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Upcoming race guides →Poznan is a split-transition 70.3 across two venues — you swim in Lake Kierskie and rack at the Arka Kiekrz football field (T1), then ride 90 km into the city to Enea Stadion, where T2, the finish and the whole race hub live. Three colour-coded bags, a day-before check-in split across both venues, and here's exactly what goes in each bag, when check-in closes, and how race morning runs.
On a split course you never return to where you started, so your kit goes into separate bags that wait for you along the course.
This is a true two-venue split — T1 sits by the lake in Kiekrz on the north-west edge of the city, and T2 is 90 km of riding later at Enea Stadion. Your blue bag waits at T1, your red bag at Enea Stadion, and the black bag is carried from the start to the finish for you.
IRONMAN's colour-to-bag scheme runs here too, so this part is settled: three bags handed to you at Registration — blue, red and black. Pack each for the discipline it powers, and remember the blue and red bags check in at different venues on Saturday.
Poznan runs a mandatory day-before check-in split across two venues — bike and blue bag at Arka Kiekrz, red bag at Enea Stadion, both 12:00–21:30 on Saturday, with the bike racked overnight. There's no race-morning check-in to fall back on.
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: get to Kiekrz (special trains from Poznań Główny at 07:15 and 08:13), the T1 zone and deposit run 07:30–09:00, drop the black bag, then the start off the Lake Kierskie beach — PROs at 09:30, the age-group rolling start (8 athletes every 10 seconds) from 09:45.
The blue bag is your bike / T1 bag — helmet, bike shoes, sunglasses, race belt and ride nutrition. It checks in with your bike at Arka Kiekrz on Saturday, and you pack your swim gear into it after T1.
Three, handed to you at Registration: blue for the bike, red for the run, black for morning clothes. The blue and red bags check in the day before; the black bag stays with you until race morning.
Two different venues on Saturday, both 12:00–21:30: the bike and blue bag at Arka Kiekrz (T1), the red bag at Enea Stadion (T2). One stop won't cover it — plan Saturday around both venues.
Yes — Saturday 12:00–21:30 at Arka Kiekrz, racked overnight. There is no race-morning bike check-in; on Sunday the T1 zone runs 07:30–09:00 only for final prep and the black-bag deposit.
Expect one — the organiser states 17–21 °C water in Lake Kierskie, inside the wetsuit-legal range. Below 16 °C wetsuits are mandatory; above 24.5 °C they're prohibited.
The 2026 guide counts them from your individual start: 1:10 for the swim, 5:30 through the end of the bike, 8:30 overall — your own start time sets your limits. Two fixed checkpoints on the bike course close at 14:48 (70 km) and 15:16 (80 km).
At Enea Stadion, beside T2 — a city away from the swim start. Your black bag is moved there for you; bike and bag check-out runs 16:00–20:30.
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