Oh no Graham has woken up with a cold on the most important event day of the year ! There was still things to do this morning everything double checked numbers to be stuck on , I still went for my swim. Transition was closing at 9 .00 so we had to get there early even though Graham's race wasn't until 11.30 . Some very nervous looking people on the train this morning . We arrived in good time at the venue I thought Graham had got lost in transition area w...

I did my early morning swimming as usual. I was the only one in the pool today as Graham was saving himself for his practice swim. There was a busy schedule today with racking the bike, swim practice, race briefing and opening ceremonies. On looking out of the window we could see cameras pointing upwards, so me be nosey went to investigate. There was a charity abseil going on down the hotel wall. It was worth investigating as I found out that the temperature had...

We started the morning with a swim in the pool, and considering that the hotel is fully booked with a large number of triathletes the pool is surprisingly quiet. The lifts in the hotel are being rather overused especially when everyone is trying to get their bikes in the lift for the 9am bike ride. Being squashed in a lift with a load of bikes is not much fun for the non athlete guests.We thought we would take some lunch with us to the triathlon park today but th...