#858 – ROCKFORD 70.3 PREVIEW

Crushing Iron Triathlon Podcast

Mike Tarrolly

Ironman, Nutrition, Triathlon, Podcast, Fitness, Swimming, Training, Coaching, Health & Fitness

4.7 • 724 Ratings

🗓️ 19 June 2025

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Today we take a look at the inaugural Rockford 70.3. We get into the course, race strategies, and how to handle what looks to be a hot day. We talk about the city, wetsuit or not, river flow and a pre-race HR test. We also get into how to stay as cool as possible all day with tips for pre-race, T1, the bike, T2 and the run. This will be a game of being smart and patient and we’ll give you thoughts on how to do just that.

Topics:

Rockford Downtown - Mike’s old stomping grounds
Will this race jumpstart the city?
Dealing with the heat
Wetsuit or not?
Why it’s too late for heat prep
Don’t drain your body this week
Stay out of the heat
River flow
Pre-race HR test
A lot of first timers
Pop a gel at the end of the swim
Cold water after the swim
Too eager to push a higher zone
Once you overheat, there’s no turning back
Wind mind games
It’s all about being smart and patient
Carrying nutrition on the run?
Carrying ice
Zip lock tricks
When you’re dehydrated and full
Plain water on board?
Body glide
Wearing hats
Your swim route (based on the map)
The finish line vibe

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0:00.0	Rockford and Heat. Come in at you. Come in at you. Coming high. 8.58. Let's do it.
0:24.6	Well, we're doing it because I don't have the intro music handy. So welcome to the podcast.
0:32.8	Dude, you got to prep me for stuff. No, let's just roll. Dude, it's fun.
0:37.9	I love it, man. All right. Yeah, no, dude. It's fun. I love it, man.
0:38.6	All right.
0:38.9	Yeah, no intro music.
0:40.1	It's like waking up without your cup of coffee.
0:42.7	Like, I don't know what to do with myself.
0:44.0	It's June 19th, the year.
0:46.0	It's 2025.
0:47.6	Welcome to more, everybody.
0:48.7	You're listening to the Crushing Iron Podcast.
0:50.4	This is episode 800 and 58. Yeah, we got a little bit of a road trip action going on, so
0:56.4	hopefully this works. I feel naked without the intro music. I know. I mean, I know you're
1:02.5	going to put it in at some point, but I feel like legitimately ill prepared. Not that we're
1:08.1	always the most prepared, obviously, but I feel like the music at least gives us like a little bit of an espresso shop. But nevertheless, you're on the road, we're doing it.
1:16.2	Most people, hell, they don't even work when they travel. They just go on vacation and do their
1:19.3	things. And here we are, making time out of our day. Beautiful day here, a little bit steamy, but hey, it's the summer. We should get used to it to deliver a nice little podcast. Got a pretty good topic. I know it's a big racing weekend for those of you doing Rockford. So we're going to talk about that. It's one of our team races, a city and a town very close to Mike Tarale's heart. So we'll talk a little about the course and then probably the biggest talking
1:44.2	point, honestly, not just about the race this weekend, which looks like it could be a little on
1:50.3	the warmer side, but the rest of summer. I mean, I had a couple athletes yesterday like, hey, it's like
1:55.0	it's so hot where I am. And I'm like, I know. Every single train peaks comments I opened on Monday all talked about
2:02.4	how hot it was. And it's a, listen, it's a, it's a rude awakening. We do it every year. We panic every
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