Macca turned 30 the day before the race, so he can no longer claim he`s in his "late twenties" as he so often does. Defending his National Ironman Championship, by 11 minutes no less, was a fantastic Birthday present! He is now the 2-Time Reigning Ironman Australia Champion! Chris said it was "an easy day" and that he was "comfortable out there the entire time". The swim went perfect and he absolutely smashed the entire field on the bike, riding away immediately after the swim. Of the 140.6 miles, Macca was completely alone for 138.2 miles of it! He was of course running scared like like anyone if first place would be, but he was able to "cruise on the run" for a 2:51 Marathon... and that was with him walking the entire finish to make sure he high-fived each and every screaming fan. Scary to think how fast he could have run if he`d have needed to.

I`ve attached a file of the live internet play-by-play that was on IronManLive.com. It`s a quick recap of the day and how it unfolded. I`ve added in all the splits and a couple of pictures as well. Thanks again for everything!

Hawaii here we come!!! Cheers, Scott Fairchild

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