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Season Opener: Bassman Race Report - Running A Life
“Fifteen seconds to start,” the race director called through the bullhorn. What the heck? Only 15 seconds before he made this announcement, he had just let us enter the water. Now, about 100 of us had to make our way to the in-water start line, which was about 100 yards from the shoreline. Note to RD: It takes more than 30 seconds to line up 100 athletes at an in-water start. I tucked my head into the clear water and gave a few fast strokes to get to the buoy line. John was right in front of me. We wound up …