Greater Zion Will Host Final Edition of IRONMAN 70.3 St. George in 2025

December 5, 2024

- IRONMAN and Greater Zion to celebrate a successful 15-year partnership with the final edition of the Intermountain Health IRONMAN 70.3 St. George North American Championship taking place on May 10, 2025; registration is available by visiting www.ironman.com/im703-st-george

ST. GEORGE, Utah / TAMPA, Fla. (Dec. 5, 2024) /ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ – IRONMAN and the Greater Zion Convention & Tourism Office announced that following 15 years of IRONMAN^® events in this iconic location, a chapter will close when the St. George area hosts their final IRONMAN^® 70.3^® triathlon in 2025. Local officials and IRONMAN representatives agree the 17 IRONMAN events hosted during the successful partnership leave a profound, positive legacy, and Greater Zion will continue to be known as the “Land of Endurance.”

The final Intermountain Health IRONMAN 70.3 St. George North American Championship triathlon will take place on May 10, 2025, which will complete the most recent five-year contract between Greater Zion and IRONMAN. Demands of the event, including rising costs, increasing populations around race routes, and continued pressure on resources compelled Washington County officials to evaluate all options. With input from community partners, they concluded that after a long and successful run, IRONMAN’s time in St. George would be celebrated and the 2025 edition would be the final one.

“Over the past 15 years, St. George has grown to become one of the most popular race destinations on the global IRONMAN circuit and a staple on the North American calendar,” said Keats McGonigal, Senior Vice President and Managing Director of North America for The IRONMAN Group. “The popularity of this event has brought worldwide attention to this community and helped foster a growth that we are thankful to have helped contribute to. We are grateful for the wonderful partners that we have in Greater Zion, which includes the cities of St. George, Washington City, Hurricane, and Ivins for hosting and helping to build the IRONMAN 70.3 St. George triathlon into what the event has become.”

“Hosting these events has been a long and rewarding journey—much like the races themselves,” said St. George Mayor Michele Randall. “We celebrate the athletes and their families, the visitors, global recognition, and community engagement of thousands of volunteers that these high-performing events brought to our region throughout 15 years of IRONMAN racing in St. George.”

Since first hosting the full-distance IRONMAN St. George triathlon in 2010, athletes have flocked to Greater Zion’s breathtaking scenery and views of the surrounding red rock canyons to race year after year. The course and area quickly gained a reputation for its beauty and its difficulty, dubbed one of the toughest IRONMAN events in the world. After evolving to an IRONMAN 70.3 event in 2013, the event became and has remained the North American Championship. St. George will retain this designation through the 2025 event, along with its status as of one of the most iconic destinations on the global circuit.

Since first debuting in St. George, IRONMAN has hosted numerous events including:

• Three IRONMAN events (2010-2012)
• 11 IRONMAN 70.3 North American Championship races ​​(2013 – 2019, 2021, 2023-2025)
• Three World Championships races within 13 months, a feat without precedent in IRONMAN history (2021 IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship, 2021 IRONMAN World Championship^® and the 2022 IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship races)

“We are proud of the legacy our community has with this event,” said Brittany McMichael, Director of the Greater Zion Convention & Tourism Office. “Thanks to the community’s support, including unprecedented collaboration of hundreds of people across involved agencies and cities, as well as the thousands of volunteers who dedicated their time to the athletes and the success of the events, Greater Zion has taken the stage as host to world-class athletic events like IRONMAN and IRONMAN 70.3, and will continue to host many others.”

The Intermountain Health IRONMAN 70.3 St. George North American Championship triathlon will also serve as a stop in the 2025 IRONMAN Pro Series^™, hosting many of the world’s top professional triathletes for the final time in St. George. The 2025 IRONMAN Pro Series is a performance-based world series that will continue to showcase and reward the world’s top professional triathletes as they vie for points and event prize money toward the title of IRONMAN Pro Series Champion and their share of $1.7 million in year-end bonus pool payouts.

Athletes interested in participating in the final IRONMAN 70.3 event in St. George on May 10, 2025, can register by visiting www.ironman.com/im703-st-george.

For more information on the IRONMAN brand and global event series, visit www.ironman.com. Media inquiries may be directed to press@ironman.com.

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About Greater Zion

Located in the southwest corner of Utah, Greater Zion is a destination that offers more than 2,400 square miles of adventure and inspiration. Zion National Park, the third-most visited National Park in the United States, is the premier attraction, but Zion is only the beginning. Four state parks and a multitude of year-round recreational lands set the stage for a burgeoning mountain biking scene, some of the best off-highway vehicle adventure in the country, scenic and challenging play at 14 top-rated golf courses, world-class cultural performances at Tuacahn Center for the Arts, a thriving art scene, intriguing culture and history, and so much more. The vibrant communities of St. George, Springdale, Hurricane, Ivins, and towns in between offer a wide range of lodging options, dining experiences and access to outdoor pursuits through local outfitters and tour companies. Greater Zion also is a world-class destination for sporting events, conferences and meetings. The Greater Zion Convention & Tourism Office is a transient-room-tax-funded entity of Washington County, Utah. For more information, please visit GreaterZion.com.

About IRONMAN Pro Series

The IRONMAN Pro Series™ is a year-long performance-based world series that showcases and rewards top professional triathletes as they vie for points and event prize money, on their way to claiming the title of IRONMAN Pro Series champion and a lion’s share of the lucrative $1.7 million USD year-end bonus prize pool.  Along the way, athletes will battle for the prize money offered at each individual IRONMAN Pro Series triathlon, equating to over $2.5 million USD, as well as coveted world championship qualifying slots. Open to approximately 1,000 eligible professional triathletes worldwide, the IRONMAN Pro Series ushers in a new era of IRONMAN racing where Every Second Matters – every second behind the race winner equates to a point earned or lost. Incorporating iconic distances, challenging courses, and stunning destinations, every IRONMAN Pro Series race will be broadcast live and free to a global audience. In 2025 IRONMAN Pro Series will be contested over 18 events and 17 race locations around the globe, including a combination of six IRONMAN^® and eight IRONMAN^® 70.3^® triathlons, as well as the VinFast IRONMAN World Championship^® women’s and men’s races and VinFast IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship triathlon. An additional 40 events outside of the 2025 IRONMAN Pro Series will also offer IRONMAN and IRONMAN 70.3 professional racing fields with world championship qualifying opportunities, and over $1.8 million USD in prize money., This creates a total professional prize purse of over $6 million USD in 2025. For more information, visit proseries.ironman.com.

About The IRONMAN Group

The IRONMAN Group operates a global portfolio of events that includes the IRONMAN^® Triathlon Series, the IRONMAN^® 70.3^® Triathlon Series, 5150™ Triathlon Series, the Rock ‘n’ Roll^® Running Series, IRONKIDS^®, World Triathlon Championship Series, premier running events including the Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon™ and City2Surf^®, UTMB^® World Series trail-running events including the Canyons Endurance Runs™ by UTMB^®, Tarawera Ultra-Trail™ by UTMB^® and Ultra-Trail Australia™ by UTMB^®, Epic Series™ mountain bike races including the Absa Cape Epic^®, road cycling events, and other multisport races. The IRONMAN Group is the largest operator of mass participation sports in the world, providing participants the benefits of endurance sports through the company’s vast offerings. Catering to the full athlete experience, the company portfolio also includes FulGaz^® virtual cycling, the most realistic indoor riding experience connected fitness application aimed at preparing athletes for real-world events. Since the inception of the iconic IRONMAN^® brand and its first event in 1978, athletes have proven that ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE^® by crossing finish lines around the world. Beginning as a single race, The IRONMAN Group has grown to become a global sensation with hundreds of events across 55+ countries. The IRONMAN Group is owned by Advance, a private, family-owned business, and Orkila Capital, a growth equity firm focused on building great brands. For more information, visit www.ironman.com/about-ironman-group.

About Advance 

Advance is a private, family-held business that owns and invests in companies across media, entertainment, technology, communications, education and other promising growth sectors. Our mission is to build the value of our companies over the long-term by fostering growth and innovation. Advance’s portfolio includes Condé Nast, Advance Local, Stage Entertainment, The IRONMAN Group, American City Business Journals, Leaders Group, Turnitin, and Pop. Together these operating companies employ more than 14,000 people in 29 countries. Advance is also among the largest shareholders in Charter Communications, Warner Bros. Discovery and Reddit. For more information visit www.advance.com.