Anonymity sits well with a rejuvenated and re-inspired Rohan Browning, who has rocketed back into the limelight on an outstanding weekend of Australian sprinting.
The two-time Olympian's time of 10.12 seconds in the 100m B final at the Queensland athletics championships in Brisbane was "proof of concept" for an athlete who last year thought his career had entered its decline.
A chronic knee problem ruined Browning's 2024 Paris Olympics campaign, and he couldn't even crouch to pick up a coin, such was the pain from the injury.
He spent the year running out of obligation to qualify for Paris, where he ran 10.29 in his heat, way down on his 10.01 personal best set at the Tokyo Olympics.
Once back into training under coach Andrew Murphy in Sydney, a shift in mindset convinced Browning there was still room to improve.
"Post-Paris I fell into the trap of thinking I'd declined from Tokyo," he told AAP.
"I woke up one morning and decided to tell myself a different narrative: that these are my peak years and what I've spent the last decade developing towards.
"I feel like that's in my power."
In contrast to previous years, the 27-year-old has entered the domestic season without attention or fanfare, and he is revelling in it.
Teenager Gout Gout and Lachlan Kennedy have been flirting with breaking 10 seconds.
Josh Azzopardi (10.06) and Sebastian Sultana (10.08) seized windy conditions at the Sydney Track Classic, and the men's 4x100m relay team broke the national record (37.87) at the same meet.
That means the pressure of external expectation has been lifted from Browning and he is free to chase even faster times over 100m at the Maurie Plant Meet in Melbourne and the national championships in Perth.
"I think I'm the healthiest I've ever been, I feel really robust, able to run around, and now I'm looking forward to the crown jewels of the domestic season," he said.
"The landscape's changed so much, there's numerous guys who can run 10.0. It means the domestic circuit is so much more hotly contested.
"I feel more motivated because of that."
