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...