Track and Field Blogs - Steve Hooker

As a pole vaulter in Europe you get to experience all sorts of different competitions. Sure you get to compete in big stadiums in front of tens of thousands of screaming fans for big prize-money and I'll get the chance to do this on Friday when I compete in the Paris leg of the Golden League series. As a pole vaulter though, you get the opportunity to compete in competitions that few other athletes would experience and these are the 'town square' competition. They are held in town squares, shopping centers, airports, breweries or as the case was in Jockgrim,… more »

From Cologne, Germany. After what has been a pretty difficult month and a half I find myself in a really good place. I've finished my first week in Europe and competed in my first competition of my Olympic Preparation. The last six weeks have been tough. I've dealt with an injury that stopped my preparation in it's tracks while my competitors have been putting up big results all over the world. It's been a bit of a battle to get through it and still maintaining a positive state of mind. My back injury is now 99% fine and I feel… more »

I have absolutely nothing to say.
I guess that's the whole point though.
The past 5 weeks have flown by and it seems like I've done nothing outside of training.

If I'd have looked at the shear volume of work I was doing at the moment a few years ago I wouldn't have believed it possible. Like anything else though you just get the routine happening you roll it out.

Monday's and Thursday's look like this:

Alarm. Morning Session. Breakfast. Physiotherapy. Nap. Pole Vault Session. Ice… more »

Hi Guys,

To be honest I wasn't expecting to be blogging again so soon but i had quite an exciting weekend and i thought I'd tell you about it.

I had my first competition for the year on Sunday evening in Perth. The conditions we're, to put it frankly, absolutely perfect! It was about 35 degrees(celcius) during the day and we we're under the shade of the grandstand, the wind was strong and blowing directly down the runway. Perth is known for having good conditions but Sunday was amazing.

The… more »

Hi Guys,

As you've probably seen in the past few days Mark has been visiting Perth, during which time he has been trying to convince me that Flotrack is the greatest website ever. Upon close inspection I have to agree with him. Flotrack rocks and it's great to see so many people getting involved, be it posting video's, bogging or just logging on and checking out the content. I've gotta say it gives me a really good feeling about the future of our sport. I did notice though that field eventers we're way out numbered, so I… more »