Gonna do a little daily blog style games recap over the next bit going event by event. You know what that means… Event 1 recap! Event 1 Woes: This looked like a fun workout to me and i was excited to paddle since I’m a pretty strong puller and good rower. With the addition of fins i though maybe I could change the narrative on my swimming events. Contrary to popular belief the swim actually didn’t sink me in this one, it was the paddle. I decided to swim a little conservatively and save my pull, expecting to be able to pick people off on the boat, but boy was I wrong… I struggled a lot on the paddle, and it was a long way. I just felt like I was plowing water and couldn’t get any speed. I tried lots of different strategies with my stroke but Probably 20 minutes into the paddle it became clear that nothing was going to change. I could either work hard and go slow, or work slightly less hard and go slow… I had a good 30 minutes to let it sink in that I would indeed again be starting the...