bag with the IRONMAN UK Race Crew. They will re-hang your bag on your numbered hook.   

You will then proceed onto the IRONMAN UK run course.     

Finish Line and Post-Race Procedure   

Once you have crossed the IRONMAN UK Finish Line you will be attended to by the IRONMAN UK Finish Line Catchers. They will remove your timing chip from your ankle and walk and talk you through the Finish Area. You will then collect your IRONMAN UK Finishers shirt and your IRONMAN UK Finishers medal.   

Full medical assistance will be available at the Finish Line should you require it. 

Your white transition bag will also be available for your collection. It is strongly recommended that you change into warm dry clothing as soon as possible. Please ensure you pack something suitable in your white transition bag, as it may be cold and dark when you finish.    

Once you have finished in this area there will be shuttles buses provided by IRONMAN UK to take you back to the Leigh Sports Village for you to collect your bike and bags. Full security will be in place to ensure your race number and athletes security wrist band match those numbers on your bike and bags. Please ensure you do not remove any numbering from yourself or your equipment prior to removing them from transition. This will ensure our IRONMAN UK Race Crew are able to ensure full security at all times. Please refer to the Race Week Schedule for full timings of transition and the collection of bikes and bags.