I'm going back for round 4 at that venue (went in 2014, 2015, and 2021). It's a great venue in so many ways - nearby hotels, easy parking near the race HQ, and, in theory, a nice cooling effect from being on the lakefront. Looking forward to a closed bike course that supports hammering out a good bike split and then the nice run in the park, and really looking forward to people I only see at nationals/worlds. Doing the double, as always.

I'll be there! I'm always excited to see the "old guys" blow by me like I'm barely moving.

Live in Madison but my first time racing Nationals. Venue seems perfect! Looking forward to it.

I just pulled the trigger and signed up. My fitness (and weight) is not where it was last year after a cervical disc replacement in January. This will be a celebration race that I can still swim, bike, and run. It's an easy drive from Indy and looking forward to a fun weekend with my wife (and no kids). We are staying and the St. Kate which is such a cool place.

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MKE is one of the best venues/races courses I've seen...and I've raced or watched races on 4 continents and 10-12 countries.

Wish I hadn't tore my calf and ended my racing career. USATAGNC is one of the most competitive races in the US year after year after year after year.

Probably the only race in the last 6-8 years where I showed up and wondered if I'd make the top 10 in my AG. At 70.3's it was always will I be top 3 or top 5. Top 3 at AGNC never crossed my mind.

So competitive, so deep, so fast & so much fun + a wave start so it's head to head racing not rolling

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I'll be there doing both the Olympic and sprint races. Coming from Colorado, I'm excited to race near sea level, but not excited for the humidity.

Does anyone have a report on the road conditions? I did these races in 2013/2014, and remember the roads being pretty decent, but a lot can change since then.

other than a few spots (that are marked), the roads were in good shape last year from what I can recall.

I am going again this year, will take in a Brewers game friday night as well

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I just heard that the expansion joints are really bad on the "Hoan Bridge" part of the bike course.

I remember not enjoying those in '13/ '14, but last year I didn't notice them too much. Not sure if that is because I'm a more experienced rider or if they got better. Maybe also because I'm now running 28mm tires on a carbon bike instead of 23s on aluminum!

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Lansing Triathlon Team

For those of you doing the Oly, curious what your taper looks like this week. For me:

M: recovery ride; 2100y OWS
T: 45 min run with 4x1min threshold; 3000 scy pool
W: 60 min Zwift session with 2x5min O/U blocks and long cool down
R: 30 min run with a few pick-ups; 20 min swim ez
F: travel

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You'll notice them/feel them, but they aren't a crash hazard/future source of income for your dentist anymore.

Is this the 4th time in a row? Any plans to go somewhere else next year? Milwaukee is a bit far for me to want to go for an oly

Not trying to derail but been looking….Have they announced 2023 venue yet?

My first National and we have tickets for Friday's game as well. I can thank them for trading their closer to my Padres!

just realized I can only sign up for the sprint, oof. everything's booked but that's a long way to go for a sprint race

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No, this is 2 in a row. I believe:

22 - Milwaukee
21 - Milwaukee
20 - COVID
19 - Cleveland
18 - Cleveland
17 - Omaha
16 - Omaha
15 - Milwaukee
14 - Milwaukee
13 - Milwaukee
12 - Burlington

Been fortunate living in Michigan to be able to drive to Milwaukee and Cleveland. It can stay in Milwaukee forever as far as I’m concerned!

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Aaron Bales
Lansing Triathlon Team

Interested in this, too.

I thought about going this year but decided to try next year instead.

Heard it will be Milwaukee again next year and then probably somewhere else. Of the ones I've raced, its one of my favorites... Omaha, Cleveland and Milwaukee... this will be my 4th time racing in Milwaukee.

I've taken my expectations off the table with two crashes this year that put a wrinkle in my training... twice. Last year I set a goal to podium in the Oly and Sprint and did... this year we will see.

In for the Oly and Sprint double.

I was just checking the schedule and M 40-44 is the last AG to go off (9:35AM!)! Anyone know why it's setup this way? That's a killer wait with transition closing at 6:55AM...

They take the estimated times that everybody put in when they registered and run them through a program to optimize course density.

I've been in that second to last or last group multiple times. If your hotel is close enough, go to transition when it opens to set up, and then go back to your hotel at 5:30 am and stay there for a couple of hours.

Wow, I don't think I've ever started a race so late. It's going to be hard not to get caught up in the hype and even though we're going to have to deal with much warmer temps, on the bright side I don't need to scarf down breakfast at 4AM. Not happy about this but nothing we can do unfortunately.

Yeah, I'm at 9:11 (F40-44) which is only marginally better, which is not my favorite. However, based on your username, I'm going to guess that you are well acclimated for heat and humidity. Being from DC, when I see the forecasted dewpoint of 70-72F coupled with temps around 80F, I remind myself that everybody else will be miserable, but I've been training in this nonsense all summer so it's just another day. That worked out in my favor in Omaha 2016 when everybody wilted 2 miles into the run and I just plugged along.

Yeah, I am M35-39 and we went off at 8:53 last year in the oly, and the young guys went off at 7 and shortly after. The humidity, wind, and temps picked up as storms were moving in and made the run miserable. I get that you're competing against your age group and they all start at the same time, but as someone who wants to finish top 10 OA, I hate that two years in a row I'm going to be passing hundreds on the bike and dealing with hotter conditions than those M25-29 and M30-34...I'm 9:05 this year.

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That's quite an endorsement of the event and competition.
Sorry about your leg.

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