Build your IRONMAN Florida plan
Your coach opens with the IRONMAN Florida set for November 7, 2026, asks about your week and your fitness, then writes every session of your full-distance (140.6) triathlon plan. Free, and you can start as a guest. About 0 weeks to go.
Start your IRONMAN Florida plan- Formats
- 140.6
- Terrain
- Flat
- Taper starts
- October 20, 2026
IRONMAN Florida distances
- 140.6 2.4 mi swim, 112 mi bike, 26.2 mi run
Course
The IRONMAN Florida course
The 2.4-mile swim is two laps in the Gulf around the Russell-Fields Pier with a short beach run between laps. The 112-mile bike is one lap through Pine Log State Forest, described as flat and fast with some rolling hills.
Read the full course notes
The 26.2-mile run is two laps along the coast on Front Beach Road, one of the flattest run courses on the IRONMAN circuit, finishing at Pier Park.
- Terrain
- Flat
- Formats
- 140.6
- Race-day conditions
- The course page says water temperatures are typically in the low 70s F (low 20s C), making it wetsuit legal, and warns of possible strong currents and riptides.
What to train for
Build aerobic endurance across all three sports and practice race-day fueling in long bricks, since nutrition often decides the second half of the marathon.
Rehearse pacing so the bike effort leaves enough in reserve for a steady run.
Practice open-water swimming in chop and long aero-position rides, since the flat bike offers little natural rest.
Sample week
A sample IRONMAN Florida training week
A week from the middle of the build, about six weeks out. Your plan sets the real distances and paces from your own fitness and adjusts them every week as you train.
- Monday
- Swim, 1 h 15 min: drills and technique
- Tuesday Key session
- Bike, 1 h 30 min with threshold intervals
- Wednesday
- Swim, 1 h 15 min: steady intervals at race effort
- Easy run, 1 h
- Thursday Key session
- Run, 1 h with tempo segments
- Friday
- Rest, or 20 minutes of mobility
- Saturday Key session
- Long ride, 5 h, then a 45 min run off the bike
- Sunday
- Long run, 2 h 15 min easy
Taper
Tapering for the IRONMAN Florida
Start the taper two to three weeks before race day. Trim the volume in all three sports, keep short race-pace efforts in each, and do one last short brick so running off the bike still feels familiar. The course is flat, so pacing decides the day: rehearse your goal pace in short segments during race week. With the race on November 7, 2026, your taper starts around October 20, 2026.
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Build me a full-distance (140.6) triathlon season for the IRONMAN Florida on November 7, 2026. I train about [hours] hours a week, [days] days a week.
IRONMAN Florida training questions
How long should I train for the IRONMAN Florida?
Most athletes give a full-distance (140.6) triathlon twenty-four to thirty weeks of focused training on top of an existing base. The coach counts back from your actual race date, so if you have less time than that it builds the best plan the remaining weeks allow rather than pretending you have longer.
What is the IRONMAN Florida course like?
Flat. The 2.4-mile swim is two laps in the Gulf around the Russell-Fields Pier with a short beach run between laps.
How cold is the water at the IRONMAN Florida?
The course page says water temperatures are typically in the low 70s F (low 20s C), making it wetsuit legal, and warns of possible strong currents and riptides.
When should I start tapering for the IRONMAN Florida?
Start the taper two to three weeks before race day. Trim the volume in all three sports, keep short race-pace efforts in each, and do one last short brick so running off the bike still feels familiar. The course is flat, so pacing decides the day: rehearse your goal pace in short segments during race week. With the race on November 7, 2026, your taper starts around October 20, 2026.
Do I need an account to get a IRONMAN Florida training plan?
Start as a guest and save a free account later. Your coach writes your full-distance (140.6) triathlon plan and adapts it every week as you log your training. No card.