2012 is finally here… I keep saying that I need to blog on a more frequent and more consistent basis, and I really do mean it when I say it; let’s see if I can actually get the ball rolling in 2012 though. In any case, for this first blog post of 2012 I just [...]

239 Days to Go. That’s what the countdown on the London 2012 website reads now and although it seems like the Games of the XXX Olympiad are right around the corner, I have to fight back my anxiety. I’m sure other athletes preparing for next summer are doing the same thing because although the utmost [...]

Daegu was disappointing to say the least and I’ve been underground a bit since then. Considering the fact that I was in the best shape of my life (thus far) having jumped near or farther than 17 meters from a short approach on two separate occasions, I really can’t even explain how or why I [...]

I’ve been in Daegu since Wednesday and am starting to get my legs under me; finally. Getting here was a story in and of itself considering the fact that it took just under 27 hours, but I’m fortunate to not have to compete for the first time until Friday. My teammate Moise on the other [...]

The World Championships are literally around the corner at this point and I can’t wait. I’m as ready as I’ve ever been and will be even more prepared come the qualifying round. Since my last blog post, I took the New York State bar exam up in Albany, NY which was far from fun as [...]

Happy New Year y’all! I’m not big on New Years resolutions and I’m not trying to “change” so much as I’m looking to improve. I make it a point to look forward and plan my future/set new goals far more than I bask in retrospect. Of course, the past can be beneficial in shaping the [...]

Making deposits; that’s pretty much what I’m doing from now until next August…making deposits. Each practice I complete is considered a deposit made into my Daegu 2011 Bank so that over the course of the next 308 days I am consistently adding to my repertoire and strengthening my weaknesses. I plan on showing up in [...]

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 [...]