From a xtri.com article:
I positioned myself in the front row but off to the side. ... I decided to take it out moderately hard the first 200m ... That worked well for a little while and I found myself in some unusually uncongested water. But about 10 minutes later, a tidal wave of large, angry, rubber clad men came swimming over top of me and gave me the proper Ironman swim beat down that I have come to expect and loathe at these races.
The guy swam 1:01:37, started on the front row, went out hard, and wonders why he got pummelled in the swim. 1 hour+ is not front row material, no matter how hard you go out. If you don't want to get run over, don't start in front unless you are < 55'. Duh.
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I positioned myself in the front row but off to the side. ... I decided to take it out moderately hard the first 200m ... That worked well for a little while and I found myself in some unusually uncongested water. But about 10 minutes later, a tidal wave of large, angry, rubber clad men came swimming over top of me and gave me the proper Ironman swim beat down that I have come to expect and loathe at these races.
The guy swam 1:01:37, started on the front row, went out hard, and wonders why he got pummelled in the swim. 1 hour+ is not front row material, no matter how hard you go out. If you don't want to get run over, don't start in front unless you are < 55'. Duh.