Dismount line is on pavement 10 metres before carpet. Am amazed out how fast they come in and step onto pavement at speed in bare feet. Bike shoes and bidons going everywhere and they are made to come back and pick them up. A fast dismount is a real risk of achieving nothing. Others taking risks barging through dismounting cyclists. Serious risk of carnage.

This is the dismount point. Very firm Marshall. If your foot did not touch the ground before the line she would stop you and impose a time penalty.

He is having a good ride. First lap around 1.20, representing approximately 34k per hour with no drafting.

Competitors running up the shute are saying the swim is very hard. Very choppy; buoys too small and top far apart. Lucas came out in 40 minutes or thereabouts. A very good swim in these conditions. I stuffed the photo. Somehow I had reversed the lens and took a photo of me. Naomi has a good one of him running up the shute. My photographic skills are so good I thought I would just take a photo of his elbow as he exited transition.

Lucas's age group. There are 1600 competitors all up.