GRAND RAPIDS, Mich — The Grand Rapids Triathlon begins with the open water swim. Swimmers will have to swap their comfortable pool swimming for the chilly Thornapple River.
Erin Kring coaches Laura Hartman and Shanna Grove through their first open water swim.
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