Couch2Boston

Totals Swim - 650023 yards Bike - 2004 miles Run - 1213 miles Duration - 528 hours

500 yard freestyle- I was in the first heat and this was the first event.  I put 7:45 down for my seed time, which was the fastest in my heat...but I knew others had put down unrealistically slow times.  I was in the middle lane and to my right was a 28 y/o that I swim with in practice occasionally that is consistently faster than I am.  He put 8:30 down for his seed time :-/  The woman to my left had 8:15 for hers.  My guess was that a time of 7:5X was going to win the heat and that I would take 2nd place to the 28 y/o.  I did not have confidence that I could go 7:45.  When the horn sounded we left the blocks and I was relieved to get into the water and still have my goggles attached and my eyes dry.  The 28 y/o immediately started pulling away at a fast pace.  Oh well.  I consistently had 1 or 2 body lengths on the woman to my other side so I focused on just trying to hold her back and swim my own race knowing full well that there woul...