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The swim was a bit bumpy, wasn't it - my brother said he was still being thumped coming out of the water. I just stayed on people's feet (I was being lazy, and could probably have taken at least 1 minute off my time) and enjoyed the ride. Being happy breathing both sides means that I'm ok with swimming up along side people though.
But there were some proper arseholes there - at the first marker buoy, I saw someone purposefully ducking another competitor. I called him out, but that's about all you can do.
Apart from the odd bit of inexperience on the bike leg, most people were pretty well behaved. The lanes were frustrating in traffic where they narrowed though.