I finished and that was the goal. Shoulder started realy hurting last .5 mile could not pull down. Wierd pains in left knee about midway point, leags cramped alot towards the end. Have know idea if this is normal because the next longest OWS ive done was .75 miles.

Pre-resgister, my lord this would have save my day. Mentaly i was completely out of it due to not knowing if I would be allowed to swim

Attempted to warm up, came out of the water very cold. feet were bad, thankfully the parka and beanie realy helped


my shoulder, unless there's a magic cure for it this is about the longest swim i can consider doing


Alot of confusion at registration due to crowd. They were overwhelmed by the turnout and some people did not get to race. They also did not make any decision about that until 20 min before race and it wasnt made very clear even then. only thing that saved me was i was wearing a wetsuit so my time did not count and i was allowed to swim without a chip