ROCKFORD — Brik Volk had hit a wall as he stepped off on the final leg of his first ever 140.6-mile Ironman triathlon a year ago in Madison, Wisconsin.
“I got about 100 feet into the run and I thought, I’m not going to be able to finish this,” the 55-year-old Rockford triathlete said.
That’s when he heard a call out from Heather Erickson, who is married to his Ironman teammate Brad…