2012 Ironman Series Race Map

The 2011 Ironman Series currently consists of 27 qualifying races around the world and the Ironman World Championship race in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii in October. The series saw the addition of 4 new races to the schedule, while 2 others have quietly been removed from the 2012 calendar. Two of the new races are regional Championship races, Ironman U.S. Championship in New York and the Ironman Asia-Pacific Championship in Melbourne, Australia. The WTC gains a new race in Scandinavia with the re-branding for Ironman Kalmar while Canada gets it's second Ironman triathlon with the new Ironman Mont-Tremblant race. Ironman China, which was canceled last year in the final weeks before the race and Ironman Korea no longer appear on the schedule.

New 2012 Ironman Races:

• Ironman Mont-Tremblant (August 19, 2012)
• Ironman U.S. Championship (August 11, 2012)
• Ironman Asia-Pacific Championship (March 25, 2012)
• Ironman Kalmar (August 18, 2012)
• Ironman Cairns (June 3, 2012) {WTC Re-brands Challenge Cairns event}

2012 Ironman Changes:

• Ironman Regensburg moved in the schedule from August to June in 2012
• Ironman China and Ironman Korea removed the the 2012 Ironman series schedule

An Ironman triathlon race consists of a 2.4 mile Swim, 112 mile Bike and 26.2 mile Run or a 3.8km Swim, 180km Bike and 42.2km Run.

For additional details on the series go to the Ironman website: www.ironman.com/events/ironman