Challenge Wanaka 2024 Race Report (AI Enhanced)
Bad news. I’m not a front pack swimmer after all. The pace was too hot, and the field was too small, so I just couldn’t quite make that front group, and there was no other group to join. A couple of other athletes who had apparently also missed the group, blasted past me, so I jumped on the back very briefly, and then decided to slow down because I was tired. I swam a steady pace the rest of the way, locking eyes with some rich people on a very large boat, who were almost certainly judging me for being slow. I caught a glimpse of Tititea/Mt Aspiring and exited the water alone, with no one for a minute either side of me, which meant I had all the attention, which was very pleasing. In this race, I decided to be like the cool kids, and put a bottle down my suit. Partially for the #aerogains, but largely so that I had a spare, as the Wanaka course is notorious for launching bottles. I dropped the bottle a couple of times, but persevered, and finally got it in there, and was on my merry ...