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IRONMAN Lake Placid

Lake Placid, USAFull distance25 July 2027

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

285

days to race day

Checked against the organiser's own race page.

Lake Placid race week and bags, in the app.

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IRONMAN Lake Placid at a glance

Swim

3.8 km

Bike

180 km

Run

42.2 km

Race week, the last three years

Air

25°C

15°C at night

Rain

52%

of race-week days

Wind

15

km/h gusts on a typical day

Date
25 July 2027
Where
Lake Placid, USA
Distance
Full, 3.8 / 180 / 42.2 km
Official page
ironman.com/races/im-lake-placid

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 Lake Placid

Swim
Mirror Lake, fresh water, two loops.
Bike
Two loops through the Adirondacks with sustained climbing and descending. Elevation for this edition is not yet published.
Run
Two hilly loops through Lake Placid, finishing on the Olympic speed skating oval.

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

What that changes in your bags

Sustained descending in the Adirondacks is the argument for a wind layer in the blue bag rather than in the hotel room. Two loops on both bike and run also means you pass your own special needs twice, which changes what is worth carrying from the start.

IRONMAN Lake Placid race week guide

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

  1. 18 July 2027 to 23 July 2027

    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 24 July 2027

    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. 25 July 2027

    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 Lake Placid

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

IRONMAN Lake Placid: questions

When is IRONMAN Lake Placid?

IRONMAN Lake Placid is on 25 July 2027, in Lake Placid, USA. The date is checked against the organiser's own race page.

What is the IRONMAN Lake Placid course like?

Swim 3.8 km. Bike 180 km. Run 42.2 km. Read from the organiser's course page.

What is the weather like at IRONMAN Lake Placid?

In race week it has been 15°C at night and 25°C in the day, with rain on 52% of days and gusts around 15 km/h (2023, 2024, 2025).

What should I pack for IRONMAN Lake Placid?

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 Lake Placid, is free in the Taperly app.

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