Just jumping in the rain

Greetings from the Team GB preparation camp in Macau. I travelled well and managed to do a decent training session following a good night's sleep on the first day. However, last night I was still awake at 3am as my body clock struggles to adapt to its new routine.

I'm not the only one struggling though, as my room mate Greg Rutherford (long jumper) was also wide awake till the early hours.

In fact, he is still fast asleep as I write this message from the darkness of our hotel room at 12.25pm! I may have to wake him soon as otherwise he won't get to sleep again tonight. He had a tough day yesterday though, as he was forced to miss his Grandads funeral and they are a very close family.

We have been friends for a while so its good to have someone to talk to... at 3am! Yesterday, we were unable to train due to the onset of a typhoon. Therefore, we had to suffer the consequences of being stranded in a 5 star hotel. I managed to struggle through this ordeal with the help of a Jacuzzi, 11 unbeaten games of pool and some sweet and sour pork!

I will go to the track later this evening to do a jumps session with my coach Fayyaz Ahmed and practice jumping in the rain, which looks like it could be settled in for a while. I will try not to spike myself today, as this seems to be a running theme of late, and I am accumulating an impressive array of scars.

Like all the athletes I am doing a pre-recorded interview in about an hour's time for the BBC in case they need some footage whilst the Games are being broadcast. That reminds me...I need to go and have a shave as I am starting to look like Tom Hanks from Cast Away.

Anyway, I hope all is well back home and Villa have signed lots of World Class players (or any for that matter!). Thanks for all your support and I will try and write to you again soon,