Check out those sweet white tires.
Ottowa Lake at Sunset-after I finished setting the swim course.
Me and my friend Matt volunteering nearby the tri to raise school supplies for kids. I was the hot dog.
Me with my replacement Brewer sausages.
Setting the swim course.
Saturday before the kid's race.
I did not race this event which takes place late July near Occonomowoc, Wisconsin. Instead, I helped Race Day Events produce the race.
Trying for Children's is a unique race because it has a separate kids race on Sat. and a super sprint, sprint, and olympic on Sunday for adults.
The kids race is really neat and fun to watch. There are kids racing from age 4 to 14. The bike racks look hilarious with bikes with training wheels on them. All the kids seem to have a very fun time and seemed to get very into the race.
The adults race on Sunday was big with about 600 people participating. If I remember correctly there were about 22 heats of swimmers. There is an elite wave and the race is USAT sanctioned so there were about 4 draft marshalls on the course riding on the back of local Harleys. From the results, there were a lot of draft penalties which I was pleased to see because I personally feel that drafting is really starting to ruin the sport of triathlon.
By helping put on this event and working Thursday through Sunday night, I found out that putting on a race is actually much harder than racing one-at least for this distance.
In terms of results, Geargrinder had a great presence and took the top 3 in Mens and Womens for the Oly. Nice work Geargrinder.
If you haven't done this race before, I would reccomend getting a campsite at Ottowa Lakes Campground (where the race takes place). It was really nice to stay only a short walk from the race and not have to worry about driving around, parking, traffic etc.
Trying for Children's is a good race to do because of the wonderful scenery on the bike, including a blue barn, a very clear and fast swim, and a run that takes you by specatactors several times.
Hope to see you there next year!
Me with my replacement Brewer sausages.
Setting the swim course.
Saturday before the kid's race.I did not race this event which takes place late July near Occonomowoc, Wisconsin. Instead, I helped Race Day Events produce the race.
Trying for Children's is a unique race because it has a separate kids race on Sat. and a super sprint, sprint, and olympic on Sunday for adults.
The kids race is really neat and fun to watch. There are kids racing from age 4 to 14. The bike racks look hilarious with bikes with training wheels on them. All the kids seem to have a very fun time and seemed to get very into the race.
The adults race on Sunday was big with about 600 people participating. If I remember correctly there were about 22 heats of swimmers. There is an elite wave and the race is USAT sanctioned so there were about 4 draft marshalls on the course riding on the back of local Harleys. From the results, there were a lot of draft penalties which I was pleased to see because I personally feel that drafting is really starting to ruin the sport of triathlon.
By helping put on this event and working Thursday through Sunday night, I found out that putting on a race is actually much harder than racing one-at least for this distance.
In terms of results, Geargrinder had a great presence and took the top 3 in Mens and Womens for the Oly. Nice work Geargrinder.
If you haven't done this race before, I would reccomend getting a campsite at Ottowa Lakes Campground (where the race takes place). It was really nice to stay only a short walk from the race and not have to worry about driving around, parking, traffic etc.
Trying for Children's is a good race to do because of the wonderful scenery on the bike, including a blue barn, a very clear and fast swim, and a run that takes you by specatactors several times.
Hope to see you there next year!
