Lake Zurich or Wauconda Triathlon

  I've done PP in the past.   Lake Zurich if you can imagine is even murkier than Lake Andrea!    I did Lake Zurich in 2010 and I think I caught some sort of flesh eating disease.      The water was too warm for a wetsuit.    Bike Course a bit tougher than PP  the run much more pleasant, but ya pain there too.    so guess what....        

I'm going to race Lake Zurich this year AGAIN!      what does this say about me?  dunno. 

I've also raced in Bang's lake.   I think after that one I had to go on antibiotics.    SO pick your poison.   or even better   do both?    

I've done the sprint in Wauconda I think 4 times now.

It's a nice little race - I always like the swim because you're essentially going straight across a certain part of the lake, which makes sighting easier.  Just one buoy you have to veer left at.

This is the first year they've done an Olympic though - the swim will be set up a little different.  I've never had an issue with the water quality or anything like that.  I'm do think near the shore lines there is weeds, but out in the middle during the majority of the swim it's just a lake like any other.

Bike & run course are fairly uneventful, but I've always felt safe and they're well-staffed and overall it has been a good experience doing this race.  I'm doing the olympic this year.

Never seen or done Lake Zurich, so can't comment there. Did Wauconda  few years ago and thought it was decent. Point to point swim is fine. Takes 5 min to bus there (might not be that). I liked that because when you reach the end you get out instead of having to go back. The Oly will have you go farther out and angle back.

They cut off a little of the old sprint bike course so that the Oly will be 2 loops of exactly the same thing. No big deal. Nothing special. A number of small hills everywhere. Can only sit in and hammer away for a minute or two before needing a gear shift.

Both runs will have a bunch of hills. Nothing big, but they will be short and could be steep. Don't kill yourself on them. Should be fun.

I might do the sprint, but will depend on how I feel then. It'll be sandwiched between two other races I want to do more.

I signed up for the Lake Zurich tri... there seems to be quite the contingent of BT'ers doing this race, so might as well join them.

I like the idea that the LZ course is fairly flat because this big guy can't climb.  I am in the M35-39 category, maybe will get to see some of you around the course.

I might do Waconda.  I always wanted to do LZ but I do not think I will be ready for it.  if I tried I think it would take me about 5 hours to do it.  no joke.  Since Waconda has a sprint option I might do that.

LZ in general I been told is a great course.  If I do not have to pick up my gf I will probably volunteer for it.