TRIPLE world and Olympic champion sprint champion Usain Bolt said he will return to training on October 4 after a season which was truncated by
injury.

“I hear Coach (Glen) Mills has been building a grass hill

close to our track at UWI — I’m not looking forward to that,” he said.

The star athlete was forced to pull out of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Diamond League meetings in Brussels and Zurich in
August and called an early end to his season after suffering a back
injury.

“As the track season winds down I look back on 2010 as not my best year, but it was a good year for many other athletes,” Bolt said.

“From the start of the year I stated that with no major championships I was going to take it easier, but unfortunately, injuries caused me more disruption than
planned. I had to miss the Diamond League meetings in Zurich and
Brussels but have been watching my friends doing well,” he added.

Among those are training partner Jermaine Gonzales who established a new Jamaican 400-metre record and the second fastest time in the event (44.40)
earlier this season. Gonzales also finished second in the Diamond League
standings.

Fellow Racers Track Club sprinter Yohan Blake also set a new personal best in the men’s 100 metres (9.89) and 200m (19.78), while Mario Forsythe broke the 10-second
barrier after posting 9.95 seconds in Rieti, Italy.

Incidentally, another Jamaican, Nesta Carter, who is part of the MVP Track Club, also set a new personal best (9.78) — his third of the season at the same
meet in Rieti.

“We’ve seen this coming in training for two years and for him to finally do it in a race was great,” Bolt said of Blake’s achievement.

Bolt was recently in the United Kingdom promoting his new book, Usain Bolt, 9.58 My Story, which was launched on September 2.

“9.58 is Usain Bolt’s story so far, in his own words, beautifully illustrated with dozens of specially commissioned photographs. It’s about a skinny kid
from the parish of Trelawny, where they harvest the best yams in the
world.

“It’s about growing up playing cricket and football in the warm Jamaican sun, then discovering that he could run fast, very fast. It’s about family,
friends and the laid-back Jamaican culture,” the athlete explained.

“… It’s about what makes him (me) tick, where he gets his motivation and where he takes his inspiration. It’s about the highs and the lows, the dedication and
sacrifices required to get to the top.

“It’s about fast food, partying, dancehall music, fast cars and that ‘Lightning Bolt’ pose. It’s about radiating sport’s biggest smile. This is the story of
the fastest man on the planet,” he added.

Bolt is in Australia this week doing promotions for his sponsors Gatorade and Puma.

“Asafa Powell was there a few years ago and told me how nice the country was and it’s somewhere I always wanted to go,” he said.

Meanwhile, the lanky sprinter hopes to be back and fully fit as he prepares for two important years in track and field.

“2011 and 2012 are very important championship years and I hope to be back fully fit and healthy,” he said.