Well, here we go then, my first blog of a new year - and it will take me a while to type it. I've just returned from a skiing trip to France and used so many muscles that even my fingers ache. Mind you, I've promised my wife Harriet a six-pack as a New Year's resolution for the past few years so maybe it's actually the perfect start to 2011!

It may only be January but another F1 season will be upon us before we know it - and judging by the tweets I've been receiving it can't come soon enough for lots of you! There's a lot going on and you might have read about changes to the BBC team - I'll come onto those in a bit.

But there is no doubt that since taking this job it feels as though my life has has entered a warp-speed stage. I look at the calendar ahead of the season and feel rather daunted by the travel, the hours of live television, the garish Eddie Jordan outfits and the drama that awaits us... but before I know it, we'll be at the final race of the year with the champion crowned.

The winter break is the same. Knowing when the season starts meant that even before we signed off in Abu Dhabi we had already announced how many weeks it was until the 2011 season. So I've spent most of the winter (in between sore throats/colds/flu) ticking off the weeks until we're back in Bahrain.

I can't believe it's time to turn our attention towards Sebastian Vettel's defence of his crown already.

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After spending the year competing against loud engines, being confused by Eddie Jordan and almost getting mown down in the F1 pit lanes of the world, you might think it would take a lot to faze me. Well, come Sunday evening at 18:59:59 GMT, I will be a very, very nervous man.

As much as I see it as my job to take presenting onwards, embracing modern technology and being relevant to viewers as the world moves at such a pace, you are constantly reminded of your responsibilities as you take on the mantle of hosting programmes the audience hold dear.

The BBC's Sports Personality of the Year show is the one when I feel the weight of responsibility most.

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I find it impossible to think that this is it. I said to Harriet, as I packed my bag for the final race of this year, that 2010 has been the fastest 12 months of my life.

I can vividly remember eating pizza in a small restaurant in Richmond back in March as we both apprehensively considered the next nine months of almost constant travel.

In the blink of an eye, it's almost over.

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