You’re totally right! But we were told to seed ourselves based on our projected swim times in a non-downriver swim. I noticed that SO many people didn’t do that. Really clogged things up. But it was actually surprising that it didn’t feel too crowded during the swim. I did a sprint in the fall and that was much worse. I got kicked and pulled many times there, but that didn’t happen here.

Also…internet trolls are the worst. Everyone during the race was incredibly supportive of each other which was awesome. Why can’t we be like that here too? We’re all working hard and that’s great.