Hi Roshelle,

Yeah, what they said ... great advice! I've thought of doing Lake Geneva the past few years, but between conferences etc. my work piles up in September. It's a beautiful location for a race!

I'd check the water temperature before you decide on the wetsuit thing, because Lake Geneva is a deep glacial lake. Do you have shops in Milwaukee that will rent wetsuits? I've never rented or worn one in a race, but I have a neoprene surfing shirt that I wear over my tri suit when the water's cold. I used it to train in Lake Michigan this past June and it took off most of the chill. You could get something like that; I think I got it on close-out from Sierra Trading Post for $40 or so. It's also handy for post-race Lake Michigan recreation, like kayaking, windsurfing etc.!

Good luck, and don't be self-conscious; everyone else there will be paying a lot more attention to what they're doing than what you're doing.