Brett Lee has taken his Test omission "personally," vowed to get back into the Australian team and revealed the most bizarre fitness session ever undertaken by a group of cricketers: running laps of the two-kilometre Bangalore horse racing track.

It wouldn't happen at Randwick.

Unlikely to play any of the four Tests against India and starved of cricket following ankle surgery earlier this year, Lee said he would still rather be on the sub-continent working on his technique, fitness and pace than returning home to play for NSW.

"To not be chosen, I've taken it pretty personally," said Lee, whose last Test was against India at the SCG in January.

"I've sat down with the selectors and asked them why, and what I can do to get back in. I want to know answers. I want to know ways to do that. It's a challenge and I love a challenge. I find it very hard to do something half-hearted.

"They said: 'You're not far away - just keep working really hard.' I'm just really giving myself every opportunity to be as fit as I can, so if I get that opportunity I want to make sure I'm ready."

The race track at Bangalore was cleared of horses for an hour on day two of the first Test so fitness coach Jock Campbell could put his own three-man field through their paces. Reserves Lee, Brad Hodge and Cameron White did three laps in muddy conditions while slightly bemused jockeys, trainers and club members looked on.

"It was quite weird," said Lee.

"You could get Jock to ring up and say: 'Can you stop trackwork for an hour so we can train?' Can you imagine it happening at Randwick racecourse? The course was two kilometres long so we did three laps in the midday heat."

Campbell said they went to the track because the players were sick of riding bikes in the gymnasium.

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