Monday: As usual, ran 20*100's and lifted. This will be the last time in a while I'll be doing this workout. Finally, next week I actually start sprinting.

Tuesday: More of a distance orientated workout. The workout was 4 continuous sets of jogging for 4 minutes and then striding for 1 minute. It went alright. We ended up covering a little over 2.5 miles. After the jogging I lifted beach muscles.

Wednesday: Sadly, I didn't get a chance to workout. I was in a meeting for work until almost 4 and had class from 5-9:30.

Thursday: Did some quality work on the bike and had a great lifting workout.

Friday: By far the toughest workout of the week. 8*200's all in :26 with 2:30 minutes recovery between each rep. To make matters worse I had to do this workout on the indoor track because it was raining and it was a whopping 39 degrees outside! Gotta love that Minnesota weather!

Saturday: Did some homework and went back home to see Aunty Ruth.

Sunday: A lot of hanging out took place on Sunday. Watched some football in HD on Mr. Smith's 60 inch screen. HD dominates! Also did a bunch of homework. And of course I stretched and did abs. As a side note, it snowed.

ROUND HERE

Not much to report. Midterms aren't going to good. I have this managerial finance class where the whole class just about failed. The prof didn't give back anyone's grade yet because the entire test might be thrown out. And the damn test should be thrown out. I swear the professor would have failed the test themselves if they had taken it. I got this other class that should be a breeze. It is organization behavior and my midterm presentation is on leadership. Lucky, I'm a Leadership and Management major, so this presentation thing should be smooth sailing.

Anyways, I feel my training is coming along good. The primary focus has been general conditioning, but in the next weeks the focus will shift to incorporate more speed and strength. Right now, I just wish I can stay healthy. It was about this time last year I developed two hernias. And me being the way I am ignored my injury until December when I had surgery to repair the tares. Not a smart idea. My advice, if you think you might feel the slightest bit hurt you should get yourself checked out ASAP.

LEADER OF THE PACK

The fifth installment of my Leader of the Pack Award goes to none other than Mr. Mike Madison! Madtown is a triple jumper on the team who will occasionally dabble in the long jump. Madtown is a good guy who recently did some editing and created a sweet looking poster of the team. Nice work hombre!

WORDS OF WISDOM

It isn't too often a presidential candidate uses profanity to articulate their message, but that is exactly what John Kerry did when speaking to a reporter in Saint Louis:

"Did I expect George Bush to F**K it up as badly as he did? I don't think anybody did."