I think the windy conditions must have affected everyone. I lost at least 2 minutes on the bike, compared with a previuos time. It wasn't the best day that I have had either. After getting in the pool, I found that the strap on my goggles had come free of its clip, cue leaky goggles. Not a great combination with goggles. It also appears that Sunday was the day that the elastic had decided to give up and i was unable to pull them any tighter. A busy pool didn't help. There were people with swim start times of after 10 o'clock doing less than 10 minutes. Transition went okay, and i thought the bike was okay. I actually overtook a couple of people. Unfortunately the time wasn't that great. Running off the bike was hard. Too hard. i should be glad to have made it at all, considering the recent problems with my right achilles (7 weeks - no running) followed by left calf (10 days - no running). I was pleases with my efforts though. Then it all went wrong....
It took me an age to find my car, I usually get an idea of where I've left it before going to the race, but this time I didn't bother. When I eventually found it, I couldn't find my keys. They were nowhere. Checked if they'd been handed in. Checked T2. Rode to T1 and checked there. No luck. In the end i had to ride home on my bike. The trouble was, I didn't have a spare car key at home either. I got changed and OH dropped me off at the Barony. Still no luck at registration. I couldn't for the life of me remember when I'd last had them. I knew I'd changed my layout position at T2, so thought it would be a good idea just to scout out the entire row. I asked the guy at the entrance if it was okay for me to look. He said 'Where the bloody hell have you been, I've made two requests over the tannoy about these keys' (he reminded me of the H&S guy at a place I used to work, so I took it as tongue in cheek). He handed me my keys. I was so pleased. Someone had found them and handed them to him. I won't make that mistake again. It could have cost me £200+ to get it sorted. It did spoil my day a bit, but I'm happy to take it as a lesson learnt. Today I still have a headache. One of my toes has a dodgy nail. I have pulled something on the right side of my chest. My right ankle and left knee don't wish to walk, at all. I didn't want to get out of bed today.
Calf is okay. (That's my calf, not the person) (Who may or may not be okay, I'm not here to judge).
Bring on next year. 
