A Bit of an Update

Been a while since i hit the blog with anything new. I hadn't talked much about this years track season because i wanted to be in a certain mode or have achieved a few set goals before updating. Well as of yet only one of those goals has been achieved and I give thanks to God for that blessing. As for the others i guess they might have to wait just a little while longer. In my first decathlon I received an injury to a tendon connected to my hamstring (unsure of the exact medical terminology) in my morning warm up for the hurdles on day two.

It is a bit of a coincidence that I would injure myself in the decathlon in my own individual event. Kind of funny to me because that was the sole reason that i was participating. I wanted to grab a race situation just before race day so that I would be sharp for tomorrows 110hs. Instead I ended up preparing myself for a week or two rehab session. The initial prognosis stated that I would be out for 2-4 weeks (ouch) which would basikally be my entire season.

It is so unfortunate because as many hurdlers know there is a rhythm to our event and after fighting falling, and failing for 3 continuous years I finally felt that rhythm that I planned to build on after high school. Track and field has been much of a struggle for me since that time but i have stayed the path fighting to fulfill a dream. Many Division 2 collegiate athletes dream of earning their degree and filling their position in the real world. Me and a select few others dream of sitting at an oval office under the clouds on a mild spring day or out on the hills on a murky fall evening. Yup, I have the dream to follow in the footsteps of Allen Johnson, Terrence Trammell, David Oliver, David Payne and so many other talented American hurdlers. That dream has of late just been that...a dream.

It seems as if I have reached that crossroad that many athletes do where I second guess my own abilities and begin to rethink that oval office position. Maybe its not for me and this was just my outlet for my degree. I have not run 14 secs since the summer of my Senior year in high school...and in the day and age of 2010 13 secs in the 110 hurdles is the only acceptable number. One that subconsciously I know that I can achieve but consciously has been unattainable. But who's to say that this is not the plan for me...who's to say that my time wont come...who's to say that i wont be that guts to glory story that lines the Internet and newspaper headlines.

It wont be me, as they say...its not over until the fat lady sings...