Preparation Day

The Ironman UK Preparation Days 2013
Saturday 22nd and Sunday 23rd June

The objective of these days is to help you prepare mentally for the challenge by becoming familiar with the bike course, practice pacing your IM run, and review the swim course and transition areas with expert coaches.

In addition, you will hear from world class coaches like Richard Jones and Dan Salcedo on how to get the most benefit from your training time from the time of the Prep Day through to race day.  You will learn how to race smart on the day and develop your nutrition and mental strategies.  For experienced athletes, these days are opportunities to learn from experts how to race to the best of your ability on the day – for first time Ironmen these days will help you have the very best experience  and finish your race wanting to do it again next year!

Ironman staff will be on hand to answer race specific and logistical questions.  Our aim is that you leave the day having had all your questions answered and have a better understanding your challenge.   Familiarisation leads to an increase in confidence and confidence leads to better performance!

This is what an athlete told us last year after his event:

"Attending the familiarisation camp was the best thing I could have done on the run up to the day. Please don't change this format it really worked for me."

The day will start at 8 am.  Please BE ALREADY CHANGED INTO YOUR CYCLING KIT so that we can be ready to ride at 8.45 am.  Over the day you will:

• be guided around one lap of the bike course by thetrilife.com coaches (you will visit T2 as part of this ride)
• practice and review your Ironman pacing with a coached run off the bike
• review the swim course with coaches  (Please note that we are working to arrange an open water session in Pennington Flash!)
• walk through the T1 location and process
• attend a presentation on how to get the very best out of the final weeks of training and discuss nutrition and mental strategies

If you would like to book a place on a Preparation Day please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with the day you would like to join.  The day costs £85.00 + the 5% Active Card Fee.

You will then receive a confirmation email.

Camps are non refundable and non transferable from person to person or camp to camp.