Triathlon Newbie
stuxmann
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Hi to all..just been reading about triathlon over the past month or so as someone who is does all 3 tri activities individually anyway i thought it would suit me nicely. My only concern as a newbie is the swim, and mainly how crowded and chaotic is it at the start ? does everyone make a mad dash for the open water and get in each others way most of the swim or are most tri's staggered so you dont have the "bunching" effect?, thanks, Stuart
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For the open water swims in the fun2tri series (Trentham) their was a mens and a womens mass start. In this case it was all quite polite with the weaker swimmers like myself hanging back. The only difficulty was with a four lap circuit I was lapped which was a bit scary. If you are a stronger swimmer you will find yourself in a large crowd, depending on event and can be quite busy indeed. If in doubt, swim slightly wider to avoid congestion stress,
Cathryn - It's all easy once the swim course is over....