The nerves hit just before the start of the swim- once I get hit or kicked in the water I'm fine, but until that time, it's all nerves. The biggest problem with this swim was people in my wave that were even slower than me- a lot of side-strokes and other strokes that quite frankly got in the way. I just cruised down to the turnaround, staying with the bulk of my wave and making my way around those slow swimmers to get there.
I was a little confused at the turnaround, as I was expecting 2 big yellow buoys, but got only one. The backstretch is really long, but with buoys every 50 yards or so, it was easy to stay on course. The next biggest problem came as I got to the last turn- right about the time the bulk of the wave after me caught me- just as we hit the turn. This is where the bulk of the hitting and kicking took place, but it cleared out by about the time we were about half-way in.
The third problem was that the water was so clean and clear that I thought the water was much more shallow when I stood up and ended up running through knee deep water- I usually swim in much further than that. Look at me- complaining about clean water.
The last problem was the wetsuit strippers having trouble getting my wetsuit off. So all-in-all, considering those were the only things I can think of as negatives in the swim- it was a GREAT swim.
T1 (Transition from Swim to Bike)- After my very first TRI two years ago, when I spent something like 12 minutes in T1, I have actually been pretty good in transition. This was only my second race this year and I see that I need to work on it again. Transitions kept me out of the top 20. I spent 3 minutes in T1
Tomorrow: The Bike!
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