🏊🚴🏃 IRONMAN 70.3 Duisburg (Original Course) Review | Hints & Tips
Planning to race IRONMAN 70.3 Duisburg? This course review covers everything you need to know about the original Duisburg course, helping you arrive on the start line with a clear race plan.
This review replaces my 2024 Duisburg course review, as that edition featured a temporary swim and run course due to city construction. The event has now returned to its original layout, so this is the guide you should be using if you’re racing this year’s event.
I’m Steven Moody, an award-winning IRONMAN University Certified Coach, and I’ve produced 100+ race reviews to help triathletes make smarter race-day decisions. On this channel you’ll find practical, experience-based advice rather than just a course flyover.
In this review you’ll learn:
✅ Swim strategy and key considerations
✅ Bike course breakdown, pacing and equipment advice
✅ Run course tips and where the race can be won or lost
✅ Transition insights
✅ Common mistakes to avoid
✅ Coaching recommendations to help you race your best
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OTHER HELPFUL VIDEOS:
70.3 nutrition: https://youtu.be/BwRIRA6U1UI?si=jl3jjnxyzd7j4Z43
Transition bags explained (only applicable to certain US races): https://youtu.be/Tjdllnsn5XY
Transition hints/tips: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLK0Fj046_efEA37dGUFeM5bgOyPfIR832&si=5sPIwsQ-MfBfVTV8
Beginners guide to packing: https://youtu.be/0weCv9jQ_B0
What should I wear for my 1st 70.3: https://youtu.be/I1D1mUFJaV4
How to handle pre race nerves: https://youtu.be/xzbvQgbuRzA?si=S5zzXFLKMwmIUQ8O
Last min tips to ensure race day success: https://youtu.be/ntrHAGUVLDA?si=dzeuU06HxqhDUTsB
How to avoid DQs in 70.3/IRONMAN racing: https://youtu.be/iXX5GeEpFOU?si=3HkaYhrofhVyHZ6D
REFERENCED PRODUCTS & SUPPORTING VIDEOS
Avoid wetsuit neck rash with a neck protector: https://youtu.be/5UtXC3Hv6sg
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Body glide (for faster wetsuit transition) on amazon:
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Lock tite laces for faster transitions: https://youtu.be/S58Na4d6rd8
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Link to airtags on amazon (to track valuable tri kit)
https://geni.us/trackyourtrikit
Coach Steve’s favorite nutrition for long distance (Tasty, easy to transport & easy to consume)
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Race belt to help keep your transitions speedy:
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8 Comments
One of the fastest 70.3s in Europe – I think so!
the swim course is according to 2025 race brief the opposite way round. Also the run course looks slictly different.
how does this look like this year?
How long is T1 this year? Read that it was roughly 900-1000m run from out of the water to hopping on the bike the last year
Dunno why they say the run is rolling. Cuz the run is pan flat.
The transituon you show is the one from last year. This year will be back at the regattabahn. No run to speak of from swim to T1.
and we are not finishin in the stadium. Its the park next to it.
Great Vid. Do you have any recommendations about parking in the area based on your experience, especially for race morning?
Nearly no wind on the bike? I did it in 2023 and 2025 and both of those were quite windy. In 2025 I have seen more than a handful of people kissing the asfalt. The bridge is where the wind has free game and can be really scary. Just be aware that you might experience that and that that will be the worst part of the course for that.