Sally McLellan BLOG

wll i have been over here for exactly a week now and it has flown by. I race in monaco on the 22nd july and raced really well i got third in a time of 12.76. I am really happy with how i raced and all i need to do now is get race fitness and the girls will never catch me. I came out of the blocks first with the fastest reaction time and stayed in front for most of the race it wasnt until about hurdles 6 when they came over the top of me, so that is why i am very happy with my first race back on the scene.

i am now at my base in cologne. The day befoe we arrived the sun was out and the temperature was about 36 degrees the day after when we arrived the clouds came over and the temperature dropped to about 19 degrees and has remained that way since the 23rd, talk about coming over here for the warm weather!!!! anyway i am still having a great time and training is going very well.

anyway bet be off have to go to trainning.

P.s i am trying to put photos up butdes not seem to be working at the moment, i will do my best and keep trying.

talm to you soon.

Well it is that time again when i have to pack my bags and head to the glorious world of international athletics.
My first stop is a place where the rich and famous anchor their million dollar boats and cruise the streets in nothing less than a ferrari. This place i call Monte Carlo. I have been to this place twice before and have broken my australian record also twice.

I have decided to come into this season with a different mental attitude. Now it may seem like this attitude would be easy to come by, but you would be wrong, for an athlete this attitude will have been lost when they have a sniff of succes and realise they want more and more. This attitude that seems hard to come by is called “fun”. I raced on the weekend at a little local club and i decided to practice this new thought process, i ended running a new personal best in the 60m and racing really well in my other events. I havent felt that good since i last raced at a high level competition since the world championships. I spoke to my coach and we both believe that this thought process will be one of my main focuses when i leave for europe tomorrow.

I have also been doing some Promotional events such as going to the titans vs broncos game, i also went to country victoria in gippsland to launch the new Pro race in woodside.  I am the ambassador for this event that will be held on the 18th of december and i will be racing.

anyway I’d  better get back to packing and getting myself ready for tomorrow.

have fun and the next time i will be talking to you will be in monaco.

sally