IRONMAN Australia Port Macquarie

Overview

Grab your goggles, don your lycra and get on your running shoes — the ultimate endurance test is back. IRONMAN Australia will once again challenge the fittest athletes from here and abroad in the toughest triathlon on offer. The race will take place in picturesque Port Macquarie, where competitors will take to the water in the Hastings River before biking along the Pacific Ocean and finally running through the heart of Port Macquarie.

It all takes place on Sunday, May 5, when the historic triathlon brings the ultimate test of endurance to its brave participants, with three legs of different physicalities stretched over a whopping 226-kilometre course.

You read that right, 226 kilometres. It's a single race divided into sections of swimming, cycling and running. There's plenty of room to tag along and support any participants you know as the course will be lined with spectators — and dotted with fuelling points since cheers alone won't carry participants to the finish. Needless to say, it is not for the faint of fitness, and qualifying finishers can go on to compete in the IRONMAN World Championships later in the year.