This is the last day I can enter on line, but I can still enter day of race for $15 more. But then will I go?

I revisited the swim site with my watch today. You'd think with two "athletes" in the house, I'd be able to find a (living) sports watch, but oh, no, I had to swim with my (old, retired) dress watch.

So it takes me ~15 minutes to go ~800 yards, as clocked by my bike odo, not counting all the zigzagging around. At least the "waves" (a normal OW swimmer would probably call them ripples) were a little smaller so I could see the bouy line clearly at all times. I guess that's not super terrible. I wonder if I will be faster on race day, due to excitement, or slower due to confusion/chaos.

Am I supposed to wear my bike shorts for the swim, or put them on after, and will that be too hard when I'm wet???

Thank you everyone for all the hints/encouragement. There really isn't a better event for me than this one, I just have to get up the nerve to go.

Nanci