IRONMAN 70.3 PuconVerified
IRONMAN 70.3 Pucon: 92 km bike leg, 409 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
One 90 km loop: from Parque Cerrado along Colo Colo street, onto the CH-199 international highway toward Curarrehue, then a U-turn back to Pucón. About 400 m of elevation gain, mostly gentle rollers. Mid-January is high summer in southern Chile; the lake region has a big swing between morning and evening temperatures, and the wind picks up in the afternoon.
Source: Adapted from the official course description (the course page on ironman.com)
The terrain on this course
- Flat (±1.2%) makes up 70%
- Main climb 6.5–7.7 km: 30 m of gain (avg 2.6%)
- Main climb 8.0–11.5 km: 93 m of gain (avg 2.7%)
Speed score
There is a climb longer than 2 km out there: go in at an intensity you can hold to the top, and only add past halfway if you feel good. Riders who go hard from the bottom mostly bleed speed in the back half.
Historical race-day weather (around 01-10): 13.2°C · Wind 1.5 m/s
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”.