My first trip to Jamaica was long overdue and probably a bit too short to actually enjoy it like you’re supposed to. This was a business trip though. After some uncertainty about whether or not I would be competing at the meet at all, I received my flight itinerary a little over two hours from [...]

It’s just a matter of time before I get my timing down… My approach this year has been, respectable. Not great and not “exactly” where I think it should and eventually will be, but it is far better than last year. As a result, I am hitting the board with far more speed and my [...]

Even though one of my goals in 2011 is to jump 17  meters indoors, my distances indoors are rarely of concern to me. Typically meets during the indoor season are all about working on things at full speed and making sure that training is going well. With that in mind I have to say that [...]

I had my last “workout” workout of the year yesterday afternoon in Belgium. I say “workout” workout because my coach already let me know that I’ll still be working out a bit once I get back to the States, in spite of the fact that tomorrow is my last meet for 2010. He said that [...]

I did say in my last post that I would eventually share some of the things I learned while hopping around from meet to meet in Europe earlier this month. In Gateshead I was fortunate enough to be roomed with one of my competitors. Yes; I said “fortunate.” Usually this would slightly annoy me, but [...]

So my Diamond League baptism came and went and it certainly wasn’t what I was looking for. Needless to say, I still genuinely enjoyed the experience, the competition and the fact that my parents, coach and friends were finally able to make it to a meet. The competition on the other hand was pretty disappointing. [...]

It’s been a few weeks since my last blog post but considering that I’ve got a bit more free time thanks to my graduating last month I’ll try and blog a bit more regularly. In any case, this weekend’s Adidas Grand Prix will only be my 3rd meet of the season but it’ll also be [...]

So in a total of about 4 days, I made it to Daegu, Korea, competed at the IAAF World Challenge Meet and made it back to my home base in Virginia. To give a brief recap of the experience: it was tiring; not as tiring as you might expect, but still very tiring nonetheless. I, [...]

Can ANYONE tell me what the heck an “Express” Drive-Thru is??! We figured it had to be something like Express E-Z Pass lanes on the highway where you don’t have to slow down and the toll amount is still deducted but didn’t get a chance to try ordering chicken nuggets at 25 mph. There’s probably [...]

This past Friday I had the opportunity to spend a few hours at the Haitian Embassy, considered to be Haitian soil, for an event put on by the National Organization for the Advancement of Haitians, in conjunction with the Haitian Sports Foundation and the US Olympic Committee. The event was a prelude to a solidarity [...]