Swim Map (PDF)

2012 Ironman 70.3 New Orleans Swim Course Map

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Swim Course – 1.2 miles

The 2012 swim course will be a simple and safe point to point course similar to what was used in the 2009 Ochsner Ironman 70.3 New Orleans event. Athletes will walk the .6 miles to the London Canal Bridge from transition along Lakeshore Drive where you will find the swim start banners and parking lot for swim start! Athletes will walkdown the seawall steps into Lake Pontchartrain for the in water start of your 1.2 mile swim. Competitors will swim in a westerly direction for the first 300 meters then make a 180 u-turn around the yellow turn buoy as they begin to swim east towards swim exit at the sandy beach front behind the University of New Orleans Research and Technology Park. As in 2009, 90% of this swim course will be along the Lakeshore Drive Seawall making this one of the safest and spectator friendly swim courses in the 70.3 international series.