Open Water Swim - Lake Lou Yaeger
About this race
Join MSE Racing and Coach Sally Drake for an open water swim session/clinic at beautiful Lake Lou Yaeger in Litchfield, IL.
We will kick off Lake Lou Yaeger Triathlon and packet pickup weekend with an optional swim clinic to help newbies prepare and gain helpful tips for open water swimming and race day strategies. For those with experience, just swim and enjoy! We will have a couple of buoys for use at the clinic session, but not full access to the triathlon swim courses.
This event is open to anyone at any level. We offer a special discounted rate for athletes participating in the Lake Lou Yaeger Triathlon if you bundle and purchase the Open Water Swim Clinic Session when you register for the Lake Lou Yaeger Triathlon.
During the session lifeguards and volunteers will be in the water to ensure the safety of the participants, there will also be buoys setup in the water to practice sighting. After the swim, please stick around for the MSE Racing Lake Lou Yaeger Triathlon Packet Pickup Event.
For more information please visit - https://www.mseracing.com/
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Open Water Swim Clinic Session at Lake Lou Yaeger
Typical race-day weather
Based on 2 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Litchfield, plus the 3 days either side.
The sun rises at 5:39 AM and sets at 8:10 PM local time (CDT) in Litchfield on May 22, 2027 — 14h 31m of daylight.
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Where this page comes from. Race details were last updated on . We re-check listings regularly and again in the week before race day.
- Entries, prices, waves and inclusions — the event's official registration page
- Temperature and humidity — Copernicus ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)
- Elevation and terrain relief — Copernicus DEM GLO-90, ESA (CC BY 4.0)
- Comparisons and counts — Race Discovery calendar, 3 Litchfield events
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