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Raced Ironman Rockford 70.3 on Sunday. Finishing time of 7:10:45 which although is my slowest 70.3 I'm proud of this one because it wasn't easy to get to the finish line.

Swim was non-wetsuit but down river. I had a three minute PR but was not in PR swim shape. The current probably gained me five minutes. The swim was nice and I had basically no jostling until right at the end and trying to get out of the river.

Bike was fine. As usual I need to work on fast descents, but it was fine. I was never "over" being on my bike which is nice. It's a nice ride every time.

I started feeling the heat around mile 40-45 on the bike. I did fine with it but it was undoubtedly getting warm. Forecast high was 96°.

The run was always going to be slow and from the start more about getting to the finish. I hadn't run more than six miles since February and as recently as early April had zero mile weeks. I never let myself get overheated and dumped ice down my kit at every aid station. I ran the run I was capable of and had fairly even splits which tells me I didn't burn myself out early.

Volunteers were great, cheering was great, the neighborhood along National Avenue with hoses spraying athletes was great. @gorockford deserves a lot of recognition as a great host city. This was my first 70.3 that wasn't at home, and it went great.