Race day for this edition — 5 July 2026 — has passed. The guide stays up for reference.
Upcoming race guides →IRONMAN 70.3 Muskoka is a single-transition 70.3 in Ontario's lake country — and a North-American self-seeded transition, so there's no colour-coded bag system. You rack your own spot the day before, bring your bike kit to it on race morning, and one provided Morning Clothes Bag carries dry kit from the swim start to the finish.
Swim, bike and run all turn through one transition at the Canada Summit Centre — you come back to the same rack you set up yourself. The swim starts a short way off at Camp Kitchen Beach and the run finishes back at the Jack Bionda Arena.
North-American 70.3s don't run IRONMAN's colour-coded bag scheme. You set up your own transition, so this is less "what goes in each bag" and more what to lay out at your rack — grouped here by leg, plus the one provided Morning Clothes Bag.
Muskoka runs a mandatory day-before bike check-in at the Canada Summit Centre — you rack your own bike by age group on the Saturday and it stays overnight. There's no race-morning bike check-in, and Athlete Check-In does not open on race day, so everything that gets you to the start line happens the day before.
The 2026 official guide is in. The times below are now confirmed for this edition — a few moved from last year.
The morning runs in one direction: transition opens early at the Summit Centre, the Morning Clothes Bag drops at Camp Kitchen Beach, then the rolling swim start. Athlete Check-In is already closed, so there's nothing to collect — rack, drop, line up.
No. It's a North-American self-transition 70.3 — there's no blue/red bag system. You set up your own spot on the age-group rack and lay your bike and run kit out yourself. The only bag is a provided Morning Clothes Bag for dry kit.
Bike check-in is mandatory and the day before — Saturday, closing 17:00, racked overnight. There's no race-morning bike check-in, so don't plan to bring your bike on the day.
Yes. The bike is racked overnight, but you can carry your helmet and cycling shoes into transition on race morning and lay them at your spot.
It's the one provided bag — dry, post-race kit and a throwaway warm layer. You drop it at the swim start at Camp Kitchen Beach before the gun, and it's waiting for you at the finish.
Generous, and measured from your own rolling start: the swim closes 1:10 after the final athlete starts, the bike 5:30 after, and the overall course 8:30 after the final start.
One. Swim, bike and run all turn through a single transition at the Canada Summit Centre main lot; the swim starts a short way off at Camp Kitchen Beach and the run finishes back at the Jack Bionda Arena.
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