Course description
A middle distance around State College and Penn State University. The swim is a single loop in the Foster Sayers Reservoir with a beach start; the water averages 24°C. The bike course crosses Centre County farmland with several named climbs, and the rolling run crosses campus and passes through the Beaver Stadium tunnel. Part of the IRONMAN Pro Series.
Coach tip
The bike course has several genuine climbs: train longer hill intervals and ride them with a power cap on race day.
With water around 24°C a wetsuit ban is possible — do some open-water sessions without one.
The run is rolling: treat your target pace as an average across the ups and downs, not a flat-road pace.