Originally written in German. Translated to English by AI — please excuse any awkward phrasing.
Swimming — the discipline with perhaps the biggest question marks?
Good question, next question. For me it’s still the biggest mystery box — some days it goes really well for my standards, other days not at all. I honestly don’t know why, otherwise I’d have fixed it by now. Let’s hope Sunday is a case-1 day and I have a good one.
If I do, a time just under 1h should be possible. My swim form is similar to last year, where I managed just over 1h.
And since this year’s general motto is “bold, go for it”, that’s definitely realistic. “Bold” because last year I raced fairly conservatively and just barely missed the Kona slot — so this year I’m going to try the other approach. Not recklessly, but deliberately — just a bit closer to the limit.
Two uncertainties remain though:
- My race number means I start in the second wave. The brawl is going to be worse than last year. To avoid the worst of it I’ll line up as far forward as possible — better to get swum over three times than fight through 1km of chaos.
- Wetsuit ban or not? The lake is already pretty warm — it could be close. Without a wetsuit the goal time above is obviously unreachable — that’ll cost a few minutes