Just got a new weight workout on tuesday from our sprinting coach and a meal plan/diet on thursday Im looking to start eating a lil bit better to put my body in optimum shape while im out so that it wont be to hard getting back in to the groove of running. Diet mainly consist of chicken, turkey, and fish all broiled, baked, grilled, or steamed, fruits and veggies. Its all sectioned into what you can eat at what time of the day.
The weight program focuses on explosiveness and strength im really not trying to get too much bigger just trying to build my hamstings and arm strength. Alot of reps starting out with lighter weights. Im really liking it because i really want to be stronger and more cotrolled over the hurdles during the summer and next season. Probably going to try and run one or two 100's over the summer season along with the 200 to build on my speed also. I just cant wait to get back on the track. But as much as this time hurts and gives me the itch to run even more it also provides time for me to let all the things ive learned from my coach to just soak in and be absorbed. Ive been focusing alot on control and just gaining flexibility. Hopefully it all pays off and Im able to run some pretty strong competitive times.
Saturday, March 31, 2007
Emory
Been kinda lazy about typing lately so as you can see this is only my third blog :-( but we traveled out to Emory this weekend not but like 25-30 minutes from here Im out for the season with a fractured toe so last week at Auburn and this week Ive just been a camera man. Its crazy because you can begin to see everyone on the team coming into their own. Not alot of team commrodry here so its kinda odd for me but hopefully next year someone can step up and take charge. But Emory seemed to be a pretty fast track today the hurdles were semis and finals for the first time all season and I wasnt able to run
It helps when they set it up like that because i feel more comfortable in the finals after youve already ran the race once and can get a feel for it. It also gives you the chance for tha added aggression. So.....I watchin this kid from shorter college run a prelim time of 14.65 and another cat run a wreckless 14.8. Both of which at this time if i was healthy and things had began to come together i couldve beatin or been in the thick of. So....finals come and the kid from shorter gets out quite well and around hurlde 6 or 7 clips and just couldnt recover he ended up coming in a close second.
Today helped me realize that on any given day anything could happen and i dont always have to run a clean race to run blistering times just gotta be aggressive and keep pulling. Also helped me to realize the weak aspects of my race that I could easily adjust. THE TRACK IS CALLIN ME and so is a sub-14 time. SUMMER TRACK HERE WE COME!!!!!!!!!!
Sunday, March 18, 2007
Injuries SUCK!
Injured my foot last week in practice, another addition to the 10 hurldes that i already have to overcome. Went to the Morehouse Relays this weekend hoping that all was well after coach gave me two days of rest to make sure i would be good for saturday and as you can probably guess the foot was still no good. Got to the meet and was planning on long jumping at least but coach told me that it would be too much stress on the foot...so this is the second consecutive meet that ive been unable to jump (something that i really want to do after my bs performance in our opening meet). So she tells me no jumps and to start warming up to be on the 4x200 a feat that took forever. It was pretty hard to jog and do drills without putting alot of pressure on the foot so i looked like a fool limp/jogging for almost an hour and attempting a drill or two when i got tired of that. So we finally head down to the track to run and have to go through heats of highschool girls and boys and the collegiate women.
All the while im on the curve between heats trying to get the foot to adapt to what it was going to have to do and my teamates are looking at me and telling me I should just sit it out. BUT ME BEING THE STUBBORN INDIVIDUAL I AM AND CONSTANTLY WANTING TO PLEASE MY COACH I, CHOSE TO RUN ANYWAY. So our A team is in the heat before us, (not sure if i was taken off because of the foot or what...still confused on that one) but anyway they get on the track and run a decent race giving that it may have been 50 degrees outside. So I proceed to take off the sweats as the b team lead off leg starts and realize that im not going to have much work to do, due to all the ground that the other teams were gaining on us lol. So I get the baton 4th leg and come out of the curve trying to compensate for a 75 meter lead that has been put out by the other teams in our heat and got to the straight rather quickly and pretty much shut it down at 120meters thinking about the foot and realizing that there wasnt too much i could get done. So i cross the line and walk to get my sweats and the foot starts killing me (DAMN). Had to keep my left spike on so that i wouldnt have to deal with it being swollen and not being able to get it back in to run in the hurdles. 45 minutes later it was time for the hurdles so i hoble down to the field to warmup and realize there is no way im going to be able to push off and come down on the foot in the hurdles. So coach and I talk and I go get checked out by the trainer who tells me that it could either be a bone fracture on the top of my foot, or some strained or torn ligaments up there. :-( probably the worst feeling ever, hopefully its the strained ligaments and Im back on the track soon. Trainer monday afternoon!
All the while im on the curve between heats trying to get the foot to adapt to what it was going to have to do and my teamates are looking at me and telling me I should just sit it out. BUT ME BEING THE STUBBORN INDIVIDUAL I AM AND CONSTANTLY WANTING TO PLEASE MY COACH I, CHOSE TO RUN ANYWAY. So our A team is in the heat before us, (not sure if i was taken off because of the foot or what...still confused on that one) but anyway they get on the track and run a decent race giving that it may have been 50 degrees outside. So I proceed to take off the sweats as the b team lead off leg starts and realize that im not going to have much work to do, due to all the ground that the other teams were gaining on us lol. So I get the baton 4th leg and come out of the curve trying to compensate for a 75 meter lead that has been put out by the other teams in our heat and got to the straight rather quickly and pretty much shut it down at 120meters thinking about the foot and realizing that there wasnt too much i could get done. So i cross the line and walk to get my sweats and the foot starts killing me (DAMN). Had to keep my left spike on so that i wouldnt have to deal with it being swollen and not being able to get it back in to run in the hurdles. 45 minutes later it was time for the hurdles so i hoble down to the field to warmup and realize there is no way im going to be able to push off and come down on the foot in the hurdles. So coach and I talk and I go get checked out by the trainer who tells me that it could either be a bone fracture on the top of my foot, or some strained or torn ligaments up there. :-( probably the worst feeling ever, hopefully its the strained ligaments and Im back on the track soon. Trainer monday afternoon!
Introducing to the world!
Well...off top welcome to my blog Ima collegiate track and field athelete at Clark Atlanta University a Historically Black University located it ATL. Im also aspiring to run professionally when all is said and done and if the Lord answers my prayers :-) This season has been a trying time, first off as my first collegiate track and field experience. Alot of new things being learned and form being broken down and built back up.But my main inspiration for the creation of this blog was probably pro hurdler Ron Bramlett and the chance to recieve any useful advice that anyone has to offer on my daily track and field experience. BUT.....I dont want to ramble too long, theres plenty of time for that.
(and to mention im 6'2 Gail had on sum stillettos in tha pic)
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