Less than one week and then I will be doing my first proper Olympic Triathlon. Last year I planned on performing my first Olympic Triathlon in the Nokia Windsor Triathlon but I had to downgrade to the Sprint version instead due to my fair share of injuries.

I cannot say that I didn't have any injuries this year but I have been able to control my injuries a bit better before they became serious.

One thing that is troubling me is the swim, in the Eton 3Quarter swim I had a bad swim and cannot say that last year I had a good swim either in any of the triathlons I participated in, despite taking swimming lessons from the beginning of the year.

Last Saturday I was planning for an Open Water swim in Mytchett but, maybe luckily enough, I arrived too late and they closed earlier than normal. I drove off to the pool and swam with my wetsuit. Normally in the pool I'm pretty much in control of my breathing and I am able to pace myself. With the wetsuit on this changed entirely, my breathing was crap and my pacing was totally out of control. The only difference is the wetsuit so I figured out I am feeling anxious inside the wetsuit, but even more, every single time I pull with my left arm I get restricted and this feels very tight. On Sunday I went for an open water swim and made sure that I pulled my wetsuit very high up from the legs all the way to my arms. This improved my swimming and I was able to keep my breathing under control. Furthermore I felt relaxed inside the water, and could do whatever I wanted doing I cannot say I'm perfect or fast in any way but for the first time I could feel some improvement.

This Sunday I will be swimming in the river Thames, and surely this will not be an easy swim. Last year I swam the 750m sprint in 28 minutes, that is about 12 minutes slower in comparison with last Sunday's swim in the lake. For the 1500m this Sunday I'm hoping for 40 minute, but this might as well be 45 minute. I’m preparing mentally for the current in the river.

I should be fine with the other disciplines, I have done a lot of 40K+ bike rides and kept running since the beginning of the year with several 10K runs, however not too many 10K lately.

As you know there are people who make things happen, there are people who watch things happening and there are people who wonder what will happen. This Sunday I will be the one who will make things happen, but what about you?