January's End Season's beginning

Hiya bloggers,

This is ya boy back on the blog network! Ima try and stay consistent for yall so you can keep up on the good stuff :).

Talk about time flying...The indoor season for our team is kicking off this weekend. We're about 3 days from the Star Athletics team getting a crack at some of our rivals and competitors. The meet will be on Saturday and Sunday @ the University of Florida. I have been anticipating getting closer to the start date for competition, but as it gets closer Im trying to stay focused and buckle down for this last stretch so everything will be what it needs to be. Unfortunately, Im talking last several weeks stretch and not days, lol. I'll be training through the indoor season and preparing to go smack at it come outdoor season. My training has been going well, but I've had some mental blocks holding me back the past few weeks and hadn't practiced like I know Im capable of. Thats why from here out I'm going to try my best to leave the drama from my life at my house or in my car while I go to work on the track. I have to make sure Im ready to go and with no doubt in mind am ready to accomplish those goals I've placed for this year. My primary goal is to qualify and compete in the USA National Outdoor Championships. My secondary goal either during or after I've achieved the first is to run 49.5 seconds in my event 400hurdles. Lastly, I've put a goal out there to compete overseas for the first year. I feel that it would be a great catalyst going into the following season...an Olympic year. Overseas competitions would put me in the atmosphere of international runners and allow me to get a better idea of the true nature of the track and field world.

In other news, excitingly, we had two gentlemen from France visit our team for a day and administer a new system to train your mental zone and allow yourself focus more and be free from stresses and mental barriers. It was kind of like a stress relief technique where you completely relax your mind and body and not focus on one thing or another, but just do whatever they said (i.e. jog, walk, run)I, along with four other teammates, had the privelege to test this new guaranteed system out. I felt that it was pretty accurate as to the issues that were holding each athlete back from doing better, or an area that they could improve on that would ultimately have a very positive affect on their training and competion. There was a bit of a bump in the road though, Ok maybe it was more like a pile of steel cinderblocks (if there is such a thing). Nonetheless, the cost for 12 sessions with these guys was 20k thats ($20,000). Im not sure any one of us has 20k to just throw around, and if they do they can give it to me and I'll help them focus for 20 thousand, lol. Anyway, I believe that a person can use techniques from ways to relieve stress and also Biblical principles that help to keep your body whole, well, and balanced.

On a lighter note, has anyone seen Dinner for Schmucks? I just saw it a few days ago and it is a pretty shallow movie, and at times I was a bit upset at some characters for their outrageous behavior, but there are some pretty hilarious parts in there too. not many though, so I wouldn't recommend buying the thing...just redbox it and if you don't like it, its only a dollar wasted. Check it out. Anyway, thats what I've been up to.

Well, this is about all for me this week. I'll keep you all updated on the rest of my week and weekend...should be a good one. This is the life of...a man getting it together!