POST-SWIM UPDATE!!
I did it! All the anxiety and fear that you all heard about in the build up to the race dissappeared as soon as I jumped off the pier. I moseyed over to the start area calmly and thought as long as I don't stop I'll be fine. I finished in about four hours which put me an hour behind the guy who won, not horrible, but hopefully next year will be better. It was a challenge and an adventure. By about 7k, everything hurt, my calves were thinking about cramping and I actually thought to my self "there is something seriously wrong with me, why am I doing this? why am I so horrified
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