Well everyone keeps saying I need to update my blog (strange/good to know that people actually read this) so here goes...
Unfortunately we didn't qualify for the Olympics for the team event. Surprisingly I don't feel the way I predicted. I thought I'd be hiding from all the Olympic torch media and from the world in general. I also thought I might get bored and feel at a loss at what to do and very quickly get very fat. Strangely enough this hasn't been the case. Instead I got straight into a full time job - recruitment in the Oil and Gas Sector - and found that this takes up my time, almost completely. I've tried to do some longer distance running and am discovering that when you're no longer an athlete you can survive off half the food and sleep you used to be able to.
I also thought I'd never want to pick up a sword again and, although I don't have time to train in the evenings, I am keen to keep up the competitions and maintain my national ranking.
I thought I would never want to hear the word 'fencing' again and forget it happened, but I actually look back on the whole of my fencing life often and only feel pleased and what I took on. I was also captain of the British team for the final two Olympic qualifiers which I loved and allowed me to take the lead, rather than be scared stiff to let others down. Now I'm actually excited for the Olympics to come to Great Britain and can't wait to cheer the rest of the team in all the sports on. I hope you'll join me!
