Subject: Nation's 2009 Swim Course - HELP! Two days later I'm still confused and need your help:
I made an error not previewing the swim course. I did see the map in the race packet and had that in my head. Realized when I got in the water that I did not know which sections of the bridge to swim through and what the other side would look like. The guy next to me said to swim under the far right section on the way up and then the third section on the way back. I followed swimmers there, but it looked like everyone was to my left.
Next, based off of the race map, I expected 2 turn buoys to make a rectangle north of the bridge, but I just saw one that basically triangulated with the bridge passages. Between glare, goggle fog and chaos of the bodies I felt like I swam waaay off line. I was never the furthest right, but darn close to it.
What was the most direct line to take?
Was the line under the second section of the bridge?
Did I miss a turn buoy north of the bridge (with 100s of others? )
Edited by Akrakowski 2009-09-15 9:04 AM
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