Big time racing.

I got into the Sydney race, my performances so far over the summer & a bit of a push from my coach lead to my late acceptance to the race. The Sydney Track Classic is generally one of the fastest 1500m races of the Australian domestic season and this year was no exception. With a winning time of 3:35 it is far and away the fastest race I have ever been in. It was a great experience.
The pace was on from the gun, with the pack being spread out into single file by the end of the first lap. I wasn't able to hold my position in the middle of the pack and got spat out the back the back of the line.

By the last lap I was far from the front and had twelve strong athletes ahead of me. In the end I was only 0.5sec slower than my time the weekend prior at home in Perth. I got pulled around for my second fastest time ever but crossed the line feeling like I could've gone 2 seconds quicker.

Now I am staying in Perth until the National champs in mid April, getting a good block of training under my belt and will watch the Melbourne Olympic Trials with much anticipation to see how well they guys run.



The results of the Sydney race are all below.

1500 Metres Open Men
1, Torrence, David, USA, 3:35.66. 2, Birmingham, Collis, VIC, 3:35.74. 3,
Rowe, Brenton, AUT, 3:38.68. 4, Robinson, Brett, ACT, 3:38.94. 5, Leer, Will,
USA, 3:39.94. 6, Mottram, Craig, VIC, 3:40.04. 7, Foster, Ryan, TIS, 3:40.39.
8, Robinson, Paul, IRL, 3:40.50. 9, McCormick, Nick, GBR, 3:40.97. 10, Wright,
Joshua, NSW, 3:41.68. 11, Carson, Hamish, NZL, 3:43.41. 12, See, Marc, WA,
3:43.75. 13, Saunders, Philo, ACT, 3:44.05. 14, Toohey, Nicholas, QLD,
3:46.81. --, Rotich, Andrew, KEN, DNF.

Video also here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUEFwXQfp18