IRONMAN 70.3 Maine is a single-transition 70.3 you seed yourself at Augusta — North-American format, so there are no blue/red bags. You rack your own bike and kit at the Kennebec Valley YMCA fields, your bike goes in the day before and stays overnight, and you bring your own gear bag on race morning. Here's how to group your kit by leg, when check-in closes, and how race morning runs.
Swim, bike and run all turn through one transition at the Kennebec Valley YMCA athletic fields off Union Street — you come back to the same rack between disciplines, and the run finishes back at the YMCA fields. There are no coloured bags to pack: you lay your kit out at your own rack space.
There's no IRONMAN colour-to-bag scheme here — it's a North-American self-transition. Think in legs, not bags: group your kit for the bike and the run, and the one provided bag is a white morning-clothes bag that's moved to the finish.
Maine runs a mandatory day-before bike check-in at the Kennebec Valley YMCA fields with the bike racked overnight — bikes are not allowed into transition on race morning, so there's no race-morning check-in to fall back on. You collect your timing chip and your Morning Clothes Bag at Athlete Check-In, not at the rack.
The 2026 official guide is in. The times below are now confirmed for this edition — a few moved from last year.
The order is what matters: transition opens at 04:15 and closes at 05:45, you bring your own gear bag in and lay out your kit, then the age-group rolling start at 06:00. Bikes stay racked from the day before until the bike leg.
No. Maine is a North-American self-transition 70.3, so there's no blue / red bag system — the only blue and red at this race are the penalty cards. You set up your own rack space and lay out your kit yourself, grouped by leg.
Yes. You bring your own gear bag on race morning for your bike and run kit. You also receive a white Morning Clothes Bag at Athlete Check-In for the dry clothes you arrive in — that one is moved to the finish. Leave valuables with a supporter; nothing else is transported.
Yes. Bike check-in is mandatory and day-before, on Saturday, and your bike is racked overnight. Bikes are not permitted into transition on race morning, so there is no race-morning bike check-in.
The mandatory bike check-in closes Saturday at 16:30, the day before the race. This is confirmed from the 2026 athlete guide, not last year's provisional time. Have your bike racked and your rack space sorted before then.
You have 8 hours 30 minutes overall, with the course closing at 14:30. The swim closes at 07:10 (1:10 after the final athlete starts) and the bike at 11:30 (5:30 after), with an intermediate bike cut-off at Bike Aid Station 2 at 11:00.
It's a wetsuit-optional swim depending on water temperature. Wetsuits may be worn up to and including 24.5 °C / 76.1 °F; above that they're optional and athletes who wear one aren't eligible for age-group awards or World Championship slots. Check the race-morning call before you zip up.
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