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What to pack for IRONMAN 70.3 Northern California

IRONMAN 70.3 Northern California is a split-transition 70.3. Your kit splits across colour-coded bags that travel between transitions for you, and your bike goes in the night before. The structure below comes from the race calendar.

70.3Split transitionRedding, California, USSun 16 Aug 2026
how your bags travel

Each bag travels to where you'll need it.

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.

Blue / Bike bag
Drop at T1, the day before — racked with your bike overnight
Waits at T1 — on you out of the swim
Red / Run bag
Drop at T1 with the blue bag, the day before
Travels to T2 — you meet it after the bike
what to pack

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