Comments: This was a beautiful course and, overall, a very well-organized race. Swim was well-run and never felt crowded or unsafe. That being said, the course took us quite far away from shore relative to most other events I've done. I heard that a woman died of a cardiac issue on the swim. While it's reasonable to expect at Worlds that most if not all athletes are competent swimmers, medical issues do happen even with highly fit people, and maybe keeping people closer to shore would been a bit safer. I don't know if it would have made a difference for her, though.
Bike course was scenic, but the constant rolling hills and wind gusts made it hard for me to ever get into a rhythm, making whatever issues I had brought into the race feel a lot worse. But again, it's Worlds, so it's a reasonable expectation that people are strong bikers and can handle challenging conditions, and the fact that I couldn't do that was my fault, not theirs.
Run course was likewise challenging (the two-mile long hill
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