Day 48

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With a scorching hot day predicted we take it easy.

The town is engulfed with the European Iron Man event, so we have a look around that.

With over 4,000 competitors this is a huge event.

We learn the course starts with a 3.8 km swim, then moves to a 180 km bike leg, finishing with a 42 km run.

The professional ironman are off with a 6 am start, it takes the first one just under eight hours to finish.

The rest start at 7 am and they are in for a gruelling day.

It is in front of our hotel, so we watch bits all day, going back to cool off when we want.

Aside from this event there is really not much happening in Frankfurt on a Sunday.

Walking around we find more restaurants shut than open, dirty streets and a lack of character that Munich had.

We head out for a beer garden tea around 7 and it is still 39 degrees.

There are still hundreds on the Iron man course, they have now been going 12 hours.

Returning after 9 pm and the poor athletes are still trying to finish.

I find out they have a 17 hour cut off time from starting, this will take them till midnight.

Thankfully this is our last really hot day predicted for us.

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Comments

[Kevin]

Hot
Hi guys you will be putting all your clothes back on when you get here 12c freezing please bring back some warm weather