wasn't expecting waves and really struggled to put my face in the water; swam breaststroke for the first leg while panicking somewhat; then gradually got into a rhythm and started front crawl arms (but with head out of water). Started to overtake other swimmers. Could have done so much better...

GET MORE OPEN WATER PRACTICE.

Reasonably happy with this. Got suit half off on the way back to my bike; changed quickly

Really comfortable, fast (for me) ride; made one mistake getting stuck trying to overtake someone going at the same speed as me and dropped into too slow a gear to pass; good cadence overall; still didn't get drinking right

was on tri-bars when I came into stop and couldn't get off properly; ended up dropping bike and looking very stupid

practice bike stops so that it's more efficient!

Found it really hard to get going and struggled with the wind; felt quite hungry which didn't help; was able to pick up pace on second leg and finish faster

eat before run or while on bike; relative to the rest of the field this is my slowest leg so need to work on improving my run speed (race pace is my fastest time in recent years!)

collapsed in a pile :-)


run ability; swim execution


Great course, especially for beginners, although the laps are a bit boring and the lake means there's usually a brisk wind