WELCOME

Hello and Thank you to anyone who is taking time out of their day to read my blog. I am so excited to share a part of my life with you and I hope along the way you will gain something from this experience as well.

Let me start by saying in 2012 I will be in London competing for my country in the Olympic Games--well, at least that's my plan. It's gonig to take a lot of hard work to get there, but I plan to give everything I have to achieve my goal.

Presently, I'm entering my senior season as a collegiate shot putter/discus thrower. I spent most of last year on the outside looking in; this year I'm going to be the main attraction. By the end of this season I will be an NCAA champion.

I think I got a little comfortable last year and didn't reach my full potential, which is why I created this blog, so I can be accountable to myself and everyone who supports and encourages me. I will be blogging about my last year as a NCAA thrower and my journey to the 2012 Olympic Trials.

I titled this blog "Mark" because that's the one word I want to hear when I finish a throw. If I have the best throw of my life, it means nothing if the red flag goes up.

With all that said, let the journey begin!!!



Wednesday, September 15, 2010

This is so all over the place I can't even think of a title

I know. . .I know . . .I'm late on my update, for that I apologize, but I've kind've been busy. Well, not busy, more like tired. Track practice has been getting the best of me. I come home and I feel so nasty from sweating in the hot, humid Louisiana heat that all I want to do is shower and lay down. By the time I get motivated to do anything, it's time to go to be and I don't miss out on sleep. lol.

The past few days, I've really been trying to get to know the two freshman throwers. One of them, Shay, is still really quiet and reserved, but I have a feeling that she's gonna come around sooner or later. She really has no choice because she's gonna be spending a lot of time with us. The other one, KeKe, she's had no problem adapting to us. She's a character. She has the kind of confidence I wish all the girls had. She doesn't get wrapped up in what she knows somebody else can do; she's only worried about what she's gonna do. She wants to be the best, not the best right behind me, but the best!!! I love it!!! Her drive, drives me to better and I hope the others can feed off of her determination.

In other news, I'm still trying to come up with fundraising ideas! It's been like 2 months and I still don't have any good ideas. Ugh, it's so frustrating because I know there's money to be made!!!

An update on the diet. Things are not looking so good right now. This is week five and I've really let my guard down. For a while, we hadn't been grocery shopping and so I was just kind of eating what I could just really limiting my portion size, but today I had a total weak moment! I cheated so bad I'm thinking about not eating for week. Not really, but I probably had enough calories for a week. Burg, bought chips to go with chili dogs that we had for dinner last night, since I got out of class late and wouldn't be able to cook. Well let me tell ya. Today while I was sitting at home doing some work I pigged out them. Before I knew it I had eaten darn near half the bag--and I'm talking about the big bag. I think today was a reality check though. I'm back on pace and ready to give it 100%. I'm gonna hate to get on the scale tomorrow, but hey that's the harsh reality of my choices.

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