Blogs : Calvin Abram

Week 1 in Review

Well it’s a new week and I have a lot more work to do. Last weekend we had a meet at Northern Arizona and I did the 60 and the 200 meters. I did OK that meet, I got 3^rd in the 60 and ran 6.83. In the 200 I won with a 21.87. The 60 I was kinda mad because I have problems with my start and I tend to short step my way through the race. My coach gave me an example of the race, he said that one our girls who won the 60 at that meet made 34 steps in her race and he said that I should be at 29 steps. The 200 time was an after affect of me taking one step out of the blocks and popping up. That is an easily correctable problem because I never did this before. These are the factors that were hurting me in that race, #1 I was nervous because it was my first collegiate meet at the division 1 level, #2 I was really anxious to hit a fast time and I wasn’t being patient, #3 I haven’t ran on a flat track AND  at altitude my first meet ever. I wasn’t discouraged at all because I know last year I started out my 200 meters with an 22.00 and came back the next week to go 21.54. I wasn’t really trying to mash the gas the last 150 meters because I just wonted to get a really good feel for that race and that track. I will have much more competition so I am pretty sure ill drop something hot because I always step up to the plate when its crunch time. Tomorrow, we go back to Northern Arizona and I am running those two races again. I am aiming for a 21.4 in the prelims of the 200 meters so we will see what happens. My coach has been working with me more than usual this week to work on my blocks because I need to make some corrections in that race. We will see what will happen this weekend. I am going to pray hard and hope for the best.