Took a long time to settle, and ended up pacing of someone going slower than I should have been. I sighted far too often, and not very efficiently

Go out much harder, have confidence that I do swim in a straight line.

long slippery run from the lake to transition (which I fell over on), and an even longer run from transition to the bike mount line

stay upright! If I had proper tri shoes could have run faster to the bike mount line

the gel was coming back to haunt me, couldn't take on any drink during the ride. Had good pace for most of the ride. Picked up my pace with the tailwind to 50km/h for most of the inbound 5km. The route was 18.5km

Start pushing for home earlier, I was cruising at 40km/h and should really have picked up my pace earlier

Finally I managed to get off my bike without losing my shoes, and get my trainers on with out destroying the insole

Gel came back to haunt me big time. Had horrible cramps in my stomach for the entire run to the extent that it hurt every time my foot hit the ground.

sort out my pre race nutrition properly

Tried to take on some fluids to help uncramp my stomach, wandered around swearing at myself a lot until they opened transition for reclaiming bikes


Stuffing up my nutrition was the main problem. ALso need more experience in crowded lake swims as it took me a long time to settle down.