Staff and team were excellent! I'd like to state that first. Fantastic support, very friendly, and incredible helpful. Without them, I think this race would be rated different. Well done!!!
Overall Experience was also excellent, with the small triathlon village, plenty for others to do, and a really nice “big Triathlon” vibe. Great work.
Only a few of points to raise.
1. Logistics. I thought the split transition was unnecessary, being only a 200m apart. This made the race a little more complex than required.
2. The Swim. The river part was interesting, and fun, but not a good option for a British Triathlon event as the river was congested by slower swimmers from the wave before. It also came up long, with several people recording 2.1K. That’s OK, but does favour the swimmers a little.
3. Road surface was dreadful, and possibly a dangerous on the decent. I would be much better to reroute the bike course if possible.
Other than them points, I did enjoy the race. I decided to label it "Beautiful and Brutal!". With hot conditions, it was probably the toughest 70.3 I have done. Loved the run course though, but my guess is most probably didn’t. I was happy to go away with the 45-49 Male Gold.