IRONMAN has announced its future schedule for the IRONMAN Virtual Racing (IRONMAN VR) Series, that will feature eight weeks of racing spanning from July 10-12 to August 28-30.
It was also announced that the IRONMAN VR Challenger Division will be reintroduced allowing athletes to compete in a structured and competitive virtual environment with a bit more flexibility of competition standards than the IRONMAN VR Championship Series.
In addition to the return of the IRONMAN VR Challenger Division, the IRONMAN VR Championship Series is set for two four-week h’ighly-regulated competitions’.
The upcoming events are: IRONMAN VR14 through IRONMAN VR21. These will again allocate IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship qualifying slots across age groups for top performers. The IRONMAN VR Classic Division will remain unchanged and is ‘open to the entire global athlete community who wish to focus on their personal performance goals using preferred equipment.’
Following a one-week recovery period, racing will resume on July 10-12. The Classic and Challenger divisions will follow the same race formats each week, with sprint distances included – while the IRONMAN VR Championship Series will only include 5150 Olympic distance and IRONMAN 70.3 half distance race simulations.
IRONMAN Virtual Racing Series Schedule through August
| Dates | Race | Championship | Challenger | Classic |
| Jul 10-12 | IRONMAN VR14 | Olympic Distance | Sprint | Sprint |
| Jul 17-19 | IRONMAN VR15 | Olympic Distance | Olympic | Olympic |
| Jul 24-26 | IRONMAN VR16 | Half Distance | Half | Half |
| Jul 31-Aug 1 | IRONMAN VR17 | Olympic Distance | Olympic | Olympic |
| Aug 7-9 | IRONMAN VR18 | Olympic Distance | Sprint | Sprint |
| Aug 14-16 | IRONMAN VR19 | Olympic Distance | Olympic | Olympic |
| Aug 21-23 | IRONMAN VR20 | Half Distance | Half | Half |
| Aug 28-30 | IRONMAN VR21 | Olympic Distance | Olympic | Olympic |
As in previous competitions, athletes participating in the IRONMAN VR Championship Series must complete the run segments outdoors, while the bike segment must be completed on the prescribed weekly course utilizing the ROUVY’s virtual cycling platform in Race Mode (not Training Mode).
Additionally, while the competition weekend consists of a 54-hour period, athletes must complete all three segments of the contest within 12 hours of starting their race, performing the disciplines in the appropriate order (short run, bike, long run).
Bringing the IRONMAN community together virtually, the IRONMAN Virtual Club platform continues to grow and has now reached nearly 110,000 members across 172 nations and all US States with tens of thousands completing IRONMAN Virtual Club Challenges since its recent launch.
In addition, through the new Race Honorably campaign, IRONMAN’s goal is to provide an ‘exceptional virtual racing experience with credible results that requires athletes to do their part by entering accurate data.’
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