Just Trying To Get That Feeeeeeeling Back...
This week has been an interesting one...
Yet, I'm still smiling!!! : ) I hope everyone else is toooo!
MY RACES
Last week, I competed at BU and I ran the 400m & 200m. I haven't run a double since last year indoor, so I was a little nervous. My hip/groin was kind of bothering me all week, but I just wanted to run because I love track so much and I just needed to be out there. So, the 400m... Well ok. I didn't get out the 1st 100, which I never do and what I need to and WILL change ASAP, and then at the cut in line, I was kinda first but, this other runner cut in with me. She didn't run in lane one, she stayed in lane two and that pushed me to lane two and three. So, I had to stay behind her and wait to pass her. Then at the 250m mark, I was about to pass her, but she decided to run in lane 2 as well... How frustrating! So I end up running a 57.33. I had great form and I didn't die. I just know that when I run next week, I have to get to the break first and just run my race. That's how I use to run it, but because I haven't ran this race since last year, I just kinda forgot how it felt to be in the front and to be more aggressive. I just needed to get my feet wet again. A good this is that this time is actually faster than I ever have been at this time of the year and at this same meet. I know I can run faster with a clean track and if I'm first at the break. It's so important to get to the break first. For one, you're not wasting energy trying to pass the person in front of you. Also, you just have more confidence and faith that you can do it. Every time I had to run from behind, I never got in front of the person in front of me, unless it was a relay. Other than that, negative! So, I just gotta take what happened from last week and make things better for next week. I'm just trying to stay positive and keep my head up. Also, I just have to keep working harder and work on those little things.
Now, my 200m... I was in lane three and let me tell yall, I haven't run a 200m since last year. Aye aye aye!. So, before I get into the blocks, all I could think about was my groin and me hurting it. So, I just prayed to God and hope he got me through this race injury free. So, the gun goes off and I don't get out. I had a short first step, but I just tried to refocus myself. I end up running 25.49, which is the best I have done in my 1st 200 of the season in any of my previous years. I was happy for myself because I know I can do better. My form is good, but I need to work on my block start a little bit more. You know how when you run the 100m, 200m or 400m, each step you take is suppose to get longer and longer? Well, mine doesn't. It stays the same length for the 1st 6-8 steps. So, today at practice, I worked on that and now I feel the difference.
I could have been very sad and upset about last week, but I know that me being upset wouldn't change what happened. Plus, being negative and crying over it won't help me faster next week. Just sitting down and reflecting on my race will only help me better prepare myself. I learned that you can't beat yourself up about the past. There is always something positive in everything that you do. So, just take that positive things, grasp it and smile. All the negative things that happened can be fixed if we are determined to fix them.
PS... I can't wait for Outdoor!!!
PRACTICE
Practice went really well this week. I've been training at 51-53 pace with my workouts and I've been hitting all of times or faster. I finish my workouts faster than what I started. I sometimes don't understand why I can run so fast and relaxed at practice and then when meets come, it's like what is going on... AHHHH. I'm just working on being relaxed and just run. I'll keep yall tuned about my meet next week. Ill be running the 400m and 200m at BU again. Hopefully, this time, I'll use what I learned from this previous week and just run.
COLLEGE
So, with school... well in order to be eligible, you need to have 12 credits. But, because I'm a senior and I don't have any classes to take, I just needed 6 credits to keep my financial aid... according to my NCAA Compliance Officer. So, I enrolled in 7 credits. Ya, I was happy and just doing an internship and working, until I found out that if I didn't get 12 credits by Friday, I would lose my Pell... AHHHHHH! So, I added 2 more classes. There goes my easy last semester. Haha. Just kidding. I'm excited with the classes I added. One class is MTI (Mentoring and Tutoring Internship). I was placed in a middle school to volunteer one-on-one with children who are in danger of falling back academically. I did it last semester and I loved it! I love just helping these students out anyway I can. Last year, I helped in a high school chemistry class and I even got to teach the students a lesson on the periodic table! Oh My Goodness... SO MUCH FUN! I even had them play element bingo! They loved it! Plus, I'm goofy so, I made it fun and excited. They seemed to like me and they laughed the whole class. I can't wait to have fun with the middle school students. I can't remember how I was when I was in middle school, but I know I was probably goofy and a nerd, as everyone tells me! Haha. My other class is called Peer Education. I was really hesitant about taking this class because it deals with sexual assaults, drugs, and things like that. It's just so hard for me to hear about all the crazy things that happened to people... It saddens me and makes me really angry. So, just watching movie clips in class really makes me sick and sometimes. I just have to put my head down. I just hope I get through it because I can't drop it or I lose my Pell Grant :( AHHHH!
LOVE
What else happened this week... Oooooh Love... Well, I won't get into that this week. I have sooo much to say. I'll keep that mess for another blog... Oh Boy!
Til then, keep smiling yall!!! Stay postive & determined and keep practicing hard. You will see results soon, just gotta be patient : )
*des*
Quote of the Week:
Forgetting someone you once loved, is like trying to remember someone that you never knew.
post comment
Keep Doing Your Thing
7:20 PM, February 5, 2007
.. Posted by Anonymous
Ive been following these post for a while and your passion for the sport is what keeps me continuing to coach young men and women. After 23 years of trying to give up coaching and one day get a real life I always come across an individual who just gets my motivation back up to a even higher level. You are approaching an age where your body is about to do incredible things. Just keep enjoying the blessings of being able to train and compete and those world class performances are going to come.
Des!
11:57 PM, February 8, 2007
.. Posted by TMSSF
A class act for real! God bless you.
teck
2:22 AM, February 9, 2007
.. Posted by Anonymous
if you didn\'t have your feet dragging behind you you could increase your turnover. i can feel it... any way its a sign of tension. as soon as that foot leaves the ground there should be relaxation. so, allow it to start forward instead of dragging it behind you. affected by heels elipsing outward, slightly, instead.
<br> it\'ll actually lengthen as well as quicken and strengthen. don\'t practice it as much as utilize it. don\'t talk it up, just experience it. its a force of nature. don\'t burn bread.
stride length
1:33 AM, February 13, 2007
.. Posted by Anonymous
if running a decent 200 400 the stride lengths are similar. if your frequency is high enough you stride length will automatically increase. when that happens you just have to try and keep your frequency up, probably about 130- 140 cycles per minute.
{ Last Page } { Page 12 of 13 } { Next Page }
|
About Me
•
•
•
« October 2008 »
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 |
| 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
| 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | |
Recent Entries
• 2,000 Miles Away.
• Sometimes You Just Have To Ask Yourself, Is IT Really Worth It?
• "Put on your spikes"... My Spikes???
• Atlantic 10 Championships!
• Maybe It's All Coming Together At The Right Time...
|
