Ripon Medical Center Triathlon - Triathlon

Not a bad course and well sheltered (Green Lake is big and the other side can get quite rough, but this was sheltered). It was difficult to see the second buoy (>600 meters from the first). You could definitely do this course or at least the sprint without wetsuit (many did), but I love my crutch. At my slow speed it really helps keep me from dragging.

Swim with a masters program this winter?; My time is slow for this nice course, but still much better than my 1st event.

I wear socks and refuse to race without them so it does slow me down on T1

Very Little other than consider a trisuit if I got serious (I put on a jersey in T1)

Excellent course, but I was a little unprepared for the hills (10mph then 34mph then back to 11mph...); otherwise I pushed it much harder than my first race and it paid off until I realized the run had some major hills too...

Lost chain of front cog right near the end (almost close enough to just run) but I was able to stop and flip it on quickly (6-7 seconds)

Drive out of town to get some real hill workouts

This is comparable to last race

Maybe I will start doing the riding with feet on shoes bit

Tough Run due to hills, but great weather (cool) and great shade from the trees

I would definitely train more hills and do some extended runs beyond 10K that I did not really have time for

Short Walk, multiple bananas/waters/cookies


Difficulty with hills; weight


Fairly well organized and in a beautiful setting. Road course was not closed, but there was little traffic and only one intersection was unmanned. Road conditions were excellent and 1000% better than my last race. I would definitely do this race again.