Sheraton, Perth, Western Australia

Some people think I have been kidnapped by aliens, some people think I am ignoring them. So I've taken 20 minutes while the tiger balm works my magic on my knees to give you a life in the day:

• My event - final round of an international sporting event.
• My "children" - 351 international media and 14 volunteers.
• My home - partitioned office with no natural light and temperemental airconditioning at the Sheraton Hotel.
• My hours - minimum 0630 to 2400
• My pains - press releases at Eastern states deadlines, late running stages and writing press releases before stewards meetings, interview areas with no personnel to staff them, managing people who work for free, regulations made by governing bodies that don't have a clue, liaising with other officials with ego problems, getting phone calls that don't take into account time differences, accidents and incidents on every single stage, trying to speak French and read Spanish, not enough coffee close to me...and so on...
• My gains - getting people who work for free to enjoy themselves, sometimes, briefly making the media happy, er - that's it.