Anyway we now have carbon plated shoes, tubeless tyres, 100+g/hour carbs, power meters & all sorts of “improvements” but you shouldn’t trade any of them in for the opportunity to race with your daughter
you can swear all you like - just don’t do so against officials and event crew (volunteers). I have DQd someone for telling me to fuck off - not helped by the fact he threatened to punch my lights out.
I did the Crystal Palace tri about 10 years ago. I was a 9 lap bike course, iirc. If that’s still the format then worth having some bits of tape on your bars to help you remember how many laps you’ve done. Welcome back @Turbohobbit !