At one level the organisation was very professional and slick. Starts and transitions went smoothly. I couldn't agree more about the standard of marshaling. I don't think marshals were adequately trained, or had the first idea about what the event was about or what runners needed. I do feel for some of them however, as in some cases they'd been standing in the heat not having eaten all day and having had minimum refreshment. The traffic cops and roadside marshals need to get more involved in traffic control, especially later in the morning when vehicular traffic started clogging the road, and we saw the accident caused by a careless driver. There was a timber truck on the Dargle road for heaven's sake. Even so, the swim and the cycle were, for me fantastic and free of incidents (although why, oh why, were wetsuits allowed when the water was lukewarm?) And then there was the run. Shattering. and to have two water tables without water was devastating, and the response time to rectify the situation too slow. Either someone wasn't paying attention, or Plan B wasn't sufficiently thought out. I do wonder too, for an event of this nature, why only water and Coke at the tables? Why no isotonic drinks? It certainly was a character testing endurance event, and I'm chuffed to have done it, heat, marshals and dry water tables and all.
