Didn't do it this year, although we were in Ottawa from Tues-Friday. We enjoyed it last year, although I don't like the swim portion; can't do flip turns and always got caught on the ropes switching lanes. How did you find it? Hope you had a good time.
The swim portion was interesting--overall it went better than expected. I appreciated being able to warm up in the diving area of the pool. I also watched the faster swimmers to see how they handled going under the ropes etc.
The weather was a bit iffy, but the rain held off until near the end. I would definitely recommend this event as a primer for the season!