1 00:00:03,320 --> 00:00:08,000 Speaker 1: Welcome to the Presser by teafapt our brand new podcast format, 2 00:00:08,320 --> 00:00:12,520 Speaker 1: short form interviews with female athletes that cover incredible things 3 00:00:12,600 --> 00:00:16,079 Speaker 1: coming up and amazing achievements as they happen, just like 4 00:00:16,079 --> 00:00:18,800 Speaker 1: a press conference, but one on one in a podcast. 5 00:00:19,239 --> 00:00:22,119 Speaker 1: We still cover everything happening in women's sports news in 6 00:00:22,160 --> 00:00:25,880 Speaker 1: our weekly podcast and email newsletter The Rap that drops 7 00:00:25,960 --> 00:00:29,120 Speaker 1: every Tuesday morning, and we'll be kicking off season three 8 00:00:29,240 --> 00:00:33,559 Speaker 1: of our long form athlete Chats very very soon. In 9 00:00:33,600 --> 00:00:35,960 Speaker 1: this episode of The Presser, I had the chance to 10 00:00:36,000 --> 00:00:39,440 Speaker 1: sit down with track athlete Benderi, a boyer who is 11 00:00:39,520 --> 00:00:43,440 Speaker 1: this week featuring in her own TV documentary on SBS 12 00:00:43,479 --> 00:00:48,199 Speaker 1: Iceland and NITV called Run Girl. The film follows her 13 00:00:48,280 --> 00:00:51,159 Speaker 1: journey and search for identity as she switches events from 14 00:00:51,200 --> 00:00:53,760 Speaker 1: the four hundred meter track to the eight hundred meter 15 00:00:53,880 --> 00:00:57,680 Speaker 1: track in pursuit of becoming the world's best. Growing up 16 00:00:57,720 --> 00:01:00,600 Speaker 1: in Western Sydney and starting athletics as an a gape, 17 00:01:00,720 --> 00:01:03,440 Speaker 1: The Ethiopian born twenty one year old is determined to 18 00:01:03,480 --> 00:01:07,559 Speaker 1: show that no matter your beginnings, anything is possible. After 19 00:01:07,600 --> 00:01:11,240 Speaker 1: a disappointing Olympic Games at Tokyo, Run Girl picks up 20 00:01:11,280 --> 00:01:14,000 Speaker 1: Ben Dierrie's story as she moves away from her family 21 00:01:14,080 --> 00:01:16,840 Speaker 1: to Melbourne to begin the grueling training for the eight 22 00:01:16,920 --> 00:01:20,880 Speaker 1: hundred meters. Now coach by Justin Ronaldi and training alongside 23 00:01:20,920 --> 00:01:25,240 Speaker 1: elite Australian eight hundred meter runner athlete Peter Bowl, will 24 00:01:25,280 --> 00:01:27,319 Speaker 1: she be able to make the dramatic transition from the 25 00:01:27,360 --> 00:01:30,880 Speaker 1: four hundred meters to the eight hundred meters successfully. I 26 00:01:30,920 --> 00:01:33,520 Speaker 1: absolutely loved the chance to sit down with Bendury and 27 00:01:33,600 --> 00:01:36,920 Speaker 1: hear more about her story. I hope you enjoy this one. 28 00:01:37,360 --> 00:01:40,880 Speaker 1: Ben Deury, a Boyer, Welcome to the Female Athlete Project. 29 00:01:41,120 --> 00:01:43,400 Speaker 2: Hi, thank you for having me. I've always like follow 30 00:01:43,440 --> 00:01:45,600 Speaker 2: you on Instagram, so I'm like, okay, cool be having 31 00:01:45,640 --> 00:01:46,119 Speaker 2: me be here. 32 00:01:46,319 --> 00:01:48,840 Speaker 1: Thank you very much. I appreciate that. I'm really excited 33 00:01:48,840 --> 00:01:52,200 Speaker 1: to have a chat to you today. In pretty exciting news, 34 00:01:52,760 --> 00:01:56,200 Speaker 1: there's a doco coming out called Run Girl about your life. 35 00:01:56,440 --> 00:01:59,520 Speaker 1: It's going to be an SBS on Thursday. You're going 36 00:01:59,560 --> 00:02:02,120 Speaker 1: to get to go and watch the premiere live. And 37 00:02:02,120 --> 00:02:04,280 Speaker 1: you're just telling me before we started recording that you 38 00:02:04,280 --> 00:02:06,200 Speaker 1: haven't watched it yourself yet. I've had the chance to 39 00:02:06,240 --> 00:02:08,799 Speaker 1: watch it, but you haven't watched it yourself. Yet Yeah, 40 00:02:08,919 --> 00:02:09,960 Speaker 1: what's the reason for that. 41 00:02:10,560 --> 00:02:14,560 Speaker 2: Well, obviously I'm gonna watch it with my family, So me, 42 00:02:14,680 --> 00:02:18,800 Speaker 2: I don't really watch movies, not gonna lie so to 43 00:02:18,880 --> 00:02:20,800 Speaker 2: watch it twice it will be a bit for me. 44 00:02:21,240 --> 00:02:23,359 Speaker 2: So I think I only just watch it ones. Plus 45 00:02:23,520 --> 00:02:26,760 Speaker 2: I do not like hearing myself, so I actually got 46 00:02:26,760 --> 00:02:29,160 Speaker 2: sent the trailer and I didn't watch it until like 47 00:02:29,240 --> 00:02:31,200 Speaker 2: days later because I didn't like hearing my own voice. 48 00:02:31,480 --> 00:02:33,280 Speaker 1: It's a bit funny sometimes, isn't it. And you just 49 00:02:33,280 --> 00:02:35,080 Speaker 1: I feel like you judge everything that you say and 50 00:02:35,120 --> 00:02:37,720 Speaker 1: you do and you're like, oh yeah, it's stressful. Yeah. 51 00:02:37,840 --> 00:02:41,679 Speaker 2: So like, once it's enough for me. I've even watched 52 00:02:41,720 --> 00:02:44,800 Speaker 2: any of my interviews ever, So once it's enough for me, 53 00:02:44,880 --> 00:02:46,280 Speaker 2: and then I'm never gonna watch it again. 54 00:02:46,360 --> 00:02:49,560 Speaker 1: Okay, very cool. I have had the chance to watch 55 00:02:49,639 --> 00:02:53,560 Speaker 1: it. It's quite incredible and I love that it. It's kind 56 00:02:53,560 --> 00:02:56,000 Speaker 1: of a real combination of where you're at now, which 57 00:02:56,040 --> 00:02:58,280 Speaker 1: we'll get into a little bit, but a bit about 58 00:02:58,320 --> 00:03:00,959 Speaker 1: you as a young person and going to school after 59 00:03:01,000 --> 00:03:03,280 Speaker 1: you moved to Australia. Can you tell us a little 60 00:03:03,280 --> 00:03:05,440 Speaker 1: bit about your family's moved to Australia. 61 00:03:06,040 --> 00:03:08,440 Speaker 2: Well, I was quite Cleoarles, it's not gonna lie. I 62 00:03:08,480 --> 00:03:10,000 Speaker 2: was in a flight. I was on a plane. I 63 00:03:10,000 --> 00:03:12,120 Speaker 2: didn't know what a plane was. It wasn't until my 64 00:03:12,200 --> 00:03:13,840 Speaker 2: dad did go on a flight and I really just 65 00:03:13,840 --> 00:03:17,160 Speaker 2: started laughing. I remember that moment with my sister and 66 00:03:17,200 --> 00:03:21,360 Speaker 2: then we landed in Australia. Didn't know anything. I was 67 00:03:21,400 --> 00:03:23,240 Speaker 2: quite lucky to be really young, because I feel like 68 00:03:23,240 --> 00:03:26,480 Speaker 2: when you're young, you could actually learn to fee languages 69 00:03:26,560 --> 00:03:29,920 Speaker 2: quite fast. So I was young. I was young. My 70 00:03:30,000 --> 00:03:33,320 Speaker 2: siblings were older than me. Obviously, went to school, went 71 00:03:33,320 --> 00:03:35,840 Speaker 2: to primary school. I remember my mom dropping me off 72 00:03:35,880 --> 00:03:37,640 Speaker 2: all the time, and I found it so hard to 73 00:03:37,640 --> 00:03:41,840 Speaker 2: make friends. That was so shy. I remember the primary 74 00:03:41,880 --> 00:03:44,840 Speaker 2: school was I mean the preschools like off top of 75 00:03:44,920 --> 00:03:47,880 Speaker 2: the building in paramatter. I remember the whole thing. So 76 00:03:47,960 --> 00:03:50,200 Speaker 2: it was quite new to me. Everything was new. And 77 00:03:50,240 --> 00:03:54,440 Speaker 2: then I went to kindergarten. I was always laying close 78 00:03:54,480 --> 00:03:56,800 Speaker 2: to my sister. I didn't have much friends, and then 79 00:03:56,840 --> 00:03:58,880 Speaker 2: I maybe in like year one and stuff, I started 80 00:03:58,920 --> 00:04:01,400 Speaker 2: making friends and that was through running. 81 00:04:02,400 --> 00:04:05,080 Speaker 1: It would be really hard. I imagine if you're already 82 00:04:05,360 --> 00:04:08,640 Speaker 1: a little bit shy and you're learning language, to then 83 00:04:08,680 --> 00:04:10,880 Speaker 1: go into this new environment. It must be really hard 84 00:04:10,920 --> 00:04:12,120 Speaker 1: to make friends as a young kid. 85 00:04:13,080 --> 00:04:16,000 Speaker 2: Yeah, it was really young. But I think every kid struggles. 86 00:04:16,520 --> 00:04:19,839 Speaker 2: Not everyone, but I think there are kids that do struggle. 87 00:04:20,440 --> 00:04:23,200 Speaker 2: I guess it's just finding who you are along the way. 88 00:04:23,320 --> 00:04:26,880 Speaker 2: And yeah, what was it about sport? 89 00:04:26,960 --> 00:04:28,080 Speaker 1: How did you first find it? 90 00:04:29,400 --> 00:04:32,240 Speaker 2: Well, I'm not gonna lie. I was really competitive. I 91 00:04:32,279 --> 00:04:36,039 Speaker 2: am really competitive. So when the boys started calling them 92 00:04:36,440 --> 00:04:40,320 Speaker 2: the fast people in the class or whatever, I was like, no, no, 93 00:04:40,440 --> 00:04:43,760 Speaker 2: So I remember there was actually there was a classroom 94 00:04:43,760 --> 00:04:45,919 Speaker 2: event that we did, and I lived right next to 95 00:04:45,960 --> 00:04:48,599 Speaker 2: the public school, so there was a heel right there 96 00:04:48,680 --> 00:04:51,960 Speaker 2: and wheel racing and it came down to me and 97 00:04:52,000 --> 00:04:54,760 Speaker 2: this boy, and I was like, I'm not letting you win. 98 00:04:55,120 --> 00:04:57,400 Speaker 2: So I just knew I was very competitive. Even thoughhen 99 00:04:57,400 --> 00:05:00,560 Speaker 2: it came to school carnivals, I always went up age groups. 100 00:05:00,560 --> 00:05:03,560 Speaker 2: I never really stayed my age groups. So and I 101 00:05:03,600 --> 00:05:06,520 Speaker 2: do have my There was a sports teacher at that 102 00:05:06,520 --> 00:05:10,000 Speaker 2: school to thank for that, and his name was Missus Stone, 103 00:05:10,080 --> 00:05:13,560 Speaker 2: and it was great, you know, before Olympics, getting a 104 00:05:13,560 --> 00:05:16,840 Speaker 2: message from Missus Stone and just all these little things 105 00:05:16,880 --> 00:05:19,520 Speaker 2: that just bring back childhood memories. That's really cool. 106 00:05:19,560 --> 00:05:22,520 Speaker 1: Did you win that race up the hill. 107 00:05:22,640 --> 00:05:26,559 Speaker 2: Let's not talk about it. But it was just a start. 108 00:05:26,720 --> 00:05:30,160 Speaker 2: It was just a start. Now it's fine. 109 00:05:30,560 --> 00:05:32,960 Speaker 1: So how did it work from kind of starting at 110 00:05:33,000 --> 00:05:36,680 Speaker 1: school and having that competitive streak to the point where 111 00:05:36,800 --> 00:05:38,799 Speaker 1: you then started to get to represent your country. 112 00:05:39,600 --> 00:05:42,800 Speaker 2: Well, I was kind of inn a zone. Wells really clueless. 113 00:05:43,520 --> 00:05:45,400 Speaker 2: My family didn't know anything or my parents didn't know 114 00:05:45,400 --> 00:05:48,800 Speaker 2: anything about little ethnics, everything that you could do outside 115 00:05:48,839 --> 00:05:52,680 Speaker 2: of school basically, so I only just ran for a 116 00:05:52,720 --> 00:05:56,120 Speaker 2: couple of years in high school, primary school at the carnivals, 117 00:05:56,400 --> 00:06:00,240 Speaker 2: and then that was it. And then I remember I 118 00:06:00,320 --> 00:06:04,440 Speaker 2: had to I feel like, when you're in our household 119 00:06:04,480 --> 00:06:07,440 Speaker 2: where your family or your parents don't really know any 120 00:06:07,480 --> 00:06:09,240 Speaker 2: of those kind of things, it's kind of up to 121 00:06:09,320 --> 00:06:12,919 Speaker 2: you to educate them on it. So I did search 122 00:06:12,960 --> 00:06:15,920 Speaker 2: up little ethtic and then I was like to my dad, 123 00:06:16,000 --> 00:06:18,719 Speaker 2: can I do this? And he just took me every day, 124 00:06:19,400 --> 00:06:23,080 Speaker 2: waited for me, and then it became so fun. My 125 00:06:23,120 --> 00:06:28,200 Speaker 2: first one was Blacktown. I was so used to Blacktown 126 00:06:28,240 --> 00:06:32,400 Speaker 2: only because I used to go there for carnivals and stuff, 127 00:06:32,440 --> 00:06:35,080 Speaker 2: so for school, so I was like, hey, Blacktown has 128 00:06:35,120 --> 00:06:38,480 Speaker 2: a track. So I joined Blacktown and Eventually they moved 129 00:06:38,520 --> 00:06:41,480 Speaker 2: on to another area, so then I was like, hey, 130 00:06:41,520 --> 00:06:43,719 Speaker 2: let me move closer so it's easier for my dad. 131 00:06:44,040 --> 00:06:47,240 Speaker 2: I moved to Euroeen. I don't know why I kept moving. It. 132 00:06:47,320 --> 00:06:49,120 Speaker 2: For me, it was kind of like I still on 133 00:06:49,200 --> 00:06:51,640 Speaker 2: that competitive side, even though I knew it it was 134 00:06:51,680 --> 00:06:55,039 Speaker 2: all about having fun. And then I also moved to 135 00:06:55,120 --> 00:06:56,880 Speaker 2: Prospect after that, and I don't know what I was 136 00:06:56,880 --> 00:07:00,280 Speaker 2: trying to find, but I stayed in Prospect and from 137 00:07:00,320 --> 00:07:03,240 Speaker 2: then on I met a friend who had a coach 138 00:07:03,839 --> 00:07:05,919 Speaker 2: and that ended up being my coach. 139 00:07:06,600 --> 00:07:08,800 Speaker 1: That's very cool. How is it that you ended up 140 00:07:09,320 --> 00:07:11,800 Speaker 1: finding the four hundred meters kind of as your pet 141 00:07:11,800 --> 00:07:13,680 Speaker 1: event for for a number of years. 142 00:07:14,320 --> 00:07:16,800 Speaker 2: Well, the one hundred is too short. The two hundred 143 00:07:17,040 --> 00:07:19,080 Speaker 2: has a bend, and I'm not great with bens. 144 00:07:19,920 --> 00:07:23,360 Speaker 1: The four hundred has two bends, doesn't Yeah, you know. 145 00:07:23,680 --> 00:07:26,000 Speaker 2: The two hundred you have to like sprint on the bend, 146 00:07:26,040 --> 00:07:30,680 Speaker 2: like you know, like it's different. Okay, you got to. 147 00:07:30,680 --> 00:07:32,760 Speaker 1: Really lean in into two hundred, into that bit. 148 00:07:32,880 --> 00:07:35,520 Speaker 2: It's not the same. And with my body type, like, 149 00:07:35,520 --> 00:07:38,280 Speaker 2: I'm not that powerful, so it's like I'm not blocks 150 00:07:38,320 --> 00:07:42,280 Speaker 2: is tragic for me, even up until I think I 151 00:07:42,320 --> 00:07:47,160 Speaker 2: probably learned how to do blocks properly after my Olympic 152 00:07:47,240 --> 00:07:49,680 Speaker 2: qualifier in Doha, Like I did not know how to 153 00:07:49,680 --> 00:07:54,360 Speaker 2: set up blocks like that means tragic. And yeah, we 154 00:07:54,440 --> 00:07:57,480 Speaker 2: came back and we practiced blocks, and because I had 155 00:07:57,520 --> 00:08:00,840 Speaker 2: a growing injury before that block or something, I did 156 00:08:00,880 --> 00:08:06,000 Speaker 2: like maybe once every time, like a little like maybe posts, 157 00:08:06,360 --> 00:08:08,560 Speaker 2: maybe like a day before I competed, So it was 158 00:08:08,640 --> 00:08:10,360 Speaker 2: like something like we didn't do all the time. 159 00:08:10,680 --> 00:08:13,440 Speaker 1: Can you talk to us about what training for an 160 00:08:13,440 --> 00:08:16,080 Speaker 1: event like that is like, because the levels of like 161 00:08:16,200 --> 00:08:19,120 Speaker 1: lactic acid in the four hundred are pretty ridiculous. 162 00:08:20,280 --> 00:08:23,800 Speaker 2: Well, to be honest with my first coach, I kind 163 00:08:23,800 --> 00:08:28,520 Speaker 2: of just just went there and just train, didn't question anything. 164 00:08:30,080 --> 00:08:33,480 Speaker 2: But yeah, I really remember all the training I used 165 00:08:33,520 --> 00:08:36,240 Speaker 2: to do. Well, I know it was intense. I was 166 00:08:36,280 --> 00:08:40,080 Speaker 2: training more than then probably now I was training. It 167 00:08:40,120 --> 00:08:43,360 Speaker 2: was a crazy amount of training. But yeah, it wasn't 168 00:08:43,440 --> 00:08:46,400 Speaker 2: on my mental side. It wasn't great because I was 169 00:08:46,440 --> 00:08:48,839 Speaker 2: doing all this stuff for track but not really taking 170 00:08:48,840 --> 00:08:51,560 Speaker 2: care of the other side of me. And I am human, 171 00:08:52,840 --> 00:08:55,640 Speaker 2: so there was Yeah, it was just not black balance. 172 00:08:56,160 --> 00:09:00,800 Speaker 2: So yeah, it was quite more intense. Like well, back 173 00:09:00,800 --> 00:09:03,400 Speaker 2: in that group. You know, you're training on injuries. It's 174 00:09:03,480 --> 00:09:04,719 Speaker 2: kind of just like you have to get up and 175 00:09:04,760 --> 00:09:07,760 Speaker 2: you go. And it was that kind of mentality, and yeah, 176 00:09:07,800 --> 00:09:08,640 Speaker 2: it was just too much. 177 00:09:09,480 --> 00:09:11,480 Speaker 1: How have you worked out now how to get that 178 00:09:11,760 --> 00:09:14,240 Speaker 1: balance right so that you look after yourself as a 179 00:09:14,240 --> 00:09:15,079 Speaker 1: person as well. 180 00:09:15,800 --> 00:09:19,800 Speaker 2: I'm still learning how to do that. I mean when 181 00:09:19,800 --> 00:09:22,000 Speaker 2: I grew up, when I'm older now I could work 182 00:09:22,200 --> 00:09:25,360 Speaker 2: so I could do that and then balance it out. 183 00:09:26,559 --> 00:09:29,400 Speaker 2: But also, you know, I'm still learning how to do that. 184 00:09:29,800 --> 00:09:33,840 Speaker 2: I struggled a bit with that this year too. I 185 00:09:33,840 --> 00:09:36,719 Speaker 2: guess I'm still growing. But it's good. It's going to right. 186 00:09:36,880 --> 00:09:40,240 Speaker 2: It's a good ride. I guess life's a good ride. 187 00:09:40,400 --> 00:09:40,840 Speaker 2: I like it. 188 00:09:41,520 --> 00:09:44,280 Speaker 1: What was the moment like when you found out that 189 00:09:44,320 --> 00:09:46,320 Speaker 1: you were going to go to your very first Olympics 190 00:09:46,320 --> 00:09:46,920 Speaker 1: in Tokyo? 191 00:09:48,040 --> 00:09:51,280 Speaker 2: Well, so how I went down was when I qualifying Doha. 192 00:09:51,520 --> 00:09:55,040 Speaker 2: I actually didn't go there and be like I'm going 193 00:09:55,080 --> 00:09:58,320 Speaker 2: to call fire for Olympics. It was kind of like 194 00:09:58,360 --> 00:10:00,720 Speaker 2: stuff that just it just happened, kind of think, so 195 00:10:01,320 --> 00:10:05,000 Speaker 2: it didn't click until maybe like four weeks alf they 196 00:10:05,040 --> 00:10:08,920 Speaker 2: were But yeah, no, it's amazing. 197 00:10:09,360 --> 00:10:12,000 Speaker 1: Was it something that you dreamt of since you were 198 00:10:12,200 --> 00:10:15,000 Speaker 1: like that little kid running up the hill and raising 199 00:10:15,000 --> 00:10:16,760 Speaker 1: your classmates. Yeah. 200 00:10:16,840 --> 00:10:20,400 Speaker 2: Death, I think everyone's kind of athletes dreamed to go 201 00:10:20,440 --> 00:10:25,120 Speaker 2: to Jokyo. Yeah, so after that, it's just like you 202 00:10:25,120 --> 00:10:27,400 Speaker 2: go Tokyo, and then after that you kind of just 203 00:10:27,440 --> 00:10:32,280 Speaker 2: want to keep making Olympics but taking to competitor. Mm hm. 204 00:10:33,280 --> 00:10:35,440 Speaker 1: I What I loved in the doco was you talked 205 00:10:35,480 --> 00:10:38,400 Speaker 1: about writing in your own journal, and you kind of 206 00:10:38,480 --> 00:10:41,880 Speaker 1: almost write a letter to yourself. And there were some 207 00:10:41,920 --> 00:10:47,480 Speaker 1: pretty powerful moments around the this balance between the disappointment 208 00:10:47,520 --> 00:10:51,120 Speaker 1: that you felt in your own performance but how proud 209 00:10:51,440 --> 00:10:53,560 Speaker 1: all of your family and friends were back home. How 210 00:10:53,640 --> 00:10:55,199 Speaker 1: did you how did you manage that? 211 00:10:56,400 --> 00:10:59,319 Speaker 2: Yeah, so that diary, Like I didn't start writing and 212 00:10:59,360 --> 00:11:03,280 Speaker 2: diaries until maybe in the camp before I went to Tokyo, 213 00:11:04,760 --> 00:11:07,839 Speaker 2: so to have that looking back at it and then 214 00:11:07,880 --> 00:11:11,439 Speaker 2: looking back my messages and so I'm here saying, oh 215 00:11:11,480 --> 00:11:14,079 Speaker 2: my god, I'm so disappointed in myself, and then I'm 216 00:11:14,080 --> 00:11:16,960 Speaker 2: getting messages and of course my family saying We're so 217 00:11:17,040 --> 00:11:20,040 Speaker 2: proud of you. I think we start like we start 218 00:11:20,120 --> 00:11:24,280 Speaker 2: to realize that, Okay, we I don't know how to 219 00:11:24,320 --> 00:11:26,880 Speaker 2: say it, but I think when we go and do 220 00:11:27,320 --> 00:11:30,600 Speaker 2: these things. We have expectations there. When we don't fulfill them, 221 00:11:31,280 --> 00:11:34,080 Speaker 2: we forget about how much we did to get there. 222 00:11:35,320 --> 00:11:38,760 Speaker 2: So that was definitely something that I did and then, 223 00:11:38,880 --> 00:11:41,280 Speaker 2: but it's also good having my family there and reminding 224 00:11:41,320 --> 00:11:44,320 Speaker 2: you that, okay, you work to ourselves to get there. 225 00:11:45,559 --> 00:11:50,000 Speaker 1: You made a pretty massive decision to switch events to 226 00:11:50,040 --> 00:11:53,000 Speaker 1: the eight hundred meters. How did you? How did you 227 00:11:53,040 --> 00:11:55,760 Speaker 1: decide on the aid and what kind of contributed to 228 00:11:55,800 --> 00:11:56,440 Speaker 1: that decision. 229 00:11:57,320 --> 00:12:03,760 Speaker 2: That decision happened months weeks before Tokyo. It's something that 230 00:12:03,760 --> 00:12:07,400 Speaker 2: I've always wanted to do, but for me, I wanted 231 00:12:07,400 --> 00:12:09,920 Speaker 2: to do that something I wanted to do that maybe 232 00:12:09,960 --> 00:12:11,959 Speaker 2: like when I was twenty seven, twenty six, But then 233 00:12:11,960 --> 00:12:14,880 Speaker 2: I'm like, I'm so young now, why would I start 234 00:12:15,120 --> 00:12:19,280 Speaker 2: then when I can start now? And you know, it's 235 00:12:19,360 --> 00:12:21,920 Speaker 2: not something that you kin you kind of just switched 236 00:12:21,920 --> 00:12:24,160 Speaker 2: to you and I've learned that you've got to actually 237 00:12:24,280 --> 00:12:29,120 Speaker 2: work your ass off. So that decision came from me 238 00:12:29,280 --> 00:12:32,440 Speaker 2: knowing my ability, me being honest with myself. I'm not 239 00:12:32,480 --> 00:12:35,200 Speaker 2: a powerful four hundred runner. Fifty one two is great, 240 00:12:35,240 --> 00:12:38,760 Speaker 2: but it's not it's not amazing, And I do think 241 00:12:38,760 --> 00:12:42,000 Speaker 2: that I could get faster than that. I think I 242 00:12:42,000 --> 00:12:45,520 Speaker 2: can hit fifty, but I don't think I get faster 243 00:12:45,640 --> 00:12:47,560 Speaker 2: than that. Like when I say fifty, I mean like 244 00:12:47,679 --> 00:12:50,480 Speaker 2: fifty point nine. But here, I'm not going to live 245 00:12:50,480 --> 00:12:54,079 Speaker 2: it myself obviously, But it's just honest, honest conversations that 246 00:12:54,120 --> 00:12:57,080 Speaker 2: I had with myself, and I was like, okay, And 247 00:12:57,200 --> 00:13:00,480 Speaker 2: to be honest, there's so much depth in the eight 248 00:13:00,559 --> 00:13:02,520 Speaker 2: hundred you kind of just want to be a part 249 00:13:02,520 --> 00:13:05,360 Speaker 2: of it, and it's so competitive, so you're like, why not. 250 00:13:06,080 --> 00:13:08,120 Speaker 2: Then the four hundred is not really as competitive in 251 00:13:08,160 --> 00:13:10,560 Speaker 2: the last couple of years, so it's like, Okay, let's 252 00:13:10,600 --> 00:13:12,040 Speaker 2: make this switch and just make things fun. 253 00:13:12,679 --> 00:13:15,760 Speaker 1: And it was a pretty massive decision moving down to 254 00:13:15,800 --> 00:13:19,839 Speaker 1: Melbourne and moving away from your family, new coach, new 255 00:13:19,840 --> 00:13:21,880 Speaker 1: people to train with. What has that experience been like 256 00:13:21,960 --> 00:13:22,240 Speaker 1: for you? 257 00:13:24,480 --> 00:13:28,199 Speaker 2: Well, flashed back to when I actually did make the decision. 258 00:13:28,240 --> 00:13:31,880 Speaker 2: I was in quarantine for two weeks and I remember 259 00:13:32,240 --> 00:13:34,840 Speaker 2: changed my flights to go back home to Sydney, change 260 00:13:34,880 --> 00:13:37,520 Speaker 2: it to go to Melbourne instead, and then went straight 261 00:13:37,559 --> 00:13:43,440 Speaker 2: into Melbourne. Selling to Melbourne has been great with fast Track, 262 00:13:44,360 --> 00:13:49,440 Speaker 2: great having justin there, the squad there, and yeah, it's been. 263 00:13:51,040 --> 00:13:54,000 Speaker 2: It's been a rite like I guess I had. This 264 00:13:54,040 --> 00:13:56,320 Speaker 2: is the first time I moved out of home, so 265 00:13:57,000 --> 00:14:00,600 Speaker 2: lots of changes. But to be honest, I think I'm 266 00:14:00,640 --> 00:14:05,319 Speaker 2: going to start liking Melbourne more the next couple of months. Yeah, 267 00:14:05,400 --> 00:14:07,440 Speaker 2: it was kind of just like a swift change, like 268 00:14:07,720 --> 00:14:10,160 Speaker 2: something I couldn't. It was like I jumped in and 269 00:14:10,400 --> 00:14:14,000 Speaker 2: there was no stopping. But I wasn't going to put 270 00:14:14,000 --> 00:14:17,920 Speaker 2: myself half in and half out in the eight hundred. 271 00:14:18,040 --> 00:14:21,120 Speaker 2: It's either I go put my put my leg in, 272 00:14:21,560 --> 00:14:25,600 Speaker 2: try and new this new event. But I'm not always 273 00:14:25,640 --> 00:14:27,840 Speaker 2: going to train from home in Sydney. I was just 274 00:14:27,840 --> 00:14:29,520 Speaker 2: going to make the fool change. 275 00:14:29,760 --> 00:14:32,640 Speaker 1: And I saw you're also training with Peter Bowl, who 276 00:14:32,680 --> 00:14:36,120 Speaker 1: the whole country fell in love with in Tokyo as well. 277 00:14:36,160 --> 00:14:37,960 Speaker 1: What has it been like for you being the only 278 00:14:38,040 --> 00:14:40,240 Speaker 1: girl in that group training with the boys. 279 00:14:41,080 --> 00:14:44,280 Speaker 2: I actually like being the only girl. You know, it's 280 00:14:44,360 --> 00:14:47,440 Speaker 2: kind of weird, but it's kind of humbling too, like 281 00:14:47,600 --> 00:14:51,320 Speaker 2: the it's not something you really it's not a groopy 282 00:14:51,360 --> 00:14:55,960 Speaker 2: you get actually like kind of swag way and it's 283 00:14:56,000 --> 00:15:00,440 Speaker 2: just like settled. So it's good, like the always going 284 00:15:00,440 --> 00:15:04,760 Speaker 2: to try it up up yourself so it's good. You 285 00:15:04,880 --> 00:15:07,080 Speaker 2: go there, you train. I like it. I like it 286 00:15:07,120 --> 00:15:07,400 Speaker 2: a lot. 287 00:15:07,480 --> 00:15:09,840 Speaker 1: Thank you so much for jumping on and having a 288 00:15:09,920 --> 00:15:10,520 Speaker 1: chat today. 289 00:15:10,960 --> 00:15:12,800 Speaker 2: Thank you so much. Thanks for having. 290 00:15:12,560 --> 00:15:17,920 Speaker 1: Me run Girl on SBS Iceland and NV tonight Thursday, 291 00:15:17,960 --> 00:15:20,720 Speaker 1: the eighteenth of August at eight thirty pm. And if 292 00:15:20,720 --> 00:15:23,760 Speaker 1: you're listening to this one after Thursday, you can catch 293 00:15:23,840 --> 00:15:27,680 Speaker 1: up by watching it on SBS on demand. Thanks so 294 00:15:27,760 --> 00:15:30,960 Speaker 1: much for listening. 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