This is What's Up...

The past couple weeks have been extremely eventful. First, full track practices have started, which means lifting early in the morning and running in the afternoon. This has made it really tough not to be the equivalent of a zombie roaming around the campus of Boise State. Probably the hardest part is the fact that my roommates are up to all hours of the night making as much noise as possible. A couple of them don't have class on Tuesday and Thursday, which means they are up the entire night. I have class at 7:40 a.m. Plus lifting on those days, so it doesn't work out too well. It's not just that they are noisy either, I often get tempted to go over and play video games and talk trash to people on the Internet.

Also, I'm not sure how much decathlon that I'm going to be doing (at least initially) here at Boise State. Right now, I'm just long jumping because I can't hurdle and have some trouble in the pole vault. It's not really a bad thing though, because long jump should be a really good event for me. I went 23'5 in high school, but I think that I will be able to go at least 25' by the end of the indoor season. This is mainly because with the help of my coach, I have discovered some flaws which could literally be taking feet off my jump. Also, I'm finally starting to get a lot more flexible, which will give my muscles more elasticity. The biggest reason why I think that I will be able to jump far is that I just feel really good. I hardly ever feel really sluggish anymore. In high school, I could never jump more than 15' in practice. But now, I feel like I'm jumping on out of the pit on some of my jumps. This is probably because I'm in better shape and am eating better than I was in high school. The most important thing for my success is probably for me to just stay patient. I wouldn't be surprised if I only go 21' feet or something in the first meet. Once I get a couple meets in me, I'll be fine.

Oh, I got up to 200lbs, but now, since I'm focusing on jumping, I'm going to try and get down to about 180 or 185 for the indoor track season which should be a pretty good weight for me. This should also help me in the 60m dash and anything else I might do. ;)

db