I can ’ t wait to compete at the European Indoor Championships in Prague , which is the biggest competition of the season so far . For multi-eventers , packing your suitcase to go abroad can be a bit of an ordeal . I noticed it more last year when I just did long jump at the World Indoors and I only had to take one pair of trainers . With pentathlon I ’ ve got five different pairs of spikes for the hurdles , high jump , shot putt , long jump and 800m . All kinds of things come with being a multi-eventer and making sure you have room in your case is just one of them . It was easy for this weekend because I ’ m not away for long so will pretty much live in my GB kit and a couple of pairs of jeans . Britain 's Katarina Johnson-Thompson spoke about her preparations for the European Indoor Championships . The 22-year-old athlete will be competing in the pentathlon in this year 's indoor championships in Prague . Normally at Championships I room with Holly Bleasdale or Jodie Williams but neither of them are competing in the indoors this season so I don ’ t know who I ’ ll be in a room with this time – you get the chance to pick but I just left the box empty . Sprinters normally have their events in the afternoon so they can stay up later and sleep in whereas I ’ m always on first thing so it ’ s more about trying to find someone that matches your timetable than your personality . I ’ m just competing for the one day on Friday so I ’ ll have the rest of the weekend just to relax and be a spectator so it will definitely be good to do that . As well as being supported by the National Lottery I am supported by the philanthropist Barrie Wells , who also sponsors Jenny Meadows so I ’ ll be with him in the crowd cheering her on and holding a banner for the 800m final on Sunday . If I ’ m rooting for any athlete other than myself it ’ s going to be Jenny because she ’ s had such a tough past . She ’ s been so unlucky not just with injuries but competing with lots of drugs cheats in her event . I ’ m glad athletics is being cleaned up because to have an equal playing field means so much to us as athletes . You dedicate your life to it and it ’ s so upsetting to think someone might be getting an unfair advantage and there ’ s literally nothing you can do about it . It ’ s definitely good that all the drugs cheats are getting exposed and it ’ s going to be a clean sport . I ’ ve got personal bests in the long jump and high jump already this season . The last time I did pentathlon was 2012 because I didn ’ t do an indoor season in 2013 and last year I was ill . I was a little kiddy in 2012 so I definitely should be getting one this time . The Liverpudlian is confident after recording personal bests in the long jump and high jump this season . I feel like a different person since I had a foot injury , which ruled me out of the Commonwealth Games and European Championships last year . I can ’ t really pinpoint what has changed I just enjoy being out there and I ’ m not nervous to compete any more . Sometimes before the injury I used to think : “ I just want to be a normal teenager or young person ” but I realised it was this that I love and enjoy . It made me realise what I will be missing out on . I ’ ve been focussing so much on the indoors that I haven ’ t had chance to do a lot of javelin training which is one of my weakest events . I ’ m really looking forward to my next session with the British number one Goldie Sayers , who is helping me work on my technique , in April . Away from competition , there ’ s been a new addition to my household - I ’ ve got another sausage dog as a companion to Chorizo . I ’ ve called him Bronx . I wanted to call him Richmond to stick with the sausage themed names but my boyfriend said it was too posh and I was trying to push the sausage names too much ! He ’ s well trained though , much better than Chorizo . I think it ’ s like having children - you make more mistakes with the first one and then correct them with the second ! As well as funding the Road to Rio athletes , every week National Lottery players raise over £33 million for arts , heritage , charity , community projects and grass roots sports clubs and facilities . Find out where your money goes at lotterygoodcauses.org.uk .
Katarina Johnson-Thompson blogs about her road to the Rio Olympics . The pentathlete is preparing for the European Indoor Championships . The 22-year-old is glad that athletics is cracking down on drugs cheats .