It has been exactly two years to the day, since a 7.0 magnitude earthquake ravaged Haiti, which was without a doubt much maligned even before the natural disaster. An estimated 220,000 Haitians lost their lives that day with over 1.5 million losing their homes. Still, even two years later, over 500,000 people reside in camps [...]

I think I might start making my blog posts a little bit shorter (unless I just have that much to say) since that seems to be the trend with bloggers nowadays. That way, perhaps I’ll be able to post more often. So with that said…I just wanted to type up a quick post to put [...]

I’ve still got a couple weeks left on my recovery/active rest cycle before I begin my preparations for 2011 (and indirectly for 2012 too) but in this time I’ve been able to think back on my 2010 season.  If you’d asked me about the season after my last meet in Brussels I likely would have [...]

I had my last “workout” workout of the year yesterday afternoon in Belgium. I say “workout” workout because my coach already let me know that I’ll still be working out a bit once I get back to the States, in spite of the fact that tomorrow is my last meet for 2010. He said that [...]

Since my last time out down in Puerto Rico a couple weeks ago I’ve been training hard for what is shaping up to be my season finale at the Diamond League final in Brussels, Belgium on August 27th. Don’t get me wrong, if other opportunities present themselves while I’m overseas I’ll definitely consider competing at [...]

I’ve watched this jump plenty of times and gone over it even more times in my head. As I already wrote in my previous post, this jump had me hyped to take my 6th attempt; to say the least. During the jump itself the first thing I realized was that I had landed on the [...]

** Please check Keni Burke – “Rising to the Top” for those who need a little help with the song reference. ** After being in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico since last Saturday morning, I was pretty eager to get the show on the road and Thursday night’s competition couldn’t come soon enough. I had gotten to watch [...]

I did say in my last post that I would eventually share some of the things I learned while hopping around from meet to meet in Europe earlier this month. In Gateshead I was fortunate enough to be roomed with one of my competitors. Yes; I said “fortunate.” Usually this would slightly annoy me, but [...]

Wow! That’s about how I feel after getting back to Virginia after my first true tour on the European track circuit; but not the sort of “wow” you might expect. For all the glitz and glamor that many outside the track and field world think goes with being on the circuit, there’s a WHOLE lot more grit [...]

I did say I would try blogging more frequently with this extra time that I have now, so I suppose this is the start. I’ll try and mix things up a bit though since I’m sure hearing about just my training and competitions could get old. Be on the look out for some movie reviews [...]