With more than 50,000 people living in Auckland's CBD, it's no longer just the retailers and the businesses being inconvenienced, writes Brian Rudman.

The pain of a burst appendix while on a training ride in the Pyrenees probably wasn't the worst part of an experience which still affects triathlete Tony Dodds almost a year later.

Clark Ellice has been cut adrift by Triathlon New Zealand but is determined to go it alone to pursue his dream of competing at next year's Glasgow Commonwealth Games.

There is every chance Cameron Brown will be paying extra attention to weather forecasts and other external factors on the eve of major races this year after a couple of big disappointments in 2012.

The 2008 world champion Terenzo Bozzone will race in next month's inaugural Ironman 70.3 Auckland triathlon.