Latest from Olympic gold medallist Paul Goodison

I have been based in Weymouth for the last few weeks getting stuck in to the training.

The weather has been surprisingly warm and the training has been good. It was nice to have some foreign visitors over to freshen the training up and a brief trip to Hayling Island for a Qualifier.

On the eve of the Qualifier I attended the BOA [British Olympic Association] Gold ball in London, Hammersmith for an amazing event including acts from Tom Jones and Tinchie Strider that in the end raised £700,000 for the BOA. Unfortunately this left me with a late night and an early train down back down to Hayling. Nick [Rodgers] and I had some close racing in some glamour conditions- 15 knots and large waves, I eventually went on to win, winning both races on Sunday. 

I have been involved with a few other cool things including a filming day with Sperry Topsider and the launch of the Volvo Sailing App. The new App is pretty cool; check it out by searching for Volvo Sailing in the App store. Highlights include ‘Walk the Course’ – where I walk you step by step around an Olympic sailing course. It’s pretty cool and its free.....

Last week was also the annual World Class day for all sailors in the RYA Squad, lots of info but quite draining. I woke myself up after with a quick ride to the gym on my new Orange bike, the cold air definitely did the trick before nailing my legs in the gym. I hope they still work for racing tomorrow. As they say no pain no gain!

I also headed back up to London again for a special event in the Apple store on Regent Street. I joined the fellow Team Volvo sailors Ben, Nick and the Match Race Girls, Lucy and Kate for ‘British Sailing Olympians’. It was great fun and the evening was recorded so stay tuned for a podcast avaible on iTunes store coming soon...

Paul

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