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Cartagena race week and bags, in the app.
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IRONMAN 70.3 Cartagena
Cartagena, ColombiaHalf distance29 November 2026
IRONMAN 70.3 Cartagena at a glance
Swim
1.9 km
Bahía de las Ánimas, Ocean
Bike
90 km
Mostly flat
Run
21 km
Flat, 2 laps
Race week, the last three years
Air
30°C
25°C at night
Rain
57%
of race-week days
Wind
17
km/h gusts on a typical day
- Date
- 29 November 2026
- Where
- Cartagena, Colombia
- Distance
- Half, 1.9 / 90 / 21.1 km
- Official page
- ironman.com/im703-cartagena
Course from the organiser's course page. Weather: the seven days around the race date in 2023, 2024, 2025, averaged (Open-Meteo, ERA5). Sea is the sea off the town, not a reading of the swim. The water temperature that counts is the one officials measure on race morning.
IRONMAN 70.3 Cartagena race week guide
Race week in three parts, the same three the Taperly app uses. Times and deadlines come from the athlete guide.
22 November 2026 to 27 November 2026
Race week
Everything that still has time to go wrong, while there is still time to fix it. Nothing you train this week makes you faster on the day, but plenty of it can make you slower.
Must do: Read the athlete guide properly, Check your race entry and category are right, Final equipment check: tyres, brakes, gears, cleats, Arrange care for kids or pets.
On site, by 28 November 2026
At the race
A long day of small errands in a town you do not know, and then an early night. Do them in an order you decided in advance.
Must do: Athlete check-in, Timing chip somewhere you cannot leave without it.
29 November 2026
Race day
If the week went well, this is only a list of things to pick up and put down. It ends when the horn goes, because from there nobody is holding a phone.
Must do: Timing chip on, Race number, Bike on your own rack number.
The same race week, planned day by day in the app.
Packing list for Cartagena
What goes in each bag. The full list, to tick off bag by bag, is in the app.
What you'll wear · 14
Trisuit, Timing chip, Goggles, Spare goggles
Morning clothes bag · 22
Race documents and photo ID
Bike gear bag (T1) · 24
Helmet, Race number belt, Race number, Number stickers on bike and helmet
Run gear bag (T2) · 7
Running shoes
Not in a bag · 20
Bike box, bike bag or a booked rack, The tools that take the bike apart, Phone charger, Race kit in the cabin, never the hold
IRONMAN 70.3 Cartagena: questions
When is IRONMAN 70.3 Cartagena?
IRONMAN 70.3 Cartagena is on 29 November 2026, in Cartagena, Colombia. The date is checked against the organiser's own race page.
What is the IRONMAN 70.3 Cartagena course like?
Swim 1.9 km, Bahía de las Ánimas, Ocean. Bike 90 km, Mostly flat. Run 21 km, Flat, 2 laps. Read from the organiser's course page.
What is the weather like at IRONMAN 70.3 Cartagena?
In race week it has been 25°C at night and 30°C in the day, with rain on 57% of days and gusts around 17 km/h (2023, 2024, 2025).
What should I pack for IRONMAN 70.3 Cartagena?
Everything sorted by the bag it goes in: what you wear, the morning bag, the bike bag and the run bag. The full list, with what changes for Cartagena, is free in the Taperly app.
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