Navigation to the first buoy was all over the place as I veered off course a few times, but once pasted I managed to head straight to the second and exit ramp without any issues.

Need to improve my swim speed

Forgot to pre open my shoes which slowed me down a little whilst trying to get my feet into them

Remember to open shoes

Althought the overall climb of the course may not have been that high, the actual hills were either fairly steep or quite long making it a pretty tough course.

Not a huge amount I could do differently bar get a new bike with better hill climbing gears (mine has a 42/52 crank!)

Pretty happy with T2

Don't feel that I could really have done anything better in T2

Wasn't prepared for the surfaces that the run was over - hard packed gravel, muddy grass and damp clay soil (it rained the whole of the day before and half the night). Running on those surfaces really drained my legs quickly.

Practice running on different surfaces I guess

This event was a European and World Championship qualifying event last year and attracts a high level of quality athletes, so not one of the more beginner friendly races