I race the European Olympic Distance Championships in Ireland at the weekend as part of the GBR team and although I was there to race I don’t have that kind of run speed yet so I was put in there to just see how things went! With all the traveling I have been doing I have not been putting in the swimming sets I am used to so it was a relief to make the front main pack just behind Alistair’s breakaway which he managed to get out of the water. It was a different race to what I am used to but I was pleased with how I did in the swim and bike even though I had an atrocious run, its nice knowing I can at least keep up with the majority of those guys on the swim and bike. As a team we had a number of good results, especially Olly Freeman’s 9th in my race which was nice to see after an injury plagued year last year, he is bar far the most talented triathlete I have ever seen! Im home now in York for a while anyways, its nice to be back and im going to try and recover from all the traveling and racing I have been doing, someone pointed out id started 1 ironman, 2 70.3s and an Olympic distance race all in different countries in 6 weeks with the ironman the only race I didn’t finish (Lanzarote where I pulled out 1mile into the run but it was still one of the hardest days of my life!). It’s a few easy days for me now before I get back into proper training again, I need to let the mind and body have some time off at least!