Im back in North Carolina. I ran 13.82 at the Ponce, Grand Prix. Not as good as i wanted, but im still working out lots of kinks with the second half of my race.
I dont have anything set up right now but im sure something will come up. My next mandatory meet with Puerto Rico is the CAC championships in Cuba, the first week of July.
I will probably head to Europe withing the next couple weeks, and when i do i will update the blog.
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Sunday, May 10, 2009
Happy Mothers Day!
Happy Mothers Day to all the lovely mothers in the world, especially my beautiful mother of 43! Sadly i was not able to see my mom today but i sent her some flowers and a card and of course called to say I love you :)
I am currently in Puerto Rico and i have been here for a little over 2 weeks. Ive ran 3 times so far this season. My first meet was in Greensboro, NC about a month ago where i ran 14.05 in the prelims and 14.10 in the final. Both were Calendar PRs.
my Second meet came last weekend here in Caguas, Puerto Rico at a local track meet and i ran 14.03.
Friday and Saturday (yesterday) i ran at my national meet in Carolina, Puerto Rico and ran 13.89 (-0.8) and 13.71 (+0.8).
So far im happy with the season. I consider my season to have officially started yesterday, seeing as it was the first meet of the outdoor season that i took seriously and first meet of the season where i actually ran hard for a full 110 meters.
I have yet to run against real competition though but will get a chance to next weekend at Puerto Ricos Grand Prix. In attendance will be David Payne (Olympic Silver Medallist) and Dexter Faulk who has ran 13.30 this season already. I will be looking to improve upon yesterdays performance (where i hit 5 hurdles) and my national record of 13.61.
In other news im happy to announce that Puerto Rico has an athlete in track and field who has the fastest time in the world. Javier Culson ran 48.42 to win the 400 hurdles last week at the Jamaica Invitational and is now surely on his way to making the World Championships final in Berlin this summer. We are all very proud of him here in Puerto Rico and i am personally very happy for him. He was my roommate in Beijing last summer and ive known him for 5 years now and have seen all the hard work he has put in over the years and im glad its finally paying off. Congrats Culson! keep it up!
Anyways i am resting today and i will hit the track again tomorrow to knock out some 200s.
I will update this later this week with the meet line-up for Ponce.
Friday, March 20, 2009
March Madness
The title does not refer to college basketball because im not a big fan, though i am rooting for Chapel Hill. Instead it refers to the sitiation i am still in. LOL.
Things have not gone as planned since moving back to NC. i am trainging very day at my old university but i am still not sure when ill be making my move to Raleigh.
Last week i decided i would probably not run many meets this year. Instead i will run a handful meets in order to qualify for WC and just look forward to the only real goal i have for this year which is World Champs in August.
I will no longer be running at Mt. Sac Relays. I could run there, and im sure i would run decent, but im looking to run better than "decent" this year. I am certain i can train the way im training (on my own) and run 13.6s and 13.7s but im looking for more. So until i am settled into my place in Raleigh and training full time with Coach McGill i will not compete.
I may run at Raleigh Relays in a couple weeks but if i do so it will be to simply stay in the competitive mode.
As of today there are 2 meets i am certain i will run at. 1. Puerto Rico Nationals in May. and 2. World Championships in August.
If anything changes i will update the blog.
Things have not gone as planned since moving back to NC. i am trainging very day at my old university but i am still not sure when ill be making my move to Raleigh.
Last week i decided i would probably not run many meets this year. Instead i will run a handful meets in order to qualify for WC and just look forward to the only real goal i have for this year which is World Champs in August.
I will no longer be running at Mt. Sac Relays. I could run there, and im sure i would run decent, but im looking to run better than "decent" this year. I am certain i can train the way im training (on my own) and run 13.6s and 13.7s but im looking for more. So until i am settled into my place in Raleigh and training full time with Coach McGill i will not compete.
I may run at Raleigh Relays in a couple weeks but if i do so it will be to simply stay in the competitive mode.
As of today there are 2 meets i am certain i will run at. 1. Puerto Rico Nationals in May. and 2. World Championships in August.
If anything changes i will update the blog.
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Back in NC
I competed at Boston Indoor Games and finished 3rd again behind Trammell and Hicks. I was in 2nd place until i hit hurdles 3 and 4 with my lead leg hamstring. I shoulda have set another PR but instead ran 7.74.
I am now back in Greenville, NC and training at my old university. Last Weekend i ran at UNC and ran a 7.77.
I have no more indoor meets lined up so i am going to start getting ready for outdoors. I plan on my first meet being MT. Sac Relays, but i May jump in the hurdles at Raleigh Relays. It really depends on how my training goes.
The plan for now is to train in Greenville until i gather the funds to head to Raleigh and train with Coach Steve McGill. We got alot of work to do and errors to clean up and the sooner i can move to Raleigh the better.
I also started lifting for the first time this week. Its been over a month since i lifted weights and i could definitely tell. I am surprisingly still pretty strong. I power cleaned 198x2, 220x2, 242x2 but missed 264.
I also lost all the hard earned weight over these past weeks. i was 181 at the begining of the week but i finallyt started eating properly again this week and today weighed in at 183.5. The goal is to get back to 190 and stay there for the entire season. I think gaining the weight should be easier this time because my body has been there before but we'll see.
if anything interesting happens in these next couple weeks ill update the blog. If not ill update befoer my first outdoor race.
O yea. Puerto Rico is excited about the way ive been running but still are not trying to tell me about funding for 2009. Im reaching a point where i may have to pick up a job like i did last January....
I am now back in Greenville, NC and training at my old university. Last Weekend i ran at UNC and ran a 7.77.
I have no more indoor meets lined up so i am going to start getting ready for outdoors. I plan on my first meet being MT. Sac Relays, but i May jump in the hurdles at Raleigh Relays. It really depends on how my training goes.
The plan for now is to train in Greenville until i gather the funds to head to Raleigh and train with Coach Steve McGill. We got alot of work to do and errors to clean up and the sooner i can move to Raleigh the better.
I also started lifting for the first time this week. Its been over a month since i lifted weights and i could definitely tell. I am surprisingly still pretty strong. I power cleaned 198x2, 220x2, 242x2 but missed 264.
I also lost all the hard earned weight over these past weeks. i was 181 at the begining of the week but i finallyt started eating properly again this week and today weighed in at 183.5. The goal is to get back to 190 and stay there for the entire season. I think gaining the weight should be easier this time because my body has been there before but we'll see.
if anything interesting happens in these next couple weeks ill update the blog. If not ill update befoer my first outdoor race.
O yea. Puerto Rico is excited about the way ive been running but still are not trying to tell me about funding for 2009. Im reaching a point where i may have to pick up a job like i did last January....
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