IRONMAN 70.3 San SalvadorVerified
IRONMAN 70.3 San Salvador: 90 km bike leg, 1175 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
90 km with about 1,570 m of elevation gain and a high point of 870 m, one of the hardest 70.3 courses in the library: long climbs plus rolling volcanic terrain. Early February is El Salvador's dry season, but the low ground is hot. The plan keeps the long climbs at a level you can sustain to the finish and makes the time back on the flats.
Source: Compiled from the official route and public race information
The terrain on this course
- Flat (±1.2%) makes up 29%
- Main climb 0.7–3.6 km: 186 m of gain (avg 6.4%)
- Main climb 19.6–21.6 km: 82 m of gain (avg 3.9%)
- Main climb 51.8–54.0 km: 83 m of gain (avg 3.9%)
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 02-07): 23.7°C · Wind 3.0 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”.