I'd been looking forward to this race with some trepidation for a number of reasons, something that wasn't at all helped by the weather conditions in the run up to the race weekend. I was nervous because it's a race that I hadn't done before, things always seem more daunting when you don't quite know what to expect. Especially when the event website calls it a 'testing' course! I was also wondering how I'd get on with a river swim, I'd never done one before. Would I be able to deal with the currents?
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