This is the first time I have ever done anything like this, and yes, I will be doing it again. The start of the whole thing was a little crazy, 390 people all squished together swimming over each other. Once that was done plenty of space. The buoys were huge and easy to spot, so that was not a problem. Still find it a bit strange to not be able to see more than a foot down in the water. The race itself went well. The first half was a piece of cake, the second half a different story. As soon as we swam under the bridge the waves came. All of a sudden I started swallowing water with each breath, luckily this part was towards the end. Mad sprint at the end with about 5 other people, this is where I realized I had way to much energy left over, I dusted them, and later found out 2 were in my age group, so very nice. Most of the people that finished ahead of me were kids on swim teams so no one really stood a chance against those guys, I miss those days. Oh, and there was one heck of a current behind us, hence the super fast times.

Swim faster, do this race when I was 18.

Beer, and lots of it. It took about 2 hrs for them to do the awards, but it was such a nice day and my family was there so we sat at a picnic table drinking beer and eating fried chicken, perfect cool down. Except my girlfriend kept telling me, you better get an award after all this or I'll be pissed.


Still out of shape, and inexperience


My only peeve was not getting the race results until 5 days after the event, but I imagine trying to do this by simply watching people swim by is kind of tough. Other than that, I'll be doing this every year. Also, I should have a much better 10k time next year so I'll be competative in the Over Under Challenge (add times together)