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kromanowski - 2009-06-11 1:28 PM Thanks for the water temp update...hmmm that makes my decision on what to do much harder...I think it is going to come down to a race time decision on wetsuit vs. no wetsuit.

nscrbug - 2009-06-11 3:30 PM

Yup...that's what happened with me at last year's race.  I rented a sleeveless suit...couldn't decide if I wanted to use it, so I packed it in my race bag.  Put it on after I set up my transition area...then, in a spur-of-the-moment decision, I took it off and decided not to race with it.  The water was 77 degrees, so I didn't need it...I was happy with my decision, but felt like I wasted the money on the rental.  Oh well...I ended up buying a full-sleeve wetsuit later on, so now I don't have to go through that again.

nscrbug - 2009-06-12 5:42 AM I hear ya, on the cold weather rant!  Earlier in the week, the forecast said near 80 for the weekend...but as the week went on, those temps began to drop a little bit everyday.  Now this morning's forecast said 73 for high on Sunday...so that means around race time, it will likely be in the 50's which is quite chilly, IMO.  Plus with all the rain we had yesterday (and supposedly more rain coming late tonight into tomorrow AM)...that water temp will probably drop a bit.  For those still sitting on the fence about wearing a wetsuit or not...I would definitely wear it, just for the fact that the air temp is going to be cool in the AM. 

amkaz - 2009-06-12 8:57 AM I won't be online here again until Monday probably so I wanted to take this chance to wish everyone good luck!  See you all out there, its going to be a lot of fun!

ChiLakeShore - 2009-06-15 9:25 AM It was my first tri and I had a FABULOUS time.

Did anyone think the swim course was perhaps short? I don't think there's any way my swim is as fast as it says it was.