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That looks good (and expensive but I can see why it would cost that much). Will try and remember for 2019.
I've got a place for the 2 mile Swim Serpentine in a couple of weeks but I'm unlikely to swim it as I've done so little (literally a total of 1km in the last 3 months) and, more importantly, doubt I can even fit into my wetsuit right now.
5km is my max (in a pool), most of my long training swims were somewhere between 3km and 5km and the only variation was some chafing by my armpits/top-of-pecs as I start to go beyond 3km. But this really depends on my weight (I'm lardy at the moment so more likely to chafe). I'd probably dawb a bit of bodyglide where the top of the arm brushes the body to be on the safe side but then I keep saying I'll do this before a swim and never remember to.
Never bothered with energy drink during a 5k swim (1h36m seems to be my fastest, but 25m pool so "easier") but it wouldn't hurt. I'm guessing 10km would be a different story.
For those experienced in these kind of events do I need to do anything especially different to get over that last 1.5k?
tl;dr no
Enjoy it.
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Just signed up for the Marathon swim event at the Olympic pool. I bottled it though and opted for the 5k half marathon as the furthest I have swam up until now is 3.6km. For those experienced in these kind of events do I need to do anything especially different to get over that last 1.5k? The advantage of the format is you get out the pool every 1k and walk back to the start which will allow me to take on energy drinks which I have never done in the past.