SAM WILLOUGHBY: ATHLETE DIARIES

Well, once again a lot has happened since my last blog. I have travelled back to Australia for Christmas and to see in the New Year, and I bought my first house in America. I have had a few weeks of downtime and now I am back into the swing of things training and preparing for this exciting year ahead.

Following on from my last entry, the week after the ABA Grands I returned with my dad to San Diego, California where I would buy my house. It was handy to have my dad- who is a builder- around to hang some bike racks, mount some TV’s to the wall and do all that handyman stuff that a 20-year-old BMX’er just would not know where to start. With my brother and dad both in the building industry I definitely missed the handyman gene.

I no sooner moved into my new place and was all excited to live in it than it was time to fly back to Australia to spend Christmas and the New Year with family and friends and begin my 2012 prep in the scorching South Aussie sun which has been nothing short of amazing. The weather has been awesome in Adelaide which has made the beginnings of my 2012 preparations perfect. I am returning to the US next week ready for my first big race of the year in Tampa, Florida.

In my time at home I have really just enjoyed eating my mum’s home cooking and spending a lot of time with my brother- as we are very close it’s been great to be able to hang out with him on a daily basis. In my downtime at home I have been trying to get out a bit and get amongst the Aussie summer atmosphere. With Adelaide being a big country town you tend to see more people by just going out and running into them whilst you are out... Well, that has been my strategy anyway.

When I return to the US next week I am looking forward to attending my first AMA super cross race of the year which I am a huge fan of and have still been following closely whilst I have been back in Australia. I am looking forward to getting back there and cheering on fellow South Aussie Brett Metcalfe. Most of all though, I am looking forward to getting into my new house and using all of my new stuff.

I will have more to update about in the coming weeks with all that excitement.

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Peace!!!!!!