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Race Reports for Lake Mills Triathlon

[51]
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Average
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: after thinking about this race..........initially i was a bit disappointed to be honest. had an "upper" goal of sub 1:10 which i thought i could honestly do. had a "realistic" goal of sub 1:15. so i beat my "realistic" goal and after thinking more about it i think i couldve gotten the sub 1:10 with better transitions and pushing harder on the bike and run, which i felt i couldve done since i was recovered before i was handed the bottle of water after the finish. another thing i feel good about is that previous to this tri i have only done two others....one in madison about 8 yrs ago and pewaukee last year. both of those tri's were kinda done on a "whim" and i was completely out of shape for both of those (pewaukee last year i was almost 200 lbs!) so you could make a case that this was my first tri that i have ever done where i was actually in shape. another think i like to do is take away positives from each event i do. in this case, I SURVIVED THE SWIM!!!! and also got my goal of
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Average
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: Great day, great people, great race. What a way to start the season. This was my last race. As a clydesdale. At the rate that I am training and losing weight I will have to be an AGer for the duration. Oh well-DTFU.
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[53]
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Good
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: Beautiful weather and great company!! Just enjoyed the race!! Would do this one again.
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  • Organised?Yes
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  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Good
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: Great race and well organized. Very cool venue and the people are great. Definitely will do this again.
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Average
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: Great race, definitely want to make this a regular race. Also, they gave out a really nice shirt which is a definite plus.
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Average
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: As always, Lake Mills was a great event and a major donkey happening. It was great to see and meet so many donks-- djdavey, morey1, jszat, jmwebs, AmyJoTris, firstnet 911, maggyruth, djdavey, 1stTimeTri, pjgrande, sgoehner, pjgrande, deannas, pseudoyams and others I just can't think of at the moment. It was also an absolutely perfect day for a race-- an almost unbelievable day, considering the non-Spring we've had in Wisconsin. I also got out of this race exactly what I wanted-- to rebuild my confidence in my run. I said going in there was no way I was going to be able to beat my time from last year. And yet, despite a sub-par bike and awful transitions, my swim and run were strong enough to help me beat my time from last year by more than 30 seconds. Now I just have to keep building on this momentum.
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  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: Easy course with great friends. I'm not a fan of races with open transition areas, but this seemed to be OK. Considering were I came from, I'm very happy with this performance.
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Average
  • Overall course based on my ability: Too easy

  • Comments: Good show every year and threw in a tech shirt. Nice way to kick off the season.
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Average
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: Hey - this is a PR for me. I finally broke that dreaded 1:30. Now, if I get my butt on the bike more, I might actually break 1:25, eh?
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Average
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: Maybe have a more delicious meal choice next time...that was the worst burrito ive ever had
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  • Comments: Hypervented after finish...could not breath
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[62]
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?No

  • Post race activities? Average
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: My first race! victory is mine!
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[63]
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?No

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Average
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: I'm VERY happy with these results. This race last year was my first triathlon. I was able to shave of 8:42 from last year's time and improve on ALL of my splits. I have nothing to complain about, but would like to improve on some small things to squeeze some extra seconds out of them. It was great seeing fellow Team Donkey members out there racing too. That just makes it so much more fun! Excellent race overall!!
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[64]
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?No

  • Post race activities? Average
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: Lake Mills is an outstanding course, great venue, and well organized. I'd recommend it to anyone, especially a beginner. BTW, me vs. Mike. Swim, Me (8:54), Mike (8:57) Bike 40:31 vs. 40:03 Run 23:04 vs. 23:14 Overall 1:16:07 vs. 1:15:22. He got me by 45-seconds. Amazingly close.
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[65]
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Average
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: HR data: yeah, I forgot my HRM only saves one event worth of segment data so I don't have the breakdown. Avg hr was 183, max 196. For comparison sake, here's the breakdown from last year: S: 8:37 T1: 1:55 B: 40:17 T2: 1:17 R: 25:18 Total: 1:17:21 I went faster in all five segments this year compared to last, and went below my goal time for all five segments. What could be better than that??? So satisfying to have the training pay off. Thanks to Coach Mark for pushing me (even though it is aimed at IM and not this sprint stuff!). This race was a blast. Also met some new BT'ers, TripletMom01, ScoobysDad, and Analog_Girly. Definately got my race fix, which is good as next weekend's Oly at Elkhart Lake is not going to be full effort.
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[66]
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Average
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: I liked the course- good race- Id do it again
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Good
  • Overall course based on my ability: Too easy

  • Comments: Well run race and a fun course. Nice way to kick off the season.
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Average
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: I got out of this race what I wanted-- a good brick workout and the chance to rebuild confidence in my run off the bike. I believe this may be my PR for a sprint, but it was a shorter course (only 15mi. bike) and a fast one, too. My swim blew big chunks. Still, I successfully dealt with the elements and had a chance to meet and hang out with a few BT'ers after the race. It was great to finally put some faces with all those usernames! Great to meet you/see you again Morey1, PeterAk, Pseudoyams and jszat!
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Good
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: Had an awesome frist triathlon. Very happy with everything.
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  • Organised?Yes
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  • Comments: Really enjoyed the race. Even Tim and Nicole DeBoom were there. Pretty cool. I should do more sprints, its nice to go all out the whole time. It was a nice race and a good day.
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[71]
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Average
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: I thought this was an awesome race! I was really happy with how I did considering I was sick a few days before and getting over a cold. I felt so good when I was done!
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[72]
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Good
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: Very well put together race. The race director(s) really knew what they were doing. There could have been some people on the bike watching for drafting and stuff, but whatever. Everyone had a good time and it was an excellent race. Im definetely going to make this one a yearly race.
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Average
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: This was a great race, thanks to my BT friends and their cajoling. Last year at this time I came to this site disappointed with my time and my fitness. What a difference a year, a training partner, and online logs with people cajoling you into better things can do. THANKS BT!!!
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[74]
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Good
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: Main complaint: They started the novices first, and then when I thought we were starting in three minutes, we were told that it was going to be a 11-12 minute delay. Frustrating. This also meant that we were passing slow guys on mountain bikes for much of the bike--caused some congestion, passing, and drafting issues. Otherwise, well run and very fun event. Definately interested in doing it again. Was great to hang out with JSzat, meet PseudoYams and Morey1.
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Average
  • Overall course based on my ability: Too easy

  • Comments: Nice easy course. Good location and nice way to start off the season. No complaints really. Got to meet Pseudo Yams, PeterAK, some folks from my fitness club and a coworker who did it. Good time overall.
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