IRONMAN 70.3 Santa Cruz – the event where the swim is colder than the icy glares you give to your alarm clock on Monday mornings, the bike course is more scenic than a nature documentary narrated by Morgan Freeman, and the run is flatter than a pancake at a gravity-defying breakfast buffet. Dive into the madness with the swim, starting at Santa Cruz Main Beach. Swimmers will circumnavigate the Wharf in a clockwise aquatic tango, aiming not to out-chill the resident sea lions. Exiting the water ...