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Ironman Indiana Race Recap

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I decided to do Ironman Indiana because I needed to defer my May Ironman Tulsa race to a race later in the year and Indiana was available.   Indiana was advertised as a flat bike and rolling hill run but I would call it a rolling hill bike and rolling hill run.   I have done flat courses like Ironman Maryland and Indiana was not flat like that.   It did have some elevation change (not much) but it certainly wasn’t flat like Maryland.   I went into the race a little concerned about the colder temperatures.   I have been hypothermic at a few races and I don’t do well in the cold.   The water temperature was in the high 60’s and air temperature in the morning was in the 50’s.   It was also supposed to rain the day of the race.   I typically would change clothes after the swim and bike because of the cold but they didn’t have a changing tent because of COVID.   I decided to race in my tri suit and leave it on for the entire race.   I put a throw away jacket on after the swim and figured on