IRONMAN 70.3 Amdavad · IndiaVerified
IRONMAN 70.3 Amdavad · India: 90 km bike leg, 106 m of climbing. Elevation profile, what the terrain asks of you, the weather this race day usually brings, and how to pace this course.
Course intel
Three roughly 30 km loops through Amdavad's city streets on wide, smooth roads, with only about 106 m of climbing in total. It is nearly all flat, with a few gentle rises and descents. February is the local dry season and the days run warm. On a course like this, aerodynamics decide the result: stay tucked on the aerobars, hold your target power, and avoid surging out of the turns on each lap.
Source: Adapted from the official course description (the course page on ironman.com)
The terrain on this course
- Flat (±1.2%) makes up 95%
- No significant climbing: what matters is handling the wind and holding your power steady
Speed score
On a flat course the cheapest speed is in your position: holding low longer is worth more than 10 extra watts. Pick one number and ride it to the line; that is the fastest way around here.
0 to 100, and the higher it is the easier it is to post a good time. Points come off for terrain, for corners, and for the heat and wind this race has actually had over the last five years at the same time of year. Full explanation in the article “How the course score works”.
Further reading
- IRONMAN and 70.3 bike power: how many watts should you ride? Setting your IF and pacing the climbs
- What is CdA? Why your drag area decides most of your bike leg
- What is a good CdA? The real spread across 8 triathletes and 71 ride files
- How accurately does AeroPacer calculate your bike split? Replaying 64 real power files