who gon stop me?

so the first week of track practice is in the books. happy to say....im still a beast. havent lost my mojo at all. still leading groups in workouts. still putting my all in everything i do. still just going out there with the mindset that everyone is after what im after, i have to do what i need to do to be better than them all and to be that number one guy. workouts have gotten a bit harder from high school. but i'm still getting them done. i hear the coaches talking about me. i try to hide the smile, but hey, what can i do if they are feeding to it, ya know? i can feel the frustration sometimes in workouts when i beat out a senior, but all i can say is, get better my dude. but, im just going to keep doing what im doing and not really worry about anyone else getting the workout done. i go all out every rep, no holding back.

being in the weight room three times a week will most definitely help also. just going to put on more muscle and get stronger which will help me in my races, because everyone knows thats exactly what i need. my biggest problem last year, being able to finish a race. having the trainers just right there, is helping out too. gotta keep healthy. making sure my body is right with all the stresses that come with college and being an athlete. they sure do treat you well. hahah. but anyway. just happy to get this opportunity. im going to give it my all. every ladder drill we do, plyos, hills, circuits; going to make sure im giving my all and beating out the guy next too me.

life; life is good. im happy with life at the moment. meeting people is getting easier. and i just met someone who understands me. puts a smile on my face. :D i miss my best friend, chato. we're both doing our thing. he's in texas. i'm in como. but we're both still...hustlin'. trying to achieve out dreams. apartment next year? fa sho. but again, im starting to miss my family in new orleans. just miss home cooked meals. everything here is getting repetitive, in a little routine. just need a bit of a pace changer.

tomorrow, starts another week of practice, that good body aching. ready to see where and what it brings me.
see ya for now folks.

Love, Peace.

Goals Achieved.

well, guess what happened guys. yesterday, i became a member of the University of Missouri-Columbia's (Mizzou) track team. A goal and feat that i have been working my tail off to obtain. It's finally a wish/dream come true. To be on a D1 track team and help them become something great, while also, making something of myself. 

Although I am on the team, i am going to work my tail off like i'm not...because im not guaranteed a spot(since i am just on the fall training squad for now). I'm going to treat this like i did my senior year in the offseason. Putting in countless hours, day in, and day out. Not give in to the naysayers. Also, i wont set a limit to what i can do. i'll always go above and beyond what is set, to try and be the best.This is my chance, im just another mediocre athlete, and now i have to once again, transform myself into  a great performer and someone who is beneficial to the team. I still have tons to prove. To show the coaches and the other athletes around me and everyone else, that i deserve to be on the team and that i will achieve bigger and better things. I have goals already set for myself. One im trying to achieve right now, make it on the traveling squad. Basically get a top spot on the team and have the opportunity to travel to each meet and compete, compete against other schools who have top level athletes. 

I'm trying my best to not let all of this go to my head, can't afford it to. I have to stay humble and stay poised. It's time for me to go out and prove something to myself really, not to anyone else(even though i said i have tons to prove to the coaches). I have to prove to myself that whatever i put my mind to, i can achieve it and get great fortune out of it. So right now, going through my list of goals i have set. and making sure, by the end of my collegiate career, that each and every one of those goals are checked off. Wish me Luck, ill need all the love and support i can get. 

Ill try and keep you guys updated on what goes on and what not. I promise to do some great things on the track. 

Peace and Love

p.s. I honestly wouldn't have this opportunity if it wasn't for the time i spent during the offseason of my senior year in high school with my hurdle coach Tim and the hurdle crew, Cory, Darcie, Katie, Lauren, and Kaylee. They pushed me and supported me for two years and continue to do so. I'd like to give them a special thanks. Especially Cory, became a very good friend of mines and an excellent motivator. Thank you my man. 

Lost in the world.

Well hello folks. I'm in college now, just in case you were wondering. Very little free time, tis why its been a while since i've updating this here blog. but yup, im having a great time here in columbia. kinda.

Here at Mizzou I've just been doing my own thing. my own grocery shopping doing things on my schedule, and when i want to. just trying to shape myself into the adult that i am going to be after college. studying here and there. doing homework. meeting deadlines. running off a schedule that is set by dates two/three weeks away but you're so worried about if you're going to do well, you study two hours on that subject everyday, very time consuming (im kinda babbling, but oh well.) College surely isn't like high school. your teachers won't always remind you when something is due. You can ask for help, but it's really not the same. You have to keep up with the schedule and always study, study, study. Kinda sucks to be honest. i was never one to study. but i have to transform into a person who will sit with a pencil, notebook and textbook and take some notes. not my forte. but im learning to adjust and learning to do things on my own. so everything in the sense of education is good....for now. :D kidding, it'll go up from here, can't afford to go down.

Track tryouts are tuesday. a week or two ago i was excited. no worries i told myself. but as the day of tryouts started getting closer and closer. my nerves began to go crazy and i began to doubt myself (something i always do, but shouldn't). i question my ability or question whether im ready. question if what i have been doing will give me the tools i need to make the team. i know i'm ready for it, though. I'm ready to go out to that track on tuesday, give my all and make that team. That is step one to a huge goal of mines. no more doubting. only certainty. I'm ready. wish me luck.

not going to lie, im kinda lonely here at the zou, haven't really met anyone here. im scared if i do meet people that they will be friends that wont amount to anything. that i cant tell deep things to. i miss my friends. all going to different colleges and the most important of them all in texas. sucks being separated but it's a part of life i guess. hopefully i becoming more outgoing and go and meet people. but, i think ill be fine and do so.

Love, Peace, and Cheese