Hy-Vee Triathlon 5150 U.S. Championship : Official Thread

90% in.  Depends on how the old body is feeling after the Pigman.  I may sign up anyways just to walk the SWAG Bag row!!  Usually some pretty nice stuff given out and a trip to Des Moines is only 3 hours for me.

If all works well, I will be bringing 6 Sioux City studs with me.

Staying to watch the pros, its well worth it. I have stayed and watched the pros the last two years and its awesome.

Aren't the pros going off before the age groupers this year?

Is anyone doing the AG championship?

Has anyone done it before? is that done in waves or TT?

We are almost there!!!!

My buddy is doing the AG Championship as a Clydesdale.  I think they do the same swim start at the regular AG, but go out in front of the AGers.  Basically, they have 8-12 go every 10 seconds or so.  It goes through pretty fast.

I just signed up.  Now gotta figure out the hotel situation.

Here's the start waves:

http://www.hy-veetriathlon.com/championship-divisions/swim-waves.aspx

If anyone needs a hotel room, I just booked at Hotel Fort Des Moines for $89 / night.  Hy Vee Triathlon special.  Otherwise would have been $129 per night.  Two days after Pigman and ready to hit Hy Vee.  Looks like it's gonna be a nice day.  Low to mid 80s for a high.

What do you think the odds are of a wetsuit legal race?

Hopefully not like last year.  Saturday Night:  100% sure will not be wesuit legal.

Sunday morning:  It's a miracle, the water temp dropped 6 degrees and now it's legal.  Talk about a mad dash to the car / hotel / home / wherever the wetsuit was located.

Highs in the upper 80s and lower 90s this week.  Sunday is expected to be a high of 80 and a low of 60 degrees and no chance of rain (as of yet)!!!  Could be perfect weather?!?!?!?!

With lows overnight getting into the 50s I'm betting on a wetsuit legal race come Sunday.

Last bit of info, I heard the Des Moines River is really low.  May affect the pros.

Thank you so much for posting! It's nice to see some activity on this thread

I have been checking the weather and was glad to see lows in the low 60s but hadn't seen anything in the 50s, maybe a cool front is moving in. I was really hoping it would not be wetsuit legal since I am in Houston and won't have a chance to practice in my suit.  Anybody know if we will have a chance to practice at the Lake?