RT Journals: Brenton Rowe: Summer

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It’s been a while since I last posted a blog for RT. Since finishing my honours thesis at the end of last year I’ve been a bit slack on the typing front.

 

I thought it would be an appropriate time to put up a blog, corresponding with my first serious race of the Domestic season, being the Hunter Track Classic. After stringing together some good training over the last few months, I was looking forward to having a crack at a fast 3k, after bypassing the NSW 3000m Championships, due to a niggle. I was happy with my result last weekend, 4^th in a pb time by nearly 5 seconds in a quality domestic field. My main aim is to continue this pb form over the coming months and to improve on last years performances at the Athletics Australia Tour meets. The focus will be the same as last season, the 1500m, with the odd 800m race to supplement this distance.

 

I have approached this season slightly different to the last one, in that I decided against going away on a training camp and instead stayed in familiar surroundings in Geelong (last season I went up to Charlotte Pass (NSW) for two three week stints). Based on my training form and the 3km race, I think this has worked so far. This has also allowed me to stay around friends and family and a familiar environment with all the facilities and services that I require in my approach to training. It has also given me the opportunity to spend some time at my parent’s farm, which I always enjoy getting back to the country - because Geelong’s such a big city! It’s about 200 km west of Geelong in South West Victoria. Although going home is no holiday, it involves a bit of farm work which is varied and can be physically tiring at times; but I find it a great place to train with endless dirt roads and with my girlfriend on the bike, someone to keep up with me in training (most of the time).  

 

Enjoy the summer of racing,

 

Brenton