19 June, 2012

My early season 'A' race was always going to be IMUK 70.3. I felt I had unfinished business from my race there last year and really wanted to prove myself on one of the toughest courses against many of the top Brits. I'd always told training partners I'd sacrifice all my other races for a good race there – and if I could win just one race this year that would be it. Winning it would be a long shot, but I felt it was just about feasible on a good day – and I certainly wanted to give it a go.

30 May, 2012

I’m writing this on a sunbed on my sea view roof terrace in Calella, with a Diet Coke and olives at my side, having had a lane to myself with my little sister in the next one in an outdoor 50m pool a couple of hours ago. It’s a hard life pretending to be a pro triathlete.

3 May, 2012

For someone who is more than a bit obsessive, many people find it hard to understand how I can put so much faith in the powers of fate. I’m not good at making decisions and sometimes find it easier to let life take its own course. Which I guess is how I ended up racing the European Duathlon Championships in the Dutch village of Horst last weekend.

23 April, 2012

Many of my non-triathlon friends say I simply use triathlons as an excuse for yet more holidays. And my most recent jolly to Fuerteventura has done little to dispel that myth. Here I am, relaxing in the sun in a nice resort while the rest of you go about your 9 to 5. It’s a tough life!

26 March, 2012

Yesterday, I raced – and won – the British Elite Duathlon Championships in Loughborough. What an unexpected dream start to my season! Me, “Diesel Engine Goss” win a sprint drafting event? Surely not! I entered this as a bit of fun, mainly because my training partners Esther Rodriguez and George Schwiening were doing it and I didn’t want to miss out. So it was meant to be a very low key, hard training session before flying out to Majorca for a training holiday.