The Physical Performance Show: Peter Bol – AUS 800m Champion & Olympian
In episode 208 of The Physical Performance Show Brad Beer shares a conversation with Peter Bol – AUS 800m Champion & Olympian in this featured performer edition.
Peter Bol is the current Australian 800m Champion. He was the 2016 Rio Olympic Games Australian Olympian, a team which he qualified for after just 5 years in the sport of athletics. Peter has been an Australian athletics representative at the World Athletics Championships in Doha in 2019. As you’ll hear today he missed the selection for the Commonwealth Games in 2018 on the Gold Coast and Peter boasts a personal best in the 800m on 1:44:56, the fifth all time Australian best time.
During this episode, Peter takes us through the chronology of his time in the sport of athletics, touching on careers highs, lows and learnings. Choosing between athletics and basketball and the unlikely start to the sport of athletics, growing up in Sudan before spending time in Egypt and finally moving to Australia at 10 years of age. Strength and conditioning principles, training maxims and a fantastic physical challenge and performance round to boot.
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Listen in as we delve into the following:
- Introduction to Peter Bol
- Peter’s early years
- The decision between athletics and basketball
- The reason why his family relocated
- Memories during his first 800m
- At what point did he realise his ability
- How his training has changed
- Peter’s emotion after the race
- Peter on what constitutes ‘high performance culture’
- What Peter’s weekly training looks like
- Bone injuries
- Lowest moment on his career to date
- What motivates him to keep going
- Peter’s strength and conditioning routine
- His preparation after race postponement
- Performance Round
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Quotes:
“Light work” – Mantra
“Being present in the moment.” – Being in the Zone
“Trust yourself a little bit more, it’s not easy but we will get there.” – Best Advice
“Go run 2x 400’s with 6 minute recovery and try to run my PB 1:44:56.” – Physical Challenge #1
“Go with the same goal but go to the Olympic standard 1:45:20.” – Physical Challenge #2
“We’ve been training pretty hard and pretty smart at the same time.”
“You have to build the mindset, planning, then the training, then the competition.”
“The goal is to make no difference between the training and the competition.”
“If I can encourage someone to constantly do something that’s winning for me.”
“Encourage consistent action”
To follow Peter Bol
Instagram: @pbol800
Twitter: @pbol800
Facebook: @pbol800
Training handles: Fast8TrackClub
Timeline
0:00 Start
1:58 Introduction to Peter Bol
4:10 Peter’s early years
6:20 The decision between athletics and basketball
7:45 The reason why his family relocated
8:35 Memories during his first 800m
10:25 At what point did he realise his ability
11:15 How his training has changed
13:10 Peter’s emotion after the race
15:30 Peter on what constitutes ‘high performance culture’
19:20 What Peter’s weekly training looks like
20:30 Bone injuries
22:05 Lowest moment on his career to date
22:50 What motivates him to keep going
26:40 Peter’s strength and conditioning routine
29:00 His preparation after race postponement
31:27 Performance Round
35:15 What does Peter’s legacy look like
42:45 Best Advice
43:40 Physical Challenge for the Week
52:08 Finish
People Mentioned:
Joseph Deng – Australian middle-distance runner
Luke Matthews – Australian middle-distance runner
Justin Rinaldi – Peter’s Coach
Zane Robertson – NZ Marathon Record Holder 2:08:19, 59:47 half marathon, Comm Games Bronze (5000m, 2014), Olympian Episode 170 and 203 of the Physical Performance Show
Assoc Prof Dr Shona Halson – Athlete performance & recovery Episode 190 of the Physical Performance Show
Muhammad Ali – American Boxer
Kobe Bryant – American Basketball
James Templeton – Elite Athlete Manager
For questions and comments about this Episode
Send to the show host @Brad_Beer (Twitter) or @brad_beer (Instagram)
