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Haines City race week and bags, in the app.
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IRONMAN 70.3 Florida
Haines City, USAHalf distance13 December 2026
IRONMAN 70.3 Florida at a glance
Swim
1.9 km
Bike
90 km
Run
21.1 km
Race week, the last three years
Air
23°C
13°C at night
Rain
19%
of race-week days
Wind
22
km/h gusts on a typical day
- Date
- 13 December 2026
- Where
- Haines City, USA
- Distance
- Half, 1.9 / 90 / 21.1 km
- Official page
- ironman.com/races/im703-florida
Standard distances; the organiser's own course page has the laps and the map. 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 Florida race week guide
Race week in three parts, the same three the Taperly app uses. Times and deadlines come from the athlete guide.
6 December 2026 to 11 December 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 12 December 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.
13 December 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 Haines City
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 Florida: questions
When is IRONMAN 70.3 Florida?
IRONMAN 70.3 Florida is on 13 December 2026, in Haines City, USA. The date is checked against the organiser's own race page.
What is the IRONMAN 70.3 Florida course like?
Swim 1.9 km. Bike 90 km. Run 21.1 km. The organiser's course page has the laps and the map.
What is the weather like at IRONMAN 70.3 Florida?
In race week it has been 13°C at night and 23°C in the day, with rain on 19% of days and gusts around 22 km/h (2023, 2024, 2025).
What should I pack for IRONMAN 70.3 Florida?
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 Haines City, is free in the Taperly app.
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