This is the worst time to be injured. Watching the Olympics is always inspiring, and makes you want to head out the door and crack out a hard effort. A few events have stood out for me in the last 2 weeks.

Obviously the "man dolphin" that is Michael Phelps. Superhuman is probably an understatement. I hear some friends asking whether 47secs for 100m swimming is fast. Well, next time you at the gym, head to the pool and see how long it takes you to swim 4 x 25m. I think his most awesome performance was his 100m butterfly, when he swam blind as his goggles had leaked water, won the gold and still broke the World Record. The worst part, he wants to swim in all the events he DID NOT swim in at Beijing in London 2012. So if you are an up and coming 100m breastroke swimmer, you may want to consider changing your discipline.

The mens 100m is the blue riband event at any athletics meet, and no more so, than in the Olympics. Anyone who saw that 100m final was left gobsmacked. 9.69secs and he jogged the last 15m. What if he hadn't slowed down? Well, all I can say is that the 200m World Record may be under threat aswell in 2 days time.

Finally, an event and a person I can relate to in terms of trying to struggle back form injury. Paula Radcliffe. World record holder in the womens marathon at 2h15mins. No-one has run within 3mins of that time, ever. Yet, a stress fracture left her sidelined in the runup to the Games, with only a minimalist chance of making the starting line. However, Paula Radcliffe is not a normal athlete, and some may say, they saw it coming. Yes, she maybe should not have run, but take this into account, she hardly trained, stopped and stretched and limped the last 7km, and yet only finished 6mins behind the winner. Tomescu won in 2h26mins, 11mins slower than her WR. She will be back, that I have no doubt.

The mens marathon on Sunday will not be a fast race, but more a tactical affair, and I fancy the Kenyan's and maybe a South African could get in the mix if they can hold back until 35km.

Update from my side, is that I am due to see the specialist who operated on my shoulder in 2weeks time to see whether I have caused anymore damage there. Hayley has advised me to rest completely for 2 weeks to see if the hamstring injury will settle. I did however try some pilates and yoga, which was a wake-up call as to how inflexible I am. Alsoworking on trigger point therapy (www.tptherapy.com) every night, trying to release some of the tension in the fascia.

News away from triathlon, my wife and I are expecting our first baby on 2nd March next year, and we are both over the moon with excitement. Priorities will change and I am sure one or two of my triathlon bikes will be making way for a running pram.

Train hard and patience is key to long term improvement.

Keeto