http://granthackett.beinvolved.com.au Just another Be Involved Blogs weblog Tue, 19 May 2009 11:44:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I hope everyone out there had a great Easter long weekend. I know I did, hanging out with Ken Sutcliffe on the set of Wide World of Sports was a lot of fun. Ken’s knowledge of sport is amazing and I really enjoyed my first appearance on the show. I also ... http://granthackett.beinvolved.com.au/2009/04/14/focusing-on-swimming-australia-and-the-national-team/ One would think retirement would mean a relaxing time, but in my case it’s just the opposite as I have become even busier than I was when I was swimming. Having said that, that’s exactly what I want as a 28 year old entering his post swimming career. I have taken the ... http://granthackett.beinvolved.com.au/2009/04/07/a-strange-retirement/ I’m slowly slipping back into a routine now that I am home and I suppose I should address the Olympics. Overall I really enjoyed the Games and the organization was better than what I expected. I was pleasantly surprised to see how friendly the volunteers were and also how many of ... http://granthackett.beinvolved.com.au/2008/09/26/the-beijing-recap/ Greetings from Singapore! My final prep and race strategy are being fine tuned in the steamy island nation – the optimum environment to acclimatise for Beijing. Ian Pope and fellow swimmers Travis Nederpelt & Matt Targett are here with me before we join the rest of the team in Kuala ... http://granthackett.beinvolved.com.au/2008/07/22/bring-on-beijing/ Training is very full on at the moment as you could imagine. Aside from training at home in Melbourne I have been to a training camp in Cairns, the Telstra Grand Prix meet in Sydney and the main interest of a story about me being like ‘the boy in the ... http://granthackett.beinvolved.com.au/2008/07/08/happy-and-healthy-ahead-of-the-games/ Ever since I have been back in Australia it’s been all about training for me. It’s really all I have done as I have had little time for anything else with Beijing just around the corner. Training has actually been quite hard. The 10 kilometre race in Seville took a lot ... http://granthackett.beinvolved.com.au/2008/05/29/beyond-beijing-nick-darcy/ Europe was fantastic and I had a great time over there from the very start. I was able to take in the World Short Course Championships as a commentator for the BBC and really enjoyed that. The coverage was only in Europe so know one would have heard me here. I ... http://granthackett.beinvolved.com.au/2008/05/19/open-water-rumblings/ I’m glad to be home after what was a really good, but long, week at the Olympic Trials where I swam well in the 200m, 400m and 1500m freestyle events and claimed my place on the Olympic team. People tend to think it’s a given that the top swimmers will qualify ... http://granthackett.beinvolved.com.au/2008/04/02/quick-qualifying-times/ The NSW championships were a while ago now, but I have to say I was very happy with my form. I haven’t swum times like that for around three years. It was also a great weekend for Eamon Sullivan who not only broke the world record in the 50 metre ... http://granthackett.beinvolved.com.au/2008/03/13/life-in-the-fast-lane/ It’s now officially an Olympic year and I can just see the time from now until March flying like you wouldn’t believe, but I will give you a quick recap of what I have been up to first. Christmas was great and I got to spend it with Candice and her ... http://granthackett.beinvolved.com.au/2008/01/30/gold-medals-are-forever/