Anybody else doing Pleasant Prairie tri?

[Lise]

Here's the link:
http://pleasantprairietriathlon.com/index.html

It's on 8/20. I've got a room up there (Kenosha area) for 8/19. Are any other TE'ers doing this race? Or want to have dinner with me the night before? Carbo Load With Lise!

Illinoisans/Wisconsonites--think about it. It would be so cool to meet some of you around this event--maybe even to do it together.

(Can you tell I'm getting excited? Remember how mad I was when "my" tri in Lake Zurich was cancelled? Over it! )

[KSH]

Happy to hear that you found another race to be excited about!

Sounds like fun!

Too bad I don't live near you... or anyone who posts in the tri forum! It would be cool to do a "TE" tri!

[Lise]

I know. Can't you just see it now?

Team Thread Drift

We'd be unstoppable! And we would have a blast.

[Running Mommy]

Ok, so there must be SOME excuse for me to travel to the mid west.... hmm....

[DirtDiva]

Well! I'd definitely enter a tri if I had the chance to compete as a member of Team Thread Drift!!!

Good luck Lise.

[Lise]

C'mon, guys...Compared to DirtDiva, Running Mommy is much closer to Chicago, and the UK is waaaay closer to Chicago than NZ! So the both of you are already half-way here! (I have the ability to rationalize anything)

I'm going down to swim in the lake today, but I've decided not to do it in my full wetsuit. It's pretty hot here, the water where I'll swim is fairly shallow, and I'm afraid I'll overheat. So I'll swim in my tri suit and shorty wetsuit, as I ususally do. I may not use that full wetsuit I bought in any race this year. I really bought it for the 1/2 IM next year, where I'll swim in the lake, but on the Michigan side. I'll take both suits up to Wisconsin for Pleasant Prairie, and check out the lake the day before the tri. "The lake" for that race is not Lake Michigan, but an inland, spring-fed lake. I've heard various reports of how "cold" it is, ranging from "very" to "not at all". I'll judge for myself that weekend!