Pauls 1st open swim

Well my 1st open swim at Marlow on the river Thames was a full on event. Getting there nice an early checked in and settled down for my swim. As advised i kept to the back but still got caught up in the event and took on allot of water and had a bit of a panic attack. Having about 20 people swim over the top of you did not help my situation. After 500m i got into my swim and i was off, 3k later and 56:18 under my belt i cam in 77th out of 276 so good result. Cant wait for my next 3k at sand banks in Dorset