So today i ran my first indoor meet since 2006. It was at the Northeastern Husky Carnival. I represented Greater Boston Track Club and things went pretty good.
I did not run a miraculous time, but i did run my fastest opener ever. My time was 7.46 in the prelims, and 7.42 in the finals.
Nothing special but that puts me in the 7.9s (60 conversion) to start the season.
In college, i was horrible at the 60 hurdles, on breaking 8.00 on maybe 2 or 3 occasions. Today i would have broken 8 twice so its not a bad start. And seeing as its only December 6th i cant complain.
Now im not content with 7.9s but seeing as ive never ran this early and i accomplished something i rarely did in college, i am happy.
In practice ive been working on my first 8 steps but sadly i did not execute very well today. My block clearance is good and my first 4 steps are good, but around the 6th step i open up too much and start to over-stride. Yes it is possible to over stride this early in the race because i am doing it.
Things have been getting better in practice but i didnt put it together in my race.
I run again next saturday and ill look to execute better next time.
Also, i am officially 190 pounds. I was 188 for a while but this week i stayed above 190 all week so im happy.
In the weight room i havent done anything too impressive but my numbers are decent for now.
I am power cleaning 242 pretty easy (havent gone any higher), and my bench was at 285 about a week or week and a half ago.
I also did a couple pull ups with 100 added pounds and got up to 305 with the squats.
305 is the most ive done since HS so im happy with that as well.
sometime this week ill try to post a video of my weight room and or track workouts.
Sunday, December 7, 2008
Sunday, November 23, 2008
November Update
Things have been going pretty well. Started going over hurdles about 2 weeks ago and things picked up pretty much where they left off in August.
Right now we are trying to fix my start. We have been recording every practice and reveiwing in extra slow motion to pick up the errors in my running.
there are many errors but we are fixing them and things are coming along well.
its pretty cool to see the progress in your technique and running when you view footage from last year, last month, and today.
i wont be challenging the world indoor record anytime soon but things have definitely improved since my college indoor days.
my first meet will be on December 6th and the Reggie Lewis Center (the track i train at) and it should be fun.
ive been really eager to get back to competing cause i find that life is pretty boring when im not running.
In other news, my brother Alex recently had his first child on November 19, 2008. He and his fiance Thaymmie had a beautiful baby boy whom they named Adrian William Cotto
He was born 8.1lbs, 19.5 inches on 10:57am :) woop woop! i am an uncle for the first time! i will not be spending time with my family this thanksgiving because i dont want to interrupt training, but i will be flying down to Ft. Lauterdale for Christmas to see the new baby and spend time with my Brother his fiance, my mom (whom i havent seen in a year) and hopefully my sister if she decides to go down :)
congrats to Alex and Thaymmie for bringing a beautiful baby boy into this world.
Right now we are trying to fix my start. We have been recording every practice and reveiwing in extra slow motion to pick up the errors in my running.
there are many errors but we are fixing them and things are coming along well.
its pretty cool to see the progress in your technique and running when you view footage from last year, last month, and today.
i wont be challenging the world indoor record anytime soon but things have definitely improved since my college indoor days.
my first meet will be on December 6th and the Reggie Lewis Center (the track i train at) and it should be fun.
ive been really eager to get back to competing cause i find that life is pretty boring when im not running.
In other news, my brother Alex recently had his first child on November 19, 2008. He and his fiance Thaymmie had a beautiful baby boy whom they named Adrian William Cotto
He was born 8.1lbs, 19.5 inches on 10:57am :) woop woop! i am an uncle for the first time! i will not be spending time with my family this thanksgiving because i dont want to interrupt training, but i will be flying down to Ft. Lauterdale for Christmas to see the new baby and spend time with my Brother his fiance, my mom (whom i havent seen in a year) and hopefully my sister if she decides to go down :)
congrats to Alex and Thaymmie for bringing a beautiful baby boy into this world.
Friday, October 31, 2008
Happy Halloween!
So its Halloween and i have no plans for the night. I love Halloween but i think im gonna take this year off. Last year i went to downtown Greenville in NC because they are always getting crazy down there, but nothing like that happens up here in the north so im just gonna sit back and relax.
Training is going well. Im in surprisingly good shape. Im starting off the season pretty strong too so im happy.
On the track ive been doing 102, 20s, and 30s with spikes and in flats. Havent touched a hurdle and i probably wont for a while.
Coach runs his fall program like no other coach i know. He likes to start off short and fast and gradually extend as the season progresses.
Its interesting and i feel good for the most part so things are going well.
Other than training i havent been doing much. Just sit around on the PC and EAT. Then run, lift weights, and come home to do the same. Its a pretty simple life but im just focused on running faster so its all good.
Ive been eating close to 4000 calories a day in an effort to weigh 195 in Jan. and its tough. The eating isnt hard, but gaining the weight is. In the first week i gained like 4 pounds but havent gained much since lol. I currently weigh 184 but i seem to have stop gaining so i guess ima have to start eating even MORE which isnt easy because my funds are limited.
Anyways so far things are looking good and i hope they continue to get better.
Training is going well. Im in surprisingly good shape. Im starting off the season pretty strong too so im happy.
On the track ive been doing 102, 20s, and 30s with spikes and in flats. Havent touched a hurdle and i probably wont for a while.
Coach runs his fall program like no other coach i know. He likes to start off short and fast and gradually extend as the season progresses.
Its interesting and i feel good for the most part so things are going well.
Other than training i havent been doing much. Just sit around on the PC and EAT. Then run, lift weights, and come home to do the same. Its a pretty simple life but im just focused on running faster so its all good.
Ive been eating close to 4000 calories a day in an effort to weigh 195 in Jan. and its tough. The eating isnt hard, but gaining the weight is. In the first week i gained like 4 pounds but havent gained much since lol. I currently weigh 184 but i seem to have stop gaining so i guess ima have to start eating even MORE which isnt easy because my funds are limited.
Anyways so far things are looking good and i hope they continue to get better.
Friday, October 3, 2008
Back to training
I'm back in Boston (Waltham) and ive started training again.
We'll be taking it slow the next couple weeks, with running being simply strides one day off one day off and lifting (minor) everyday.
Yesterday was the first day, i did a full warm up and then ran ten 100 meter strides. I then did a core workout and called it a day.
today i didnt run but did some upper body lifts in the weight room
I weighed 178 yesterday and today the same. my goal is 195 so ill be eating 3500 cals a day for about two weeks and then jack it up to at least 4500/day
ill begin sprinting in 2 weeks (10s, 20s and 30s) and around Nov 15th will begin going over hurdles again.
So far so good, im really excited for the coming season. Im still not in my "ideal" situation but im in the best environment ive ever been in so im happy. im broke, but i have nothing to worry about except waking up and training so i should see lots of good results.
We'll be taking it slow the next couple weeks, with running being simply strides one day off one day off and lifting (minor) everyday.
Yesterday was the first day, i did a full warm up and then ran ten 100 meter strides. I then did a core workout and called it a day.
today i didnt run but did some upper body lifts in the weight room
I weighed 178 yesterday and today the same. my goal is 195 so ill be eating 3500 cals a day for about two weeks and then jack it up to at least 4500/day
ill begin sprinting in 2 weeks (10s, 20s and 30s) and around Nov 15th will begin going over hurdles again.
So far so good, im really excited for the coming season. Im still not in my "ideal" situation but im in the best environment ive ever been in so im happy. im broke, but i have nothing to worry about except waking up and training so i should see lots of good results.
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