Monday: As usual, 100's on the minute. Got 20 of them done today. I felt pretty good. Lifted weights like Superman.

Tuesday: Ran a bogus workout. 4*600's. 600's take forever to run. Lifted beach muscles. Oh, I'm going to look good in that bathing suit this spring!

Wednesday: Played king of the hill. Ran 5*300's on the hill. I got my butt kicked. The hill won this time, but next time...it'll be a different story.

Thursday: Ma came into town, so I didn't do much for practice. Just did a short warm up and cool down.

Friday: Down poured all day, so I had to run on the indoor track. I absolutely hate running indoor track. Tall guys such as myself aren't made for running fast in small little circles. The workout was 7*300's.

Saturday: Off day. Went and supported the Tommie football team. They dominated the Ole's.

Sunday: Off day. I did homework all day long.

ROUND HERE

So, how about them Presidential Debates?? Personally, I wasn't impressed with either candidate. All of America, and the world for that matter, knows about Bush and his leadership capabilities (or lack there of). Don't get me wrong here, Bush has done some good things for America in the past 4 years. Heck, I even voted for Bush the first time around. It's just that I don't feel our current occupation of Iraq is being well justified and Bush's domestic policies are questionable. And as far as Kerry goes, it seems all he ever does is play the bipartisan card. Everything Bush stands for Kerry is opposed. If you were to meet Kerry in the street and ask him what he stood for I'm sure his response would be "I stand for everything Bush doesn't stand for." I can't make up my mind for who I'll vote for, but right now Bush and Kerry don't impress me at all. Maybe it'll finally be Nader who wins!

Anyways, life is starting to get stressful. I feel sad to say that track hasn't been the center of my attention. I've been spending most of my time worrying about what I'll be doing after college. I've applied to three different positions in the Twin Cities, and I'm planning on applying to three more in the next week. I just want the security of knowing that when I graduate this spring I'll have a job ready and waiting for me. That would be nice. It would be a huge weight lifted off my shoulders if I could just do this. Oh well....

Classes are starting to pick up. We have been in class for 1 month now, and I can already feel the pressure of midterms sneaking up. Arg! Damn you midterm!

On a better note, this coming Christmas my girlfriend Karolien and I will be traveling to Belgium to see her family. Yes!

LEADER OF THE PACK

The third installment of my Leader of the Pack Award goes to none other than Jeremy Krentz. Jeremy, otherwise known as Quicksand, showed his All-American track speed on the gridiron with a 71- yard interception return for a TD. Nice job Quicksand!

WORDS OF WISDOM

This week's words of wisdom come from the greatest singer/songwriter of all time, none other than Dennis DeYoung, formerly of the band Styx. Styx, however, kicked Dennis out of the band, and has proceeded to suck ever since.

"A winner is only a loser who got back up."

PS- Styx: Take back Dennis