My World Indoor Championships experience was certainly a disappointment, but by no means a waste. I managed to only jump 16.30m, which is horrible as far as jumping performances go, and still I took enough away from the meet to make it an overall worthwhile competition. Since this is my 2nd World Championships experience, I [...]

So the meet I had in France this past Friday went alright…I suppose. I set an indoor personal best of 16.64m and came in 4th behind three jumpers who went 17 meters (one of whom was Christian Olsson, the indoor world record holder in the event). As you can imagine, I had higher aspirations for [...]

The indoor season is quickly coming to an end with the World Championships just over a week away at this point. This has been the most extensive indoor season that I’ve had since about 2005, and that’s because the plan all along was to build on things from meet to meet. I definitely think I’ve [...]

I’m going to pencil my most recent competitive outing in the “personal victory” column. As with my other competitions this indoor season, it was definitely a learning experience but at least the result was a bit easier to swallow than the rest have been. I still need a ton of work, and all of that [...]

So although I went into last weekend’s meet with big plans, I didn’t accomplish my goals; any of them. But believe it or not, I am quite alright with that. Although the meet results say something different for some reason, I’m pretty sure I ended up jumping 16.25m, which would be a season best by [...]

So now the 2010 track and field season is very much underway; not just for me, but for the majority of people who intend on competing indoors (and even some of those who aren’t attempting to head to Doha in March). This weekend, I’ll be competing in my “2nd” meet of the year at the [...]

As you can all imagine, it has been a particularly difficult week, given the catastrophic earthquake that hit Haiti on Tuesday. My family was indeed affected by the tragedy, and though we still have not had direct contact with my relatives on the island, we have received news that most of my relatives are “ok.” [...]

I still have plenty of things to work on…but it’s the first weekend of January, which means that track and field season is officially here! No offense to all the cross country fans, but this is what I’ve been waiting for, both as a fan and a competitor. Since the World Indoor Championships are truly [...]