IRONMAN Copenhagen fuel plan: carbs, fluid and sodium per hour.
August 22, 2027, Copenhagen, Denmark. Set your finish time and the plan follows.
- Distance
- 226 km
- Climbing
- 1,100 m, bike course
- Typical temperature
- 12 to 18 °C · 54 to 64 °F
- Aid stations
- 31
Your plan
Ironman (full distance) · 12 h
Carbs an hour
75g
The research range for this race is 60 to 90 g; your gut training sets where you start. Above 60 g, use glucose and fructose, about 2:1.
Jeukendrup 2014Viribay 2020+4 moreFluid an hour
To thirst
Without a sweat rate the research says drink to thirst. Do the sweat test to get a range.
NATA 2017ACSM 2007Sodium an hour
300 to 1,000mg
Sweat sodium varies a lot between people. A sweat sodium test gives you your own number.
Baker 2017NATA 2017+1 moreLeg by leg (typical splits for this distance)
- Swim1 h 12 minNo fuel
- Bike6 h 7 min460 g carbs
- Run4 h 26 min335 g carbs
About 810 g of carbs over the race (bike and run). That is a 25 g gel every 20 minutes, or the same carbs from drink and chews.
Rehearse it in training first: the gut adapts in 2 to 4 weeks. Costa 2017
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Your AI can check these numbers against your training and adjust them. The prompt has your results filled in.
See the prompt
I'm racing a Ironman (full distance) and expect to finish in 12 h. I haven't measured my sweat rate. Conditions look mild, and my gut is in some training for fueling. A race fuel calculator built on the research (Jeukendrup 2014, the ACSM 2016 position stand) gave me: 75 g carbs an hour (glucose and fructose, about 2:1), about 810 g in total; fluid: drink to thirst, no sweat rate yet; 300 to 1,000 mg sodium an hour. Check this against my training and how my gut has handled fueling, then build my race day plan: what to take and when, leg by leg, with real products I can buy.
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The course
What to know about IRONMAN Copenhagen.
One loop lagoon swim at Amager Strandpark, then a two loop bike north of the city with rolling hills and about 1,100 m of climbing. Four loop run past Nyhavn to the finish at Christiansborg Palace.
On course: Maurten gels and Solid bars, Precision Fuel & Hydration PH 1000 electrolyte drink, cola and energy drink on the run. Train with what the course hands out, or carry your own.
| Km | Leg | What's there |
|---|---|---|
| 21 | bike | water, PH 1000, Maurten bars and gels, bananas |
| 33 | bike | water, PH 1000, Maurten bars and gels, bananas |
| 66 | bike | water, PH 1000, Maurten bars and gels, bananas |
| 100 | bike | water, PH 1000, Maurten bars and gels, bananas |
| 133 | bike | water, PH 1000, Maurten bars and gels, bananas |
| 164 | bike | water, PH 1000, Maurten bars and gels, bananas |
| 1.6 | run | water, PH 1000, cola, energy drink, Maurten bars and gels, fruit, salty snacks |
| 3.2 | run | water, PH 1000, cola, energy drink, Maurten bars and gels, fruit, salty snacks |
| 5 | run | water, PH 1000, cola, energy drink, Maurten bars and gels, fruit, salty snacks |
| 6.6 | run | water, PH 1000, cola, energy drink, Maurten bars and gels, fruit, salty snacks |
| 7.8 | run | water, PH 1000, cola, energy drink, Maurten bars and gels, fruit, salty snacks |
| 9.6 | run | water, PH 1000, cola, energy drink, Maurten bars and gels, fruit, salty snacks |
| 11.5 | run | water, PH 1000, cola, energy drink, Maurten bars and gels, fruit, salty snacks |
| 13.1 | run | water, PH 1000, cola, energy drink, Maurten bars and gels, fruit, salty snacks |
| 14.9 | run | water, PH 1000, cola, energy drink, Maurten bars and gels, fruit, salty snacks |
| 16.5 | run | water, PH 1000, cola, energy drink, Maurten bars and gels, fruit, salty snacks |
| 17.7 | run | water, PH 1000, cola, energy drink, Maurten bars and gels, fruit, salty snacks |
| 19.5 | run | water, PH 1000, cola, energy drink, Maurten bars and gels, fruit, salty snacks |
| 21.4 | run | water, PH 1000, cola, energy drink, Maurten bars and gels, fruit, salty snacks |
| 23 | run | water, PH 1000, cola, energy drink, Maurten bars and gels, fruit, salty snacks |
| 24.8 | run | water, PH 1000, cola, energy drink, Maurten bars and gels, fruit, salty snacks |
| 26.4 | run | water, PH 1000, cola, energy drink, Maurten bars and gels, fruit, salty snacks |
| 27.6 | run | water, PH 1000, cola, energy drink, Maurten bars and gels, fruit, salty snacks |
| 29.4 | run | water, PH 1000, cola, energy drink, Maurten bars and gels, fruit, salty snacks |
| 31.1 | run | water, PH 1000, cola, energy drink, Maurten bars and gels, fruit, salty snacks |
| 33.2 | run | water, PH 1000, cola, energy drink, Maurten bars and gels, fruit, salty snacks |
| 34.7 | run | water, PH 1000, cola, energy drink, Maurten bars and gels, fruit, salty snacks |
| 36.3 | run | water, PH 1000, cola, energy drink, Maurten bars and gels, fruit, salty snacks |
| 37.5 | run | water, PH 1000, cola, energy drink, Maurten bars and gels, fruit, salty snacks |
| 39.3 | run | water, PH 1000, cola, energy drink, Maurten bars and gels, fruit, salty snacks |
| 41.1 | run | water, PH 1000, cola, energy drink, Maurten bars and gels, fruit, salty snacks |
Race details checked October 17, 2026 from ironman.com, ironman.com, ironman.com, ironman.com. Courses and aid stations change: check the official page in race week.
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Questions
IRONMAN Copenhagen: questions.
At a typical finish of 12 h, the research range is 60 to 90 g an hour, as glucose and fructose, set by how trained your gut is. Enter your own finish time above for your number.
Typical race day low and high air temperature published by IRONMAN on the race page. run from about 12 to 18 °C (54 to 64 °F). Heat raises your sweat rate, so do a sweat test in similar weather.
The organizer lists 31 aid stations; the table on this page has each one by km. Check the athlete guide in race week, as positions can change.
Not medical advice. Memory.fit is not affiliated with IRONMAN Copenhagen or its organizer.
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