next time? well, practice, practice, practice. i ve never been in open water and the conditions in open water are a lot different than in the pool. there s a current, there s waves. i was not able to see the shore so i got very disoriented and i started swimming away from the shore. then i d gone too far and i really didn t have the energy to swim back. so it took a lot offe estffort to get back. i had the same problem, sorth of sighting. you have to work on finding a target and swimming toward it. what have you learned about yourself this week? well, i can definitely survive, i guess. so i would say our bike rides which was 23 miles and i had only done three miles before. and open water swim. so i would say i think for me and for everybody we are all survivors. well that s good. you got sol targets now to work towards. yes. i can tell you for me, i think i told you guys for this, for me the triathlon was a