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IRONMAN Florida

Panama City Beach, USAFull distance7 November 2026

Photo: Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

25

days to race day

Checked against the organiser's own race page.

Florida race week and bags, in the app.

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IRONMAN Florida at a glance

Swim

3.8 km

Gulf of Mexico, Ocean, clockwise, 2 laps

Bike

180 km

Flat and fast, 1 lap

Run

42.2 km

Flat, 2 laps

Race week, the last three years

Sea

23°C

22°C to 25°C in race week

Air

25°C

17°C at night

Rain

38%

of race-week days

Wind

19

km/h gusts on a typical day

Date
7 November 2026
Where
Panama City Beach, USA
Distance
Full, 3.8 / 180 / 42.2 km
Official page
ironman.com/im-florida

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.

The course at Florida

Swim
The Gulf of Mexico off Panama City Beach, two loops around the Russell-Fields Pier.
Bike
One flat loop through the intracoastal waterways and Pine Log State Forest, with limited gradient throughout.
Run
Two flat coastal laps on road, finishing at Pier Park.

Course read from Unbroken's published course guide. Verify everything against the official athlete guide for your season.

What that changes in your bags

A salt-water swim is the one that ruins goggles and eats chain lube, and a flat course means you are in the aero position for hours without a climb to break it up. Both point at the same two things: spare goggles, and whatever you use to stop chafing where the bars hold you.

IRONMAN Florida race week guide

Race week in three parts, the same three the Taperly app uses. Times and deadlines come from the athlete guide.

  1. 31 October 2026 to 5 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.

  2. On site, by 6 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.

  3. 7 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 full race week checklist

Taperly plan with the prep phases and what is left

The same race week, planned day by day in the app.

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Packing list for Florida

What goes in each bag. The full list, to tick off bag by bag, is in the app.

IRONMAN Florida: questions

When is IRONMAN Florida?

IRONMAN Florida is on 7 November 2026, in Panama City Beach, USA. The date is checked against the organiser's own race page.

What is the water temperature at IRONMAN Florida?

The sea off Florida has been around 23°C in race week (22°C to 25°C over 2023, 2024, 2025). Whether wetsuits are allowed is decided on race morning from the measured water temperature.

What is the IRONMAN Florida course like?

Swim 3.8 km, Gulf of Mexico, Ocean, clockwise, 2 laps. Bike 180 km, Flat and fast, 1 lap. Run 42.2 km, Flat, 2 laps. Read from the organiser's course page.

What is the weather like at IRONMAN Florida?

In race week it has been 17°C at night and 25°C in the day, with rain on 38% of days and gusts around 19 km/h (2023, 2024, 2025).

What should I pack for IRONMAN 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 Florida, is free in the Taperly app.

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