Happy with swim. Had to swim through a lot of people, wasn't rough but slowed you up a fair bit. Sighting was good.
Never swam with a cap before, after about 200m it really distracted me, hated it!
Had plenty in the tank, being my first though didn't know how I would be affected.

Get used to swimming with a swim cap.
Go a bit harder, reckon there is 2-3 mins to find.

Put shoes on in transition. Had best spot though right next to exit. Also put socks on as paranoid of blisters. Was definitely slow but wanted to make sure I did what I supposed to do. At the mount line heaps of congestion of people trying to get on then it went into a tight turn, I just ran around them all and mounted after the turn, jumped at least 10 people doing that.

Bit more urgency.

prior to first turn had a mechanical issue which saw me have to stop once around the corner, that was 2-3 mins. After first lap really got discomfort in lower back. This should of been 30 mins for me, also found it hard to get urgent as you are racing yourself, something I am not really used to in competitive sport. The whole mindset I was way to relaxed.

More urgency

Got to transition an stuff was every where , took a bit to find my stuff which gave me a mental freeze

Remember to take feet out of shoes while riding, then jump off before dismount.

IT was what I expected. Again though even at the end I still had a lot left in the tank. The rain sucked but did keep you cool.

Pull my finger out, more urgency!!!!

Torrential rain, grabbed my gear an dropped 3ks back to where I was staying.


Physically - back spasms on bike, pace on run
Mentally - Didn't have an aggressive mindset which had me accept my performance a the time. Now I have a baseline though I think that will help improve.


Good race, had torrential rain and the organisers had a lot to contend with and did a great job for a rural town carnival. Good atmosphere.
You can see a pic of the transition area at the end of the race an the rain below!