Boise is a point-to-point split 70.3 — you start at a reservoir and finish downtown, so you don't pack one bag, you pack three colour-coded ones that carry your kit between the two, and your bike goes in the night before. Here's exactly what goes in each, when check-in closes, and how race morning runs.
On a split course you never return to where you started, so your kit is split across colour-coded bags that get moved for you while you race.
Swim and bike start at Barclay Bay on Lucky Peak Reservoir. The bike comes back to a second transition downtown, and the run finishes in Julia Davis Park — you never return to where you started. That's why your kit is split across three gear bags that get moved for you while you race.
The 2026 athlete guide lists three gear bags — a white morning clothes bag, a blue bike gear bag, and a red run gear bag. Pack each for the discipline it powers and label nothing else.
Boise runs a mandatory day-before bike check-in with the bike racked overnight at Lucky Peak — there's no race-morning bike check-in to fall back on. Check-in closes Friday at 16:30, confirmed from the 2026 athlete guide.
The 2026 official guide is in. The times below are now confirmed for this edition — a few moved from last year.
T2 opens 03:30 and T1 opens 04:00; T2 closes 06:00, T1 closes 06:30, and the race starts 06:30 — confirmed from the 2026 athlete guide. Transition opens early, the morning clothes bag goes in, T1 closes, then the swim start. The order is what matters.
The blue bike gear bag is your bike / T1 bag — helmet, bike shoes, sunglasses, race belt and ride nutrition. It's racked with your bike at Barclay Bay on Lucky Peak the day before.
Yes. Bike check-in is mandatory and day-before, with the bike racked overnight at Lucky Peak. Check-in closes Friday at 16:30 (confirmed from the 2026 athlete guide), and there's no race-morning bike check-in, so don't plan to bring it on the day.
Only your white morning clothes bag is handled on the day. Blue and red are dropped the day before and moved to their transitions for you — everything for the bike and run has to be right before check-in closes at 16:30 on Friday.
Bike check-in closes Friday at 16:30, the day before Saturday's race. That's confirmed from the 2026 athlete guide, and with the bike racked overnight there's no later window — plan to be done well before it.
Boise is a point-to-point split transition: swim and bike start at Lucky Peak Reservoir, and the run finishes downtown in Julia Davis Park. The three colour-coded gear bags carry your kit between those points so you don't have to.
It's wetsuit-optional depending on water temperature, with wetsuits allowed up to and including 24.5 °C / 76.1 °F. Lucky Peak reservoir water can run cool, so bring one and check the race-morning call before deciding.
Add Boise and RackSide turns this into a personal, deadline-aware plan — your wave time, a packing checklist you tick off, and a nudge the moment the 2026 guide drops so your times stop being provisional.