Originally Posted by
famelec
FWIW, I usually finish in the top 10% of my swim wave, and am amazed how many guys start their swims way too fast (race overexcitement and/or hoping to find someone fast to draft off) and have to drop their pace after a couple of minutes. At 100 yards I'm probably only in the top 50% but am passing lots of people between 100 and 500 yards.
Brian
This is excellent advice. I'm usually in the last third on the swim (usually in the top 25% on bike so I get to pass A LOT of people that way
) but I make a point to start the swim slower so I do end up passing people at my level in the water who made the mistake of starting off to fast.