2026 Half & Full UK Ironman events

yes I’ve never dun this. excuse being its non-continuous, and I think it requires crew (which is a PITA)

Here’s an Updated list, with provisional UMUK 2027 note added:

2026 UK Middle-distance / Half & Full UK Ironman Events

All dates are a Sunday unless noted, and are confirmed.
There are some ?likely? dates which are just 2025 events listed on the same weekend, but are still obviously tbc….

Please anyone copy/edit/update as they are announced.

May 9 (Sat)

  • ROC Wales £262 1.5km SEA SWIM, 49.5km ROAD BIKE, 12km Snowdon MOUNTAIN RUN, 49.5km ROAD BIKE, 1km TRAIL RUN

May 16 (Sat)

  • ATW Big East middle-ish with 1.5k sw1m, noon tidal start!

May 16-17

May 17

May 24

May 30 (Sat)

  • Marazion Triathlon - The Kernowman - Half IM

June 6-7

  • Blenheim Weekend Warrior (June 6th & 7th)

June 7

  • IM Bolton 70.3

  • ATW Grafman Half

  • Cotswold 113

  • Chester Deva T100

June 13 (Sat)

  • Celtman FULL Iron
  • Titan Brecon Middle Distance

June 14

June 20 (Sat)

June 21

  • Lakesman Half

  • Cholmondley (‘Chumley’) Castle Gauntlet Half

  • Cardiff Middle ?likely date tbc?

June 28

  • Northumbrian FULL Iron + half (British middle distance championships)

  • Ullswater Epicman half

  • (IM France, FYI)

July 5

  • Outlaw Holkham Half

July 12

  • IM Swansea 70.3
  • Cotswold Classic half
  • Eastbourne Middle - date confirmed www.eastbournetriathlon.co.uk/
  • Marlow Half-2? (July) A second ‘The One On The River’ ? date tbc? (last yr was 13th July 2025)

July 19

  • Belvoir Castle Gauntlet

  • Marlow Half (2)

  • On The Edge (Warwicks.) Middle

July 26

  • Outlaw FULL iron + new ‘Middle’ on same day

  • T100 London (25th & 26th)

  • IM Leeds FULL Iron ?likely date tbc?

  • GV70 Port Talbot Half

Aug 1 (Sat)

  • Cleveland Steelman half (stupidly cheap! at £60 and 10am start!)

Aug 2

  • Cowman half

Aug 8 (Sat)

  • ATW First-To-Full Festival: Odyssey FULL Iron + Half (+shorter distances), St.Neots

Aug 16

Aug 22 (Sat)

Aug 23

  • GeordieMan - FULL Iron + Half

Aug 30

early Sept 2027 to note for following year, tba/tbc, 3 day stages

  • UMUK (UltraMan UK), usually at Bala, N.Wales/Snowdonia. Day 1 usually a 10 km sw1m, followed by a 70-90 ish mile bike? Day 2 rest of the bike to make it a total 261 mile ish distance. Day 3 Double marathon 52 miles. The sooner you finish each day, the more neutralised/sleep time you get, like a 3-Day stage race.

Sep 5 (Sat)

  • ROC England 1.5km LAKE SWIM, 46.5km ROAD BIKE, 18km Scafell MOUNTAIN RUN, 45.5km ROAD BIKE, 1km TRAIL RUN

Sep 6

Sep 13

  • IM Wales FULL Iron

  • Vitruvian - date confirmed www.thevitruviantriathlon.com/

  • Sundowner Half, Allerthorpe nr York ?likely date tbc? www.uprevail.events/calendars/sport-events

Sep 19 (Sat)

  • Brutal DOUBLE, TRIPLE & SINGLE FULL extreme iron + half

Sep 20

  • IM Weymouth 70.3

  • Henley Half ‘The One on the River’ - ?likely date tbc?

Sep 27

  • Sandman Half
  • Castles Hever Gauntlet half

Oct 3 (Sat)

  • ROC Scotland Ben Nevis ‘run’ yomp, Offroad bike - hardtail maybe gravel bike if lucky

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SOME RACES THAT ARE NO LONGER RUN: If your looking for something missing?…

UK Ultimate IM & Half - Ellesmere Shropshire - Ended 2025 (but is now T150:T100:T50 style)

Eastbourne ‘Tribourne’ full IM - Ended 2025. Just a half now, on closed roads! see July 12th above.

MidnightMan IM - Dartford - Ended 2024. John Setford is still daft enough to put shorter Olympic & Sprint etc events on tho. https://www.bridgetriathlon.co.uk/

SnowMan Half (Always Aim High)

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IM Leeds 16th August 2026

https://www.ironman.com/races/im-leeds

No course information again.

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Yeah, no ta :joy:

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Even included a link to make it extra easy for you :wink:

Nice prep for you to go sub 10 at Calella-Barcelona

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At least it’s not clashing with Outlaw. That’s good.

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That’s not the “prep” needed for a white bloke over 50 to do that.

The “prep” needed for that is simple;

“Altitude” camps in a country with relaxed attitudes to “aging clinics”

Copious amounts of “beetroot” extract

Learn how to draft.

1.5hr swim

4.5hr bike

4hr mara

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The British grammar police would like a word.

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‘Portmanteau’

Looks like this is confirmed, 3-5 September 2027.

“No entry fees”, but relying on crowd funding. Hoping for >20 athletes donating £1000 to cover event costs. Refunds April 2027 if haven’t hit numbers.

I find UM an interesting format I’d like to tackle one day, but it needs bigger numbers and support to be viable.

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IM Wales to stay in Tenby until 2031.

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great news , i know it won,t happen but if they moved it to July/August ,migh come out of retirement :rofl:

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I couldn’t believe it. Espesh as I’d already deferred 2025 Outlaw and couldn’t do so again.
In fact the new IML date is perfect, there was nowt else on that w/end. whoohoo.

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