Subject: RE: Revolution3 Full Distance : Official Threadgoobergirl98 - 2011-09-04 1:39 PM did anyone else notice the MASS swim start? I've never done a complete mass start before--I'll be in the back! I ended up starting in the middle of the pack on the inside of the lane. I decided I'd try to head right for the buoys taking the shortest distance. Not sure if that was a smart move as I'm not the strongest swimmer - I did it in 1:37. The first leg out was really jammed up - almost had to do a tarzan swim to breath because I was getting hit, kicked, grabbed, and run over - pretty much what you'd expect with 450 people all starting at once. However, even though it was chaos to begin everyone was polite about it - no one got upset at all. And once I hit the first turn buoy it seemed to break up and I was able to get clear water and finally got into a comfortable rhythm. I'm assuming that that's the point where pretty much everyone else had passed me  |