Hi everyone and welcome in to a well overdue catch up from Korea at the Tri NZ Olympic Games base.

As I'm sure many of you are aware, the last ten days or so have been a bit of a whirlwind for myself with a bit of a hiccup in my preparations!

To say I was gutted about the cut to my foot during my last build up race would be a gross understatement.

I got my foot caught up in a wheel coming out of transition and on to the bike leg, leaving a nice clean cut and plenty of angst for me.

My friends in Germany were amazing after the accident.

I won't name them here; they all know who they are and what they did to help.

Anja (my girlfriend Anja Dittmer) was a godsend and it was by no means an easy time for her.

But she too knows just how much this means to both of us (Anja races for Germany in Beijing).

Now I'm here in Korea and together with the rest of the Triathlon NZ team.

I'm working so hard to get the foot back to how it was and its coming along better than we all had hoped.

I've had a lot of advice and support from everyone since the accident.

But the biggest bit of advice I keep giving myself everyday is to believe in all the hard work that's been done.

I've worked so hard and now it's a case of staying focused and keeping on track towards the 19th.

I truly believe that when things like this happen you can either give up or just get stronger.

All of you know me well enough to know I'll always choose the latter in this regard, and I would never give up, no matter what.

I understand that reporting back home wasn't necessarily that accurate at times immediately following the race in Germany, leading to a bit of concern back home from family and friends but the main thing is I am okay and totally focused on the job at hand.

Hopefully everyone is by now aware of the exact details and the fact I will most certainly be on that start line ready to race.

My character has been truly tested over this incident.

It took me through a learning process I would have loved to have not gone through at this particular time.

But it did reconfirm to me why I'm here.

I trained myself into the ground over the last years with the hope of representing myself and my country with pride.

And I'll do both!

With just over a week to go now until my race I have a new focus and a renewed vigor.

I'll be putting everything I can into my race.

I'll be going out there to have fun, and enjoy it for what it is.

I've come to understand now in the last weeks that getting there is a big achievement in itself.

After you do that, it's game on....

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