Bike Course

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BIKE COURSE

The Ironman UK Bike course starts with a 14 mile point to point cycle from Pennington Flash in Leigh. The course travels via Westhoughton and Horwich before joining a three lap circuit which starts from Adlington in Lancashire. Travelling anti-clockwise on the loops and taking in 5249 ft of climbing the course visits Rivington, Belmont, Abbey Village, Wheelton, Buckshaw Village, Eccleston and Charnock Richard before rejoining Adlington at the start of the lap. After the third lap athletes turn right off the circuit at Rivington and reach T2 at Rivington and Blackrod High School.

BIKE COURSE MAP

For the IRONMAN UK Bike Course -just click HERE. On this interactive map you can drag your cursor along the elevation graph to view the direction of the course and mile markers.

 PDF Version

FEED STATIONS

Bike Course Feed Stations: There will be 2 Feed Stations on the bike course located at New Road (Rivington) and Buckshaw Village. There will be an empty bottle drop off before each station, please dispose of your empties into the large bins. The Feed Stations will provide athletes with:

PowerBar Isoactive Isotonic Sports Drink - Lemon
Water
Bananas (cut in half)
PowerBar Energize Bars - Cookies & Cream or Berry Blast Flavours (cut in half)

The drink will be handed out in 700ml sports bottles and the PowerBars will be handed out cut in half (in the wrapper).

Nutrition Guides

Many athletes have asked for more informaiton on nutrition, so we have prepared two guides, which give information on nutrition while racing:

Concise Guide

Full Guide

PRINTABLE FEED STATION READY RECKONER

Check out this handy printable PDF of all the nutrition on the IRONMAN UK feed stations including distance to the different locations. Just click here or on the image below for the printable version.

PERSONAL NEEDS

At IMUK Bolton a van will collect Bike Only personal needs bags at the T1 bike mount point up until 5am. These bags will be transported to the New Road Rivington feed station where a zone after the feed station will be set up for athletes to pick up their bags. Personal needs bags must be provided by the athlete and be identifiable by the athlete name and race number. No further transport will be provided for the bike special needs bags and no security can be provided. Bags remaining at the end of the race will be disposed of.