this may possibly might have been the worst experience of my life. i'm realistic enough to not let this get me down but this swim was a downright disaster. i was completely thrown off by all the bumping and hitting. i thought was prepared for it, i thought i could at least go half the distance before needing help. i felt like i started off really good. i was concentrating on moving slowly, i felt really bouyant. thought i had let everyone get out in front of me. didn't count on there being guys slower than me even. i got tired really fast, not even as far as the distance i could swim in practice. ended up dog paddling 2/3rds the distance, thats right, i dog paddled 2/3rds of four-hundred something yards.

i will go with a bare torso. once i started gasping for air the top felt too restrictive. at that point any extra effort to breath was too much. then not look around everytime someone runs into me, i probably should have just ignored it and kept my head down.

i didn't have any feelings about this transition. i was so wiped out from the swim that i just took my time and put all the things i would need on and took off.

just do everything the same and faster.

bike is my strongest performance, just need to put in the time so it will be stronger.

nothing

as i improve, just make this faster.

don't know how to comment on this, the suffering wasn't too bad but i still walked a bunch. pretty stupid.

not walk at all

the swim killed me, i never recovered. i think the low level panic combined with the distance to wipe me out and i never recovered from that.