DAVAO CITY — 'We're just trying to enjoy the heat here.' Thus declared John Alcala, albeit with a nervous chuckle, as the Palawan winner joins big names in Sunday's Alveo Ironman 70.3, which is projected to be the biggest—and the hottest—race in the calendar. 'Davao. Life is here and so is the heat,' said Ines Santiago, best known for being the first Filipina to race Ironman's grandest stage in Kona, Hawaii, and one of about 1,000 other endurance athletes who will chart a fast racecourse projected to sizzle as hot as 37 Celsius and will feature the Pakiputan Strait along with Davao City's commercial district.

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