I would have to agree that the swim is pretty easy. I am a decent
swimmer and didn't train too much. The current is incredibly
strong. I would give 3 pointers, that I plan to put in place this
year. 1 - I wouldn't get in the current until your heat has
started. If you are past where you can touch, you will have to fight
the current until they blow the horn. I got exhausted this
way...before the race even began. 2 - Having spent plenty of
recreation time in rivers and lakes I figured I would have no problem
with the swim portion. I trained in a pool. I would suggest you do
at least some training in live water. I had a very hard time
adjusting to not being able to see underwater among other things. 3 -
Train taking your breaths on the left side. I trained breathing on
the right, and found on race day that looking to the right at that
time of day in that city puts you staring into the sun. Without
being able to see underwater, and seeing only the sun while breathing
made it nearly impossible to swim a straight line. If you breathe on
your left, you will be staring at the shore line every breath, and it
will be much easier to keep a line. You should have no problem
keeping your mile under 30 minutes if you swim at all. I pretty much
floated the whole mile and it took me 28 minutes. Have fun!
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