Jemma Reekie transforms Olympic pain in positive
Jemma Reekie states that the disappointment “horrendous” that she has not reached the Olympic final of 800 million last year, is guiding it in the search to win an important global outdoor medal.
The Scottish was classified among the top three in the world in the discipline that entered the Paris games, but was unable to secure a podium after having placed the fifth in the semifinal.
“Now it still hurts, but I had to turn it into a positive,” says the 27 year old, eight months later.
“That experience prompted me to be physically and mentally healthier. I think it will push me forward, but it was difficult.
“At the time he was horrendous and he was bad for the entire team around me, for my family to see him happen, but we used it to be” what can we do better, what can we improve from that situation? “
“He really pushed me as a person, learning new skills to face things. These things make us stronger, so I hope to be out of the end and I can start getting those medals.”
Kilbarchan’s runner focused on awareness and balance between work and private life because, as she says, “if I am happy, I run fast”.
“Probably in the last six weeks I have been in the most beautiful mental happy mental space in which I have been and I think he is really showing in my training,” says Reekie.
Reekie, who last year won 800 m of silver at the Indoor World Championships, is working hard to ensure that his life off the track is on the point to help her make the performance.
“Physically, it was consistent. I am really healthy, my healing is really good and then mentally I did some breath,” he adds.
“I really gave myself to myself outside the sport and I only took care of myself, because as athletes we only think” training, training, training “and we don’t think of things outside the sport – as you can get those for cents.
“I want to perform training for my highest skill: every session that I want to be surprising and sometimes I am blocked in that cycle.
“But in reality having some things out of sport and enjoying life out of sport brought my training even more.”
The two -time Olympic will build its season towards the World Championship in Tokyo in September, with the Olympic and European champion Keel Hodgkinson very much the woman to beat over 800 meters.
“Keely is a great athlete and really strong,” adds Reekie.
“He is pushing us to learn new things about ourselves, to work more and it’s fantastic.
“Last year I ran the second half more mouthful in the world, so they are not a million miles away – and I know what I have to do to get closer and closer.”
