Goto the ironman live website...

http://liveupdate.ironmanlive.com/mult.php?rid=209&rand=6744583


it posted the following today...

Course Changes announced at Athlete meeting



We'd heard they would likely be coming, so there weren't too many surprises at the athlete meeting when Ironman North America President Graham Fraser told the competitors that the course would be changed.

The swim will be a two-loop affair, which will be easier to monitor with the reduced number of regular volunteers who are typically in this section.

Normally there are 28 firemen out in the water ... tomorrow it looks like only five will be available.

The new swim will go out parallel to the shore towards the "Sycamous" -- a ship that is at the end of the beach strip here in Penticton. Running counterclockwise, the course will start out in the water. The athletes will come back towards the swim finish, but won't get out of the water to start the second loop.

The bike course remains unchanged as of right now.

The run course has been changed ... it will be a three loop course, with two out and back sections.

There are more details on the new run course posted in the run tab.