Felt awful pretty quickly but due to having only got to bed at 2:30am after going to a wedding reception I think the run was ok, I had planned on running sub 19 for the first run and sub 20 for the second but fatigue and general fitness were not there.

Get to bed earlier!

T1 was fairly quick but could have been sharper.

focus a little more on getting to the rack and speed up the shoe change could have saved maybe 10secs.

The bike went fairly well, I was jockeying with 2 other riders for the first 2 1/2 laps but decided not to chase on the final climb of Parbold. Descending was OK.

I could probably have pushed a little harder certainly on the flat and slight descents, I don't think I should have backed off on the third lap, I was concerned about cramping on the second run and cost myself as much as a minute which was 4 places at the finish

again I lacked a bit of sharpness in transition but it was the first event of the year and the first time in transition since September

Focus and sharpen up, it was only seconds but there were 4 people finished less than a minute in front.

Head down and keep going. my previous nights lack of sleep and poor diet (wedding buffet and pizza) finally caught up with me, there wasn't a lot else I could do on this run, my legs were tired but also mentally I was just counting down the steps to the finish, I could see people behind me at various points on the course and had already relinquished some places.

Don't go out the night before a race. This was just a season opener and a bit of a training session.

Fatigue!!


All in all a good start to the season, I could probably have got a top 20 place but there is a long way to go to September and as with last year my training is a couple of months behind everyone else