and I'm back.......

I know I haven't posted in a long time, but don't take that as a sign that I've given up! Obstacles put in your path only serve as tests of determination and will. My laptop broke and my job blocks access to Blogger, so I haven't had a way to get onto the internet from home until now.

My training has been excellent, but many distractions have presented themselves these past weeks. I got promoted at work, but with that promotion comes traveling to some of our satellite offices to train other people.

I'm also having a lot of distractions on the home front, namely a less than supportive significant other. I'm not going to bore anyone with any details (as it quite personal), but I see a resolution to that issue in the near future (that's been in the works for a while).

Enough with the gloomy news, lets get to the good stuff. My vaulting has been coming along great! Smoked 5.50m clean last week on a couple of jumps (yes, with a bar). I opted to not do any indoor meets and just focus on technique. Now that outdoor season is starting up, I'll look into meets that fit into my schedule.

Now that i'm back online, I'll start posting more often and hopefully have some video in the near future.

back from the dead

oh my god.........this past week has been the absolute worst week of my life. Last weekend I started feeling dizzy and weak, then it turned into full blown nausea, puking, chills, and the runs. I spent a good part of this week in the bathroom with it coming out both ends. I got so dehydrated on tuesday that I had to go to the emergency room for an IV. I'm feeling much better today, but an still pretty weak. They have no idea what I had, just some super strain of the flu. I guess next year I won't skip out on getting a flu shot.

Always one to find a silver lining, I did lose 15 pounds, so I'm on the fast track to hitting my target weight now. :)

its been a couple days since I've posted, but there's not much really to report. Work has been terrible and my wife has been sick, so I haven't been able to get out and do anything. I feel like I've wasted the entire week. I've only got 2 weeks until my first planned meet,so I need to get it gear. I've got a bad feeling that all my short run poles are going to get too small, and my long run poles are going to be too big. I've got a pretty big gap in my line since I always went from short run back to long run, never in between before....

maybe I'll just cut off some fo my long run poles, or call Nordic and Catapole and see if I can get some free poles or something....

jump day 2

Mostly just did drills today. Its hard doing push plants by yourself, but not impossible. :)

Its a good thing my body awareness is still intact, or I might have bitten it pretty hard a couple of times. I would have had a better practice session, but I let one of my coworkers talk me into getting a huge burrito for lunch that's just sitting in my stomach. Its going to make for an interesting day at work since we only have unisex toilets in our office.

no movement on the front

between my hangover, football games, and kids, I haven't gotten anything done this weekend. I was hoping to get some vaulting in today, but it looks like kids and football are on the agenda. Hopefully I get to it tomorrow.

ugh

boy, do I feel rough.....

I over did it a bit last night "celebrating". I guess its those old college habits sneaking up on me again. I've got a splitting headache and I had to call in sick to work. Oh well, lesson learned! I did switch to Lite, so it was lo-carb/no fat all night long. every little bit helps.

I think today will be a recovery day and I'll get back up on the horse Saturday.

168 days!

I've still got it!

I was afraid that I'd lost my timing coming off of my most recent two year rest cycle, but it was just like riding a bike! My knees were killing me when I got there, but 4 advil, a red bull, and a long warm up later left me feeling pretty good.

I started out with some walking pole plants, followed by a few pole runs at 50%. I did some 3 step hangs, then 3 step short vaults. I backed up to 5 lefts and took 10 jumps in flats on my biggest short run pole. Got rejected pretty good on my first two, but got over my gun shyness on my 3rd jump. I put a bungee up at 5m just for grins on my last jump and (mostly) didn't touch it. Only 50cm to go!

I was so pumped after that last jump, I ran some 150s, but over did it a bit and deposited the red bull I had earlier in back the trash can. I'm feeling OK now, but I need to remember I can't jump back in at full throttle just yet. I'm so psyched! I think I might celebrate a little tonight if I can talk my wife into letting me out of the late shift with the kids tonight.

169 days!