Lake Geneva Tri (Page 2)

HEEEEEY Whizz!  Yeah, that is a tough course to do for your first.  Not to say it CAN'T be done of course, but it's a toughie.  Anyways...look for me when you cross and I'll look for you when I cross...we should be fairly close to each other  

and we'll both look for Hiccup and Coredump and all the others at the gazebo  

I probably won't get my t-shirt on right away but I'll be in a "dust blue" desoto tank and tri shorts.  Aasics shoes.  Sweaty hair. Big smile while stuffing my face

Yes, the swim is out and back.  They completely screwed up the distance last year.  My swim time was 21 minutes and believe me that is not correct.  I probably should have been between 30 and 35 minutes so the swim significantly short.  Same race director screwed up Lake Delavan this year so you can only hope he has gotten the message by now. 

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news.  Really, everything else is pretty cool about this race.  I really liked the bike course.  The run course is as hard as you are going to find but that makes it an interesting challenge.  Walk the hills, you will not be able to run them much faster unless you are a REALLY strong runner.  I would like to do it again but I think my wife would kill me if I did this race.  Good luck!!

I am planning to be there this year again...

It is a very disorganized event, I think, but the venue and the lake more than make up for it. I'm doing the Half. I was supposed to do the Half last year, but I finked out at the last minute. This year I've been training my A$$ off, so if I can't do it this year, I will probably NEVER be able to do it, PERIOD.

I didn't wear a wetsuit last year, but will probably opt to wear one this year, just for the speed. I've finally mastered taking the dang thing off.

Hope to see some familiar faces out there in a couple of weeks.

Whizzzzzzzzzzzz 

Last year it was one wave per distance and was NOT a problem.  The swim distances were way short (for the 1/2 I was out in 19min) but I never felt crowded or like I was getting hit a lot.  In IMWI I have to start with over 2500 people in one wave, so I think the 100 or so your race will be okay.

Edit: Anyone notice this is a year old thread?

Actually, I remember differently.  There are different waves for each race.  The only reason I remember this is that I went up there with two friends to do the Olympic and one was in my wave and one was not.  However, everything else nccgrap said was correct.  It really is not a problem.