Thank you for the vote of confidence! For the record, I do not believe for a moment that if I found myself in that sort of situation that I would give up. If I don't achieve my goal of being shot by a jealous husband at the age of 103, my plan is to die fighting until the last gasp. I won't give up until something makes me.

The triathlon I did was in a very calm lake. I was wearing a wetsuit, which helps a great deal with buoyancy; the water temperature was pretty good for the wetsuit.