Started at the back of the pack to give the faster swimmers right of way. Was straight into the rhythm of things and felt quick the whole way. Swam a little off course on the first leg, as I tried to swim around slower swimmers in front of me. But for the remainder drafting was good.

Should have started closer to the front row. But very happy with my time.

Good transition. Wetsuit half off before I arrived at the bike, everything went smoothly.

Pretty happy with how things went.

This is where it went bad. Rode well for the first half of the course, but at the turn around discovered that the front tire was flat. This caused me to lose control of the bike and fall. I spent the next 8-9 minutes changing a tire (which took forever!) and recomposing myself, checking there was no serious damage to myself or the bike. Re-started the ride and was able to overtake many riders who passed me when I was stationary. But was understandably nervous about pushing too hard.

Not crash!

Was thinking about calling the race done at this point, so felt like I was moving quite slowly. But convinced myself to continue.

More urgency.

Run felt fantastic. No walk breaks, but never really pushed myself too hard. Kind of jogged it at a medium/hard effort. Was pleasantly surprised with my time, almost 3 minutes faster than last year.

nothing, the run was my highlight today.

None


Crashing the bike.

My swim was as good as I could hope for with my current level of fitness, and my run was better than I expected, a lot better.

I was stationary for about 9 minutes on the ride, and would have lost even more due to the flat. So realistically my mechanical issues cost me 10 minutes today.


I'm pleased with myself taht I was able to finish after my fall. But disappointed with how the day went. I had high hopes of a good result, and if things had gone well I think I would have had one.