As others have said, it all depends on how much contact you are comfortable with. I am a lousy swimmer, but I have no problem with the bumping and thumping (even though I am pretty small), so I started front and center. The draft effect of everyone swimming past me really helped pull me along. I swam 1:37, which may not sound like much, but it was 20 minutes faster than I expected to swim. I credit that largely to the draft from starting at the front. If I had started at the back I would have been swimming alone in short order and not gotten nearly the benefit. With the bottleneck at the swim start at Canada, you will be waiting a bit to start if you want to start at the back.
Incidentally, you picked a hell of a race for your first one. Penticton is the best course/town/crowd/start/finish I could even imagine. I love that race and look forward to going back again. You will have a blast.
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The plural of anecdote is not data. :-)
- Andrew Coggan
Incidentally, you picked a hell of a race for your first one. Penticton is the best course/town/crowd/start/finish I could even imagine. I love that race and look forward to going back again. You will have a blast.
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The plural of anecdote is not data. :-)
- Andrew Coggan