I did it the last two years.
Its a great course and lots of fast triathletes will be there.

Two years ago the swim course was substantially longer than advertised, but last year they got it right --- although PJT is right about the water. Especially at the end, you'll be fighting thru some pretty thick weeds.

I really like the bike course --- long (for a sprint) and hilly, through the Kettle Morraine. A guy actually fell off his bike right in front of me on a particularly long and steep climb last year.

The run is relatively flat, although the last 1/4 mile or so is uphill.

I'd do it again this year, but I'll be down in Alabama for the USAT sprint nationals. Haven't done a triathlon since I beat you at the Rockton Tri :p; nursing my chronic sore calf; but its feeling better, so I'm hoping to place in the top 5. Time will tell.

Good luck.

Thanks for the heads up - hilly bike and murky smelly water. That'll be good prep for the Chicago and Boston tri's which are next on my calendar. I'll post a report when I finish.

This was a great tune up race for the Chicago tri. I left the house at oh about 20 to 5 in the morning. At the last tri I did, I flatted my front tubular and haven't changed it yet so Sunday, I just used my front training wheel and my rear race wheel. I could feel the weight difference on the hills, but it was no biggie.
You guys were right, the water is completely opaque and full of seaweed. I definitely came out of the water with a seaweed necklace and a top full of seaweed. 10:53 for 1/3 mi. T1 was fast because I skipped the wetsuit 1:19. The bike went as well as can be expected for how much I've been biking (actually better than expected because I've biked 4x in the past 1.5 months) 1:10 for 22 fairly hilly miles. Nice smooth scenic wisconsin roads. I love coming to wi to race. You guys scared me a little, it was less hilly than I expected it to be but then again, 5 weeks ago I did an oly distance triathlon in the French Alps with 3000 feet of climbing. I was quite pleased with my pacing. I was able to pick up the effort at 10 miles to go no problem. I hope to do the same time or faster for my oly bike split in Chicago (1:10 last year) so it was a good dry run even though the terrain was different. T2 was about average for me :55 and the run was a touch slow 25:24. I've been running a lot lately and I think I just paced it too slow because the finish line came a lot sooner than I expected it to because 25 min is 10k pace. Total time 1:49:17 So yeah, I burst into the 20-24 age 6 days after turning 20 with a win 1/15. But don't worry, I beat all the 15-19s and all but 1 of the 25-29s. 9th woman out of 147 so if they have a sheet printed out that lists the top 10 times again next year I'll be on the list. 87 out of 360 overall.

Nice job, RV! I'm just jealous that you live so close to all these tri's that I have to drive 2 hours to. You can really do a killer bike split -- you beat me by 11.5 min overall and put 12 min into me on the bike. Wow! Nice job and hope you had fun too!

Congrats to both of you!