My last real race was at the Olympics in Sydney in 2000.

I was always surrounded by expectation from the very first race I ran as a 5-year-old.

I made my first Australian senior team when I was 16, first Olympics when I was 19, and I retired. I'm 32, I retired four years ago, so a good third of my life or nearly a third of my life has been all about running.

One thing that comes to mind is my homecoming from Sydney, the first Olympics. He was there the whole way. You know, I got to share my experience with Savannah because he loaned me a camera.

The big thing is when we had the Sydney Olympics in 2000, it was after all the four majors had been played,

I think I came through with a decent race. I'm not thrilled with it, but I think it was a good effort. It was representative of where I am today. I was a little sick last week and this is a good first race back.