walk the course beforehand (if possible); pack a wider variety of kit; plan an actual warm up

quick and easy to change shoes; running in bike shoes tricky and not vital; bike mount was at bottom of a small hill; tricky to get going; took off rain jacket

always leave bike in low gear; don't panic and try to run in transition

probably too comfortable on bike; could cycle faster although wind was very strong; didn't utilise gears as well as I could; didn't feel confident reaching for my drink; didn't use aerobars

have a gear strategy worked out; drink more on the go (get a camel); learn to use my aerobars

tried to run bike into transition and didn't really need to; racked bike fine; took some drink; took off gloves; legs were fine coming out of transition

pretty happy with this

flat out and back course; strange stony hill at exit from transition; stumbled when distracted by shouts from spectator; could have probably run faster for longer as I finished with spare energy

relax into run for first km (wait until breathing settles and legs feel normal); pick up pace sooner and for longer

collapsed into Stu's arm through the finish line :-)


didn't understand how much to push myself over all 3 legs; can definitely be more consistent on the bike and faster on the last run


great course (would have been amazing but for the wind, which at this time of year is always going to be a problem), well organised