I'm doing my first tri with a pool swim next month. I believe that for this one, we don't 'snake' through the pool lanes. We are all seeded by our reported swim times and we circle swim with three other swimmers in each lane until we get to 10 laps. There are a bunch of heats, too. Total swim is 500 yards and if we snaked through the lanes in this pool, we'd only be at 150 yards (6 lane, 25y pool).

I'm a little nervous about transitions, but I know for a fact that I won't be the only 'virgin' triathlete, so hopefully I won't stick out too much!