Anxiety

I have been so anxious lately whenever I think about my next Tri, which is next weekend.  I've never been so nervous.  Even though I've done 14 Sprint Tri's, including 2 already this season, I am freakin scared!  This will be my very first open water Tri. This is what concerns me, even though it is a very short distance of 200 meters and swimming is my strong event.  So I've been trying to figure out why:

• Swimming in a lake
• It's not really a lake... Tempe Town is a man made lake in a desert river bed
• No blue line to follow - will not see anything but brown when my head is down
• sharing space with fish and whatever else is in the lake
• No edge after swimming 25 or 50 meters.
• Will I swim straight?
• bugs
• How cold will the water be?  I will not wear a wetsuit.  Will I be shivering the entire time?
• How will my suit smell at the end to the event?  Not like chlorine for sure!
• How crowded will it be?  Will I get kicked in the head?

 

 

Well, by this time next week I will know.  I feel I will either love it and want to do more, or hate it and stick to pool Tri's.  Either way, I am still a triathlete!