Determined Ironman Canada-Ottawa athletes power through soggy conditions

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As if swimming almost four kilometres, cycling more than 180 km and then capping it all with a 42.2 km run isn’t ridiculous enough, participants in Sunday’s Ironman Canada-Ottawa are expected to be sloshing through “yellow rain warning” conditions.

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Environment Canada says to expect rainfall of 80 mm or more, pumped up with thunderstorms, through the day.

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The deluge is expected to spread through Sunday morning, with the heaviest rainfall is expected through the evening.

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By mid-morning, the advisories included Ottawa, Pembroke, Cornwall, Kingston and Belleville, stretching through Western Quebec, to La Pêche and continuing north.

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The rain conditions are expected to linger through Monday and into Tuesday, the forecasters say.

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