Where did the month go?

February has been a blur and also a bit of a lost month training wise.

As most people know the Olympics finished today and for us here on the Sea to Sky Coast of British Columbia it's been a rather intense time - all good though.

Today's final match in which Canada won the men's hockey gold medal capped a superb two weeks of competition.

What struck me most about the Games were the individual athletes.

The allure of becoming, being an Olympian never ceases to dim for me. I have tremendous respect for these athletes as they put far more on the line in order to perform at the highest level of sports that pale in comparison to triathlon.

Skeleton? Nordic combined?

My brother dropped in and we caught first a women's hockey semi-final match and then the men's 10,000 metre speedskating final: there were just 15 competitors in the second event.

As seen mostly clearly with the finish line dash in the men's 50km cross country race, less than 2 seconds .. far less time than it takes to read this sentence .. was the difference between first and fifth place.

The first 18 across the line in that race were within 42.6 seconds!

Every second counts. And in triathlon that holds particularly true when it comes to doing all the little things right. It's a reminder to me to practice my transitions - the simple act of putting on my helmet and sun glasses and then leaping on my bike (hopefully the race organizers will let me clip my shoes on my pedals before the start).