As the saying goes, 'A change is as good as a holiday' but as with most sayings; it is bullshit. Changing your tie colour can never be compared with, say, a weekend hitting mountain-bike trails in some exotic location, or moving home to a new town will never be as good as travelling to an Ironman event in some foreign country. In more triathlon circles the saying might go 'A change in training venues is as good as a training camp' but unlike other more worldly sayings, there might be some truth in it.

I have been out training in Australia now for a couple of weeks and probably just put in one of my best week's of training ever.  Now, this could be down to a numbe... [More]