Lake Zurich Tri....Team Wonder Women of the Western Burbs!

Just signed up for the Lake Zurich Triathlon as a Relay Team.  Being two of us are from Naperville and another from Hinsdale (western burbs of Chicago), our team name is, "Wonder Women of the Western Burbs."  Hammy...but we had to come up with something!


  This triathlon is an olympic triathlon (.9 mile swim, 24 mile bike, 6.2 mile run).  Last year I did this triathlon as an individual (see below), but due to injuries, am not quite ready to do this again.  Fortunately, I have the opportunity to do it as a team, however.  So...it's official now.  Signed up and ready to go!

I'm doing the swim portion with my friend, Dina, doing the bike and her friend, Julie, doing the run.  The race is July 10th, so just a week away!  Tomorrow, I swim in Lake Michigan with my new Zoot Suit wetsuit and we'll see how I do with the extra buoyancy a wetsuit provides.  Hopefully, my arms won't get too tired (it's a long sleeved suit) or feel too restricted.  It was a tough decision, sleeveless or sleeves.  After researching and hearing other's experiences, I decided on the sleeves.  Everyone who had them said they like the extra buoyancy long sleeves provided.  Sleeveless provides some but not as much as sleeves.  However, sleeveless is less restrictive.  So...it could be a trade off.  Time will tell.


Last night, we had some bad storms over the lake.

(File photo from Google Images)....  It really stirred up the lake and I feared it would bring down the cold water from the north down to the south.  But so far, it appears to have rebounded nicely.  So...we will see.  Report tomorrow and maybe some fun pics!


Happy Swimming....