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Slightly late reply for @Colm89 but I'd take a gel or two on a short race personally.
Today's sprint then I had a gel 5mins before the start, then toward the start of the bike. Not because I'm going to run out of energy, but just for the slight sugar/caffeine hit.
First sprint in ages in Dartford. Was relatively fun. Swim fine, solidly mediocre given I've not been swimming. Bike I felt I was taking fairly steadily at ~82% normalised, but ended up with 2nd fastest bike split - maybe I should take the road bike with tri bars more often. Run was good, first time I've managed to go sub 18 off the bike.
Crossed the line first, then had to watch as 4 people in the wave that started 15mins after came in quicker than me, so had to settle with 1st old man. Would have been nice to have been racing them on the run to see if I could have found the 20 seconds for a podium, but pretty happy all in.
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There's no need to fuel in a standard distance event, surely? Unless you've trained with eating, it's also a recipe for cramps and the shits.
Practising transitions is easy enough to do in your front room, and can easily save you a few minutes of fucking about.