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Been spending pretty much all the free time I have getting ready for my trumpet scholarship auditions next Saturday. May not be able to update journal this week again. This past week looked pretty much the same as the week before except Friday was a pre-meet workout. Super light. A few accelerations and top speed stuff... and done. Meet yesterday. Not much to say, here are my times:

60m Hurdles: 9.47 sec: Indoor  (19th of 39)

nice!!

60m Dash: 7.8  (43rd out of 102... or something like that)

200m: 24.74  (44th out of 103)


Woke at at 5 am. No sleep until after events were done. Taught that body tries to go back into sleep mode and doesn't become fully stimulated, so no sleep for me on the drive to the Utah Olympic Oval.

Food night before: beef and veggie burrito. Quinoa and chicken. 2 bananas. Tortilla. Plenty of water.

Food day of: Bowl of shredded wheat. Banana. Cup of green tea.

Food during meet: Orange. Apple. 1 1/2 pb and honey sandwiches.

i'd minimize fat intake DURING the meet, or even a few hours before.. digesting fat is a pretty big process, that can really slow you down.. keep it to carb + protein with a minimal amount of fat.. i guess it depends on how much PB you put on the sandwich though, 1 pb sandwich for me would be ~6 tablespoons of peanutbutter easily.. that's a ton of fat.. if it's just like 1-2 tbspn then that's not bad.

Felt MUCH more energized and fired up this time around. Felt wide awake and ready during the hurdles. Even though it's an indoor PR, I think I can be much faster if I have some more time to practice over hurdles. First out of the blocks on my hurdle race. 1st place in my heat. Recording looked like my start was good, but acceleration was poor. Gotta work more on that.

My placing seems mediocre and almost demoralizing to me, but I remind myself that most of the guys there are from 5A schools (I'm in 4A) or track clubs that train year round. In reality I'm only mediocre in the fastest group of high schoolers in the state. Haha

I'll try to make some time to keep journal updated this week. Progress needs logging.

keep it up though man, you can place alot better just stay focused & keep busting ass.

Thursday 2/10/2011:

Disappointed. Went home supposedly to pick up my sweats and stuff. Ended up putting a hoody in my bag... apparently it looks exactly the same as my sweats when it's in a ball on top of my bed... Whole workout was in jeans. lol.

-Warmup
  -4 laps jog indoors. (~400m)
  -Dynamic stretching/leg swings

-Hurdle walkovers (with 13 lb. MB overhead)
  -Right leg over 8
  -Left over 8
  -Over overs over 8 (get a load of that one. lol)
  -Over over back... over 8
  -Over unders right leg (no MB)
  -Over unders left (no MB)

-Jumps
  -Standing long x 3: 8'7" best
  -Standing vert x 3: No truly accurate measurement. (something like ~26 in. on my best though. Not bad for jeans and epic soreness)

-Core
  -Russian twists: 2x10 w/ 45 lb plate
  -Pushup position. Partner raises legs and forces a flutter kick while person in pushup resists motion. 30 sec. Not sure what to call it.


Seems like a lot if you just look at the text, but it was pretty short and light. Pretty fun compared to yesterday.
 

Went to a Utah State University basketball game today against Fresno. Student section was AMAZING. The vibe in the spectrum feels unreal. I got to be part of this madness today... it's twice as epic when you're in the middle of it.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44YUnOoye58" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44YUnOoye58</a>

USU: 71
Fresno: 55

 


They have some pretty good players too. Saw quite a few nice dunks. More on USU side of course.... because we're better. 

Quote from: Zetz on February 13, 2011, 12:22:22 am

Went to a Utah State University basketball game today against Fresno. Student section was AMAZING. The vibe in the spectrum feels unreal. I got to be part of this madness today... it's twice as epic when you're in the middle of it.


USU: 71
Fresno: 55

 


They have some pretty good players too. Saw quite a few nice dunks. More on USU side of course.... because we're better. 

they did that when you were there? pretty cool, really intense..

not to go off on a rant or anything, but, i find that kind of unity odd.. i've never had it.. i've never felt that kind of 'unity' with my high school, college, country, or anything.. i lack that "my bleh is better than yours", fill that in with country, school, team, anything.. it's odd.. like for team sports, in reality, i don't really support any team, i just support the players that I follow.. like I watch nba now for lebron/blake griffin and stuff like that.. i remember watching a playoff game with the spurs, and tim duncan got hurt, at the opponent's arena... and everyone was cheering him off the court, even though he was hurt/being helped out/into the locker room.. it's odd, i genetically seem to lack a 'blind support' for some kind of state or organization confined to some borders etc.

dno, weird rant, but videos like that make me think about it..

a good example of it would be the pacers/detroit pistons incident, where those home fans were just going apeshit, then finally someone throws a drink on artest... to me that's just unfathomable.. that's such a deep loyalty to a team/franchise that doesn't truly have any loyalty to you, odd.

odd

odd

lol

pc

I don't think it's a unity or loyalty type of thing. Students support each other in pretty much anything. Basketball is their best sport too. Damn near impossible to beat the Aggie's at their court. It's a lot of fun. Doesn't really matter much to me either way, win or lose. I'm gonna be up there next year in music and maybe something in computers... dno. Might as well support my school mates. Plus... the pep band was playing. haha. I'll be joining a few friends in that next year too.

Quote from: adarqui on February 13, 2011, 05:35:07 am

they did that when you were there? pretty cool, really intense..

not to go off on a rant or anything, but, i find that kind of unity odd.. i've never had it.. i've never felt that kind of 'unity' with my high school, college, country, or anything.. i lack that "my bleh is better than yours", fill that in with country, school, team, anything.. it's odd.. like for team sports, in reality, i don't really support any team, i just support the players that I follow.. like I watch nba now for lebron/blake griffin and stuff like that.. i remember watching a playoff game with the spurs, and tim duncan got hurt, at the opponent's arena... and everyone was cheering him off the court, even though he was hurt/being helped out/into the locker room.. it's odd, i genetically seem to lack a 'blind support' for some kind of state or organization confined to some borders etc.

dno, weird rant, but videos like that make me think about it..

a good example of it would be the pacers/detroit pistons incident, where those home fans were just going apeshit, then finally someone throws a drink on artest... to me that's just unfathomable.. that's such a deep loyalty to a team/franchise that doesn't truly have any loyalty to you, odd.

odd

odd

lol

pc

Not your point I know, but are you sure they weren't cheering in support? Generally in the NBA with injuries the crowd is really supportive regardless of the team.

nah they were cheering that he got hurt.. he was on the floor hurting and they were cheering.. i remember it pretty well.. announcers were talking about it too.

pc

Monday 14/2/2011:

Happy singles awareness day. Woot.
On to business...

-Warmup: 10 laps movement/skips/jogging

-Running Drills (2x each)
  -Skipping A's
  -Skipping B's
  -Butt Kicks
  -Running A's
  -Running C's

-Gassers
  -20~25m One direction (begin to end)
  -Run: beginning, to end, to beginning, to end, to beginning, and done. (Basically run one straight on indoor track and back 2x... and that makes 1 rep)
  -4x
  -Rest: whatever time it took for the two other groups to finish

-Walking A's and B's x 2 for a light recovery

-Weights
  -Squats: 135x6, 165x5, 175x5, 185x5, 155x2 (last on was purely to check form and depth w/coach)
  -SA DB cleans S1: 45lbx2x3
  -GHR S1: 2x6
  -Y-raise S2: 5lbx2x10 (tried 10lb for first set... hurting my deltoid by the end. Better than last week though)
  -SA DB rows S2: 55lbx2x5 ea. arm

-Core: (we agreed it would be light if the gassers were pushed hard.... I lol'd when I found out what we were doing)
  -Pushups x 1
  -Sit ups x 1
  -Hanging leg raise (toe touchers) x 1
  -Repeat 3x.
  -LOLOLOL

-PWO (NOM)


If you can't tell by all the running drills I've been writing to my journal... we've been focusing on form a lot. Times during the gassers I felt my running form pop into just the right place.... I was tired but the running felt way easier than it could have. I was also moving pretty quick without stressing too much. Felt pretty good. If I can keep that up through my longer races I will be GOLDEN.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBKeYKL6ty0" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBKeYKL6ty0</a>

Yesterday's vid.

Friday 2/18/2011:

-Warmup
  -Wrist stretch
  -Basic tumbling stuff: few cartwheels, power hurdle into roundoff, handstand into roll, a few handstand practices (still suck)
  -Light fun stuff for about an hour really....

-CORE/POWER CIRCUIT X2 (1 minute each station)
  -Burpees
  -Front plank
  -Pikes
  -Split jumps
  -Pushups
  -Iso hold (6 in. hold)
  -Butt scoots
  -BW squats
  -Right arm plank
  -Lunges
  -Russian twists
  -Squat jumps
  -Left arm plank
  -Flutter kicks
  -Rest

-PWO shake

Didn't actually get to do the full 2 circuits. Only went about halfway through second time around before coach decided to call it good. Definitely painful. Played in the pep band for the final home basketball game for our school. Had my fun yelling at the other teams absurd mistakes and complaints, as well as some ridiculous calls made by the refs. Gonna go have another protein shake now. It's been a long and tiring day. Good though.