Race at A&T

My race at A&T went ok.

I got a little over 3 hours of sleep friday night because people kept texting and calling me at 3am and when it happened the second time i couldnt fall back asleep.

It was horrible but i really wanted to run at this meet so i finally woke up at 5am, got ready and hit the road around 6:15am

We (me and my girl Alex) got there around 8:30am and i warmed up and got ready to run.

I had just realized the night before that i would have 2 races instead of 1 so i told myself i wouldnt run too hard in the prelims.

In the prelims at 9:45am i ran in heat 4 of 4 and ran 13.99 basically jogging. I was happy because i knew that if i could run 13.9 without giving much effort that i could go much faster in the finals.

After the race my lack of sleep kicked in though. I went and sat in my girls car for about an hour and tried to get some rest.

I felt horrible. I felt like it was still 3am in the morning and i had just woken up. At 11:30 though i decided to warm up again for my 2nd race.

I was to run in the slow section of the 2 heat finals.

I was not mad about this at all because at this point in the season i dont need to be running against guys who are a half a second faster than me.

I got out of the blocks good and ran the first 5 hurdles well. My lead leg floated over a couple hurdles but i kept it together to come across the line in 13.72.

I didnt get a chance to sprint off of the last hurdle because i landed off balance but i held on for a second place finish behind Jared Macleod from Canada who ran 13.58

I was upset because i didnt run the time i was aiming for which was 13.65 but i was pleased that i ran so well under the circumstances.

I watched my race and i have SO much work to do. That just makes me happier though because i am prety confident that i will set a HUGE personal best by seasons end.

here is the video of my final. the quality isnt great but in slow motion (like i watch it) its bareable.

the second video is of the 1 of 2 finals in wich David Oliver won in 13.22 seconds

Lets get started

So ive enjoyed reading Rob Bramletts and recently David Olivers blog so i decided to create my own.

im not on their level but i figure this will be nice to keep track of my progress.

So ive run 3 races this year.

Coastal Carolina 14.37

Wake Forrest 14.37

Florida Relays 13.89

This is the fastest ive ever ran at this point in the season so im pretty happy.

I decided to start training in late Jan. so im pretty happy with my progress. For once i dont have to go through an entire indoor and outdoor college track season so i feel i should run alot better this year.

I run for Puerto Rico and im planning on representing them at the world championships as well as the 08 olympics.

Ive ran for them for the past 3 years during the summer. And to be honest my times havent been too hot while representing them. Due to a very long college season. But that is all over and so now there is no excuses.

I train in Greenville, NC at East Carolina University.

I train by myself but plan to move to Raleigh in the summer to train with Steve McGill.

I have done pretty well on my own for the most part but it has been tough and i expect big things next year when i finally have a knowledgable coach.

k thats all for now.