Chicago Triathlon | Pre Race Tips | General Chi Tri Tips

hello is coach Joy from TR 312 with Coach Chris we are live here at Ohio Street beach first of all it is chic Chicago Triathlon weekend and we want to wish you all good luck in your race the water is gorgeous here but the race is not here so don't come here on Sunday or Saturday go to Foster Avenue beach if you're doing the Super Sprint the kids um try or the divy division or Monroe Harbor on Sunday morning for the Olympic the Sprint and the professional division so a few tips for the swim when you get in your waves they're going to be gallons of water if you're wearing a wet suit pour some water in your wet suits you're going to get acclimated into the water that water is going to warm your body up so when you jump into Lake Michigan you won't have that automatic shock yeah get that shock over with get water on your skin beforehand your hands your face that really helps so whether you're doing the Race on Saturday up at the beach which a lot of people don't realize Foster Avenue Beach is actually 10K you know 6 Plus miles north of here um so if you're doing the Race on Saturday plan make sure you know where it is up at Foster Avenue um and then Sunday downtown at Monroe Harbor um the transition area is actually a half mile north of the swim start so another big tip for people doing the Race for their first time budget enough time to set up your transition walk all the way down to the swim start and then you want to line up at least 20 minutes before your wave start time so in terms of just timelines give yourself plenty of time try to get to the race at least 2 hours or more before your schedule starts time so you have enough time to set up transition maybe go to the porta potties casually wake your walk your way down so you're not stressing over time take a little snack beforehand p po hydrate hydrate some more have time to get your wet suit on have time to drop off your gear check bag at the swim start which gets transported back to the Finish Fest and just give yourself plenty of time to hang out CH talk with people um get comfortable um also play and a lot of times people don't think about this an extra pair of shoes like an extra pair of running shoes or flip-flops because you got to leave your running shoes in transition and you have to walk half a mile down to the swim start buy those dollar flipflops from Old Navy or better yet you know since the race had the swim canceled a couple times having an extra pair of sneakers is ideal cuz then if it is going to be converted to a Doon which it doesn't look like there's any chance this year for that to happen the winds are scheduled to be from the South so you'll actually have a Tailwind um for the Sprint distance or most of the Olympics it should be a perfect day this year for sure and also we will be there on Sunday morning if you are having any anxiety about the swim or you're in the swim and you're freaking out um look to The Brak wall because you might see me walking down the Brak wall in a red and black tutu giving you encouraging words and helping you through the swim finish if you get a little smile just by seeing joy in a giant tutu um it definitely helps to ease some of the anxiety of that Open Water Swim but yeah I think uh you know the the hay is in the barn you've done the training you're ready to go your Victory lap race day is just one giant Victory lap and a spandex party with uh 7,000 of your closest uh multisport friends so we uh look forward to seeing you guys out there on race day and uh be sure to come come over if you see either of us I'll be hanging around I uh might be participating in a couple of the events myself so come over get a high five from us give us a hug uh you know and uh celebrate with us with a couple Frosty beverages at the uh finish fest with our uh our our favorite charity team and family of endurance athletes team to end AIDS so come over say hello and uh hang out with us and celebrate on race day we hope to see you guys out there and good luck to everyone yeah see you guys woo da