Build your IRONMAN Texas plan
Your coach opens with the IRONMAN Texas set for April 24, 2027, 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 24 weeks to go.
Start your IRONMAN Texas plan- Formats
- 140.6
- Terrain
- Flat
- Taper starts
- April 6, 2027
IRONMAN Texas distances
- 140.6 2.4 mi swim, 112 mi bike, 26.2 mi run
Course
The IRONMAN Texas course
The 2.4-mile swim is point-to-point, starting at North Shore Park in Lake Woodlands and finishing through a spectator-lined canal at Town Green Park. The 112-mile bike leaves The Woodlands for two loops on the Hardy Toll Road, mostly closed to traffic, flat and exposed to wind.
Read the full course notes
The 26.2-mile run is three laps around Lake Woodlands, passing Hippie Hollow, and finishes on Waterway Ave. The event is the IRONMAN North American Championship.
- Terrain
- Flat
- Formats
- 140.6
- Race-day conditions
- The course page says the lake averages 74 °F, so athletes should be prepared to swim with or without a wetsuit. The bike course is entirely exposed and often windy.
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.
The flat, windy bike rewards long steady efforts in the aero position, and heat training helps for the three-lap run.
Sample week
A sample IRONMAN Texas 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
Your build to race day
Taper
Tapering for the IRONMAN Texas
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 April 24, 2027, your taper starts around April 6, 2027.
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Build me a full-distance (140.6) triathlon season for the IRONMAN Texas on April 24, 2027. I train about [hours] hours a week, [days] days a week.
IRONMAN Texas training questions
How long should I train for the IRONMAN Texas?
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 Texas course like?
Flat. The 2.4-mile swim is point-to-point, starting at North Shore Park in Lake Woodlands and finishing through a spectator-lined canal at Town Green Park.
How cold is the water at the IRONMAN Texas?
The course page says the lake averages 74 °F, so athletes should be prepared to swim with or without a wetsuit. The bike course is entirely exposed and often windy.
When should I start tapering for the IRONMAN Texas?
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 April 24, 2027, your taper starts around April 6, 2027.
Do I need an account to get a IRONMAN Texas 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.