One day on training camp
Much like the rule that the president and the vice-president of the United States aren't allowed to travel together, the should perhaps be concerned that representatives from its three top performing sports - rowing, track cycling, and sailing - were all visiting the last month.
Our cycling training camp in Majorca could be summed up in two words: "seriously" and "hard".
We were out there for two weeks training on bikes which, as well as giving us a break from the boats, also gives us a different kind of benefit. Rowing is an all-body exercise so you are limited to how long you can train for by how your back and core muscles hold up; cycling only uses your legs so you can go for much longer.
Our standard endurance rowing session is two hours maximum, whereas on the bicycles we can put in three, four or five hours at a time.
To give you an insight into a day in the life of a 2012 aspirant, here's a look at the highs and the lows of just one day of the 500-odd to go before the Olympic flame is lit in Stratford on 27 July 2012.
Hi, I'm Annabel Vernon, Olympic rowing silver medallist and proud
Cornishwoman. I'll be writing about some of the ups and downs of life in
the fast lane of Britain's most successful Olympic sport as I journey
down the road to London 2012.
