It was impossible to get into a proper crawl as I was in the middle of the pack. Also, I was blocked quite a few times by slower swimmers

I perhaps did 100m crawl out of 750m

Water quality in the River was surprisingly okay

Next time I would try to get nearer the front

Also, most importantly I lost my chip (or it went missing!). So, I don't have most of my times. Next time I would focus more on keeping hold of that

Last minute we were told that wetsuits were forbidden due to the temperature, so my transition was easy

I didn't dry or try to put on socks. I just put my shoes on and ran

Nothing I don't think. It went well and no messing about

I got into a couple of packs & was happy with that but very impressed with the speed some people were going at.

However, I noticed that a lot of the people that were flying at the beginning puffed themselves out. By the end I was going faster solo than the pack :D

Fast transition, but didn't jump on the moving bike

My legs were okay with the transition

I could have gone a lot faster & 'had to' walk a couple of times. In the end I picked someone and just locked onto them for the run

Generally happy, but I will work on my run more

Try not to do ANY walking. This was my weakest. I could have tried much harder

Stretching


Finding out that crawl was impossible in the pack

Not having enough stamina in the run. I need to work on that


My first sprint went well & I really enjoyed it. Note though that I made a real rookie error & somehow lost my chip at the beginning & had to see who was in front of me at the end of each section. An official logged my end time luckily


So, I was really nervous of the swim as it was in the Spree (large Berlin river), but once in I was comfortable despite having to lose the wetsuit at the last minute because of the heat.

Secondly, all my swim training for crawl went out of the window as it was just too tight in the pack. Breast stroke was fine though & in the second half I was really enjoying the swim

Bike went great! I had no clips or cycling shoes, but it didn't hinder me at all (last couple of weeks 100km rides sorted out my stamina!) I got into lots of packs & by the end I realised that I was going faster in my own as the packs had slowed down somehow

The run was my weakest segment & I walked intermittently.

Note to self that because I had no chip I didn't know what to do at the end & a couple ran past me before I realised that I could give the official my number. Small thing but there it is

Generally though I had a great time & caught myself planning my next in the middle of the race :D