Really happy with the swim - front crawl throughout; good breathing, never panicked or had to do one sided breathing; good sighting in order to overtake - the time is exagerated because it includes transition 1, which must have taken me at least 6 -7 minutes, I literally ambled through transition. 4 people to a lane and I absolutely blitzed them, timing overtaking for the turns. Absolutely chuffed with this performance.

I'd read other BT's advice that anyone using a wetsuit for the first time should try it out pre race day - well as one newbie to another - I found wearing a swim cap quite different. For the first 10 or so strokes I really found my head riding high. Possibly should have tried wearing one before hand, will definately get wet with wetsuit before race day.

There was about 100 meters from the pool to transition 1 which was quite rough. Opted to have flip flops to avoid cutting my feet. Wrong option! Should have towelled down and put my trainers on at poolside which would have sped up transition by about 3 - 4 minutes.

Thought more about transition tactics.

Disappointed with the time which can be put down to very damp road conditions, very much on my own for the majority of the race with no-one to chase down or to pace (those that did pass me dropped me quickly) and the fact that I didn't have the bottle to push. Kept too much in reserve for the run. Again the time is exagerated as it includes time in transition 2

Push more on the bike and believe I can manage the run. Inexperience showing.

Overall transition 2 wasn't that bad for a first attempt. Had been riding with my running shoes so all I needed to do was to rack the bike, take helmet and gloves off, have a last drink and away I went. First hundred meters was a bit like bambi but not too bad. In hindsight, I didn't "jump" off my bike or run to the rack so it could have been quicker.

Quicker off the bike; run to rack; quicker out. I was far too relaxed.

Really poor run being passed by all sorts. I really need to work on my running, by far my worst discipline.

Run faster!!!!!!!!!!

Very little. Hugged and talked to all my supporters who made the effort to come and see me finish.


Inability to run fast or at least push myself. I feel I didn't treat it as a race but more of a training session which the objective was to finish not to post good or great times. At the end I was told I looked fresh and to be honest I didn't have any lactic acid, dehydration or fatigue. Could have gone so much harder if I had believed more in my ability to finish.


Rating it as average because I know no different, however there wasn't anything layed on for spectators during the race or after it.