By Kenfrey Kiberenge in London

Kenyan athletes held their first training session on Tuesday morning, as they familiarised with the facilities inside the Sh436-billion-Olympic Park in London.

Commonwealth Games 400m titleholder, Mark Mutai, hailed the Olympic village as “great”. “We are okay. We have great transportation to the training area. We also have very good accommodation and meals at the dining hall of the village,” said Mutai.

The athlete said they trained on a soft crown that had grass. General team manager James Chacha told Fever Pitch that Kenya athletes prefer the rough surface –with grass- as opposed to tarmacked ground. The duo said they had initially been disappointed by the village.

“Our first impression was that we could not get a rough surface to train on. But having gone on training today, everything is fine,” said Mutai.

Seven of Team Kenya athletes moved into the Olympic Park in Stratford, east London on Saturday as countdown the event enters homestretch. They were training in Bristol.

Meanwhile, the weather conditions have improved in London ahead of the game but forecasts show that rain will be experienced at the opening ceremony this Friday.

The weekend has been sunny and the temperatures hit 29C on Tuesday, and will stay in the high 20s for the rest of the week.

But forecasters said temperatures are set to fall again by Friday, when Queen Elizabeth is expected to open the games.

Billy Payne, a forecaster with MeteoGroup, the weather division of the Press Association, on Tuesday said: “Today is looking to get up to 27C (80.6F) or 28C (82.4F)...towards the end of the week it is going to get a lot cooler and more unsettled. It looks as though there’s a risk of heavy showers, certainly in the south-east corner of the country.”

Sky News weather presenter Isobel Lang said the weather is set to change as the Olympics get under way and there may even be showers during Friday evening’s opening ceremony.

The first weekend of the game, including the men’s and women’s road races, will probably take place on cooler, more showery days.