Anonymous asked: so, I'm swimming the 500 tomorrow for the first time.... REALLY nervous! any tips?

We’re from Australia so we don’t race 500’s here. So I had to ask my brother because he swims distance (400m). 

He says for the first hundred go at whatever pace yo are comfortable with and hold the same pace for the second hundred, third hundred start to pick up pace a little, fourth hundred start to go hard (increase your stroke & kick rate) and in the last hundred give it all you have left. Good luck :-)