Now I'm no longer a full time athlete I like to keep a balance in my life between sport, work and socialising; this past weekend was sport, sport and more sport. I've spent over four hours riding horses, another four hours on a bicycle, an hour running and the rest has been filled with spectating. Any sports fan would have been sorted for entertainment and the only problem was prioritising what to watch.
I opted for live rugby on Saturday; going first to a premiership game then dashing home to catch England obliterating Scotland and retaining the Calcutta Cup. My usual poor taste of Saturday night television was overruled thanks to the great coverage of the Winter Olympics and after just one day there were already so many events to catch up on.
I had to escape for some exercise on Sunday and tear myself away from the Sochi updates. It's far too easy to get sucked into watching all of the live coverage especially when it starts so early in the morning. I knew we had some potential medal hopes in the new Olympic snow events but I wasn't expecting to return from my cycle to discover we'd actually won a medal, the first snow sport medal for Britain in ninety years. I hope by the time you are reading this TeamGB have more silver wear to add to the collection, I'm thoroughly excited about many of the events to come.
