So, the pizzas are ordered (Hawaiian, of course!) and the beer is on ice and the three laptops are set up all ready for Saturday night's festival of triathlon from the Big Island -- yes, it's Hawaii Ironman time again!!! Sadly the UK isn't getting the live TV coverage that we hear they will be getting in Germany and we'll have to make do with our little MediaPlayer window that's locked onto the IronmanLive website (www.ironmanlive.com) but it's better than nothing and at least we'll be able to keep track of the GB contingent. One athlete we already know will be missing the starting line-up on Dig Me Beach is Andrew Johns - or at least that's what the information coming out of Rhodes was indicating last weekend. We believe that he'll be making the trip out to Clearwater for the 70.3 Championships instead.

The domestic scene is really quite quiet this weekend but there's one triathlon taking place - and it's open water as well... The Forest of Dean Sprint still has places available and you can enter on the day but you must take your own swim cap - see the Tri Coaching UK website for more information: www.tricoachinguk.org.uk Wetsuits are mandatory for that one, by the way, with the water at 14°!

The Devon Duathlon really should be taking place this weekend, we had it listed last week by mistake, but the Heartbreaker Duathlon is definitely cancelled. Alternatives include the Fast and Furious Duathlon at Eynsford in Kent and the Avon Tyrrell Short Triathlon down in the New Forest. The Sutton Bonington Duathlon up in Leicestershire offers both adult and children's distances and the Marlow Duathlon is being run as a test event with a maximum of 50 competitors so we expect that one to be sold out.

The final event on the calendar is Human Race's ASICS Kingston Running Festival with its 8.2-mile and 16-mile loops featuring the scenery of a riverside run along the Thames from Kingston to Hampton Court. If you see a snoring figure propping up the finish gantry it'll only be the Editor fresh (?) from his all-nighter watching Hawaii - coffee is always appreciated...

The weekend weather is looking nicely Autumnal; cool clear nights, misty mornings but the potential for a nice bit of sunshine as well. As for Hawaii, the weather out there is predicted to be 53 to 75°F on Saturday with Easterly winds of 10-15mph.