Stepping up to my mark
This is as close to live blogging as I'll ever get. I'm sat in the Operations Room at Blenheim Palace. My triathlon starts at 11:40. It is raining quite hard and has been for some time.
My bike and wet suit is, well, wet. That'll be pleasant to put on!
I've been here from 8am due to phone problems (now sorted - thank you Giles at Connect 2!). But many of our team have been in since 5am. Fed with bacon sandwiches, they have been hard at work in the rain, preparing for a massive influx of visitors, participants and pure race spectators. We have a wonderful team this year; many very local people, many of those are younger relatives of current Blenheim staff.
What is particularly pleasing is how many of our staff have stepped up to take on new responsibilities. No wonder our customer satisfaction scores are so strong this year!
When people step up to the mark, it makes life so much easier all around.
I am now hanging on for Roger, our property director, who will beat me in today's race (my latest excuse in advance is that I would clearly be mad to cycle flat out in these conditions!). Soon it will be time to step up to my mark too, alongside nearly 6,000 others this weekend. Why do people do this voluntarily?!
I'll let you know how we get on. Even over the course of this blog, my nerve levels are getting worse. I'll be a nervous wreck by the time the start klaxon sounds!
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My bike and wet suit is, well, wet. That'll be pleasant to put on!
I've been here from 8am due to phone problems (now sorted - thank you Giles at Connect 2!). But many of our team have been in since 5am. Fed with bacon sandwiches, they have been hard at work in the rain, preparing for a massive influx of visitors, participants and pure race spectators. We have a wonderful team this year; many very local people, many of those are younger relatives of current Blenheim staff.
What is particularly pleasing is how many of our staff have stepped up to take on new responsibilities. No wonder our customer satisfaction scores are so strong this year!
When people step up to the mark, it makes life so much easier all around.
I am now hanging on for Roger, our property director, who will beat me in today's race (my latest excuse in advance is that I would clearly be mad to cycle flat out in these conditions!). Soon it will be time to step up to my mark too, alongside nearly 6,000 others this weekend. Why do people do this voluntarily?!
I'll let you know how we get on. Even over the course of this blog, my nerve levels are getting worse. I'll be a nervous wreck by the time the start klaxon sounds!
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