If you've wondered why I've not entered any significant races this season...

Hold on to your hats...

The simple answer is that this summer I am heading off on an adventure that I am not entirely sure of the start date of.  It is July now and to be honest I had expected my gear to have all been shipped, but it hasn't so I guess I could have entered some races after all, if only my head (and my funds) had been in order...

Yet I am distracting from the point.  The point of which, maybe has not fully sunk in.  it may be a case of being careful what you wish for, as with a little hard work and some luck, your wishes can come true...

As you know, I am a teacher living, working, training and tweeting from the UK but I am proud to announce that from August this will not continue, I am going to be moving with my family to work on the other side of the world on the northern tip of Borneo in a small country called Brunei! 

My wife finishes her job tomorrow and our house is up for rent, this is really going to happen!  I hope that the move, while being a fantastic opportunity for my career will give me more time with my immediate family, an opportunity to travel, and some more time to get even fitter - I mean training in 30 degrees in 85% humidity has got to make you fitter right?!

So I want to thank everyone who has supported us, and if you are reading this from a link on twitter, you are also a great group of people who are inspirational in your own right - I hope I return such inspiration!  So my tweets might hit your time lines a little off on the time stakes, but don't forget me, I hope we can still compare training and if you're on strava look me up and join my team to stay in touch!

As I move forward on to the next chapter of our adventure, I will leave you with an Old Proverb,
'There is a choice you have to make, in everything that you do. You must always keep in mind that the choices you make... make you.'

Blue.

What to do when the hotel pool is tiny?!

Picture the scene, you arrive at the hotel, drop off the bags and then head down to check out the leisure facilities only to find that the pool is far shorter than the website pictures or brochure suggested.  What do you do? Moan and then avoid, telling yourself that that was a waste of time and spent the time avoiding said disappointment? No! 

Get changed, get in and practise your push and glides, turns and then work on your sculling, all the stuff that you 'never have time for' back home.  It isn't always just about the distance.

Enjoy.