{"id":6628,"date":"2020-11-11T19:41:27","date_gmt":"2020-11-11T19:41:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportsnewsforyou.com\/?p=6628"},"modified":"2020-11-11T19:41:27","modified_gmt":"2020-11-11T19:41:27","slug":"ironman-uk-reveal-new-bike-course","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/?p=6628","title":{"rendered":"Ironman UK reveal new bike course"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>This year\u2019s route takes athletes through the northern countryside, starting with a point-to-point from Pennington Flash to Bolton for the first few miles. This will then become a 3-lap bike course with\u00a0a 650 feet reduction in climbing.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>    Advertisement<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>There will be a few technical descents through Edgworth, Turton and Chapeltown at the north end of the course, with a short stint on the A666. This will then lead into the descent through Egerton and Belmont. The 2020 bike course will no longer be using Pickup Bank, Eccleshill,\u00a0Hoddlesden or Blacksnape Road towards Edgworth.<\/p>\n<p>One of the most memorable part of the Ironman UK 2019 bike course remains, and athletes will still climb past Black Dog Pub in Belmont and onto Sheephouse Lane before heading back towards Bolton. From here competitors will continue east towards Bury and continue the 3-lap bike course.<\/p>\n<div    >\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Ironman UK has also removed the undulating climbs through Ramsbottom, Helmshore and Hoddlesden and as well as the long technical climbs and descents through Eccleshill and Blacksnape.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYear after year we continue to be inspired by every athlete that has taken on the Ironman UK race. We want to make sure our athletes have the best experience possible and because of this, we have decided to make some changes the 2020 bike course,\u201d said Sam Brawn, Ironman UK Race Director.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cAs we always do, we wanted to make sure that the\u00a0athletes experience was a focal point when planning the 2020 race. We are excited that this year\u00a0athletes will get to experience more of the iconic Ironman UK spectators support, as their families and friends will get to cheer them on\u00a0multiple times!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0Ironman UK takes place on Sunday 12 July.\u00a0For more information on the new bike course and to register, please visit\u00a0https:\/\/www.ironman.com\/im-uk<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>    Advertisement<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Want to smash it? Here\u2019s some Ironman training advice from top coaches and athletes<\/strong><br \/>\nFrodeno and Haug\u2019s coach Dan Lorang on how to train for Ironman<br \/>\nIronman racing and training advice from Tim Don<br \/>\nIronman race-day: how to pace each leg<br \/>\nYour first Ironman: 30 training and preparation tips<\/p>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This year\u2019s route takes athletes through the northern countryside, starting with a point-to-point from Pennington Flash to Bolton for the first few miles. This will then become a 3-lap bike course with\u00a0a 650 feet reduction in climbing. Advertisement There will be a few technical descents through Edgworth, Turton and Chapeltown at the north end of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6628","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6628","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6628"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6628\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}