LSU Relays

I have not been able to practice all week and we had a relay meet at LSU on Friday and Saturday. It was tough not being able to train like I have been but it was a good week. I got my stitches out on Thursday. My coaches didn’t think I was going to compete so they didn’t enter me into any individual events. All I know is that God answers prayers and I was able to run this weekend. We went to Baton Rouge on Friday early afternoon and my relay wasn’t until 7pm. Thanks to a friend, I went to Inga’s a local sandwich shop with a teammate…so good. I even went there on Saturday, too. I had never run in a sprint medley relay (200, 200, 400, 800) before so it was fun to do one. I ran the second 200 and it was nice to run again though we were in a pretty fast heat. Second day in Baton Rouge I ran in the 4x4 relay, which was the last event of the meet. I was the anchor and I got out really well, but still have to work on finishing stronger. We ran our best 4x4 time of the season, which was good. We are excited to work with it and see how we can improve. My knee also didn’t spilt open and I’m thankful for that. Unfortunately we are not competing at LSU this week like originally scheduled but a few girls are going to the Florida Relays. As far as school goes I had two tests last week that went well. I have a few presentations to give this week and I’m looking forward to it.

Start of the Outdoor Track Season

Outdoor season has finally started and we were able to have our meet at Tad Gormley. It went well and we had great weather. Tulane won the 4x1 and my friend Koplan won the 400 with a personal record time of 48.6. We had spring break that week and I went to Baton Rouge for the weekend. I had a good time visiting some friends and went to the LSU-Cal St, Fullerton game, which was a lot of fun. I went to Rice on Tuesday to compete in my first decathlon of the season. Drove down there with my coach and was excited about competing. My mom came to watch on Wednesday, which was really great of her to make the trip. I did well in the long jump and had a good first 400m of the season. Thursday my brother came to watch me compete and the first event was the 110 hurdles. After the race I noticed I had cut my knee. I’m not sure which hurdle did it, but man I need to work on my technique. I thought I would be able to just get it cleaned up and go back to competing. The trainer said that I needed to get stitches so I was finished competing for the day. Luckily the hospital was across the street but it took forever to get checked out and finally get my knee stitched up. I ended up with seven stitches and hopefully I will be back running shortly. The best part about the day was hanging out with my little brother so maybe God was just giving me some time with him. This week I have a couple of tests and then we have a meet at LSU. I’d love to compete at the meet but only time will tell…


Nola...
7 stitches...
Amazing Pecan Waffle...
LSU baseball game...
Mississippi River...
My two buddies back home.

Mardi Gras

Its Mardi Gras time here in Nola so it gets pretty crowded this time of year. It rained pretty hard on Saturday that a couple of parades were moved to Sunday. One of my buddies on the track and I were about to start a round of Tiger Woods Golf when the power suddenly went out during the rain on Saturday. Luckily it didn’t last long and the power turned back on. Tulane has the whole week off for Mardi Gras. My mom is coming in town for our track meet at Tad Gormely. It looks like there is a good chance of some storms on Tuesday and Wednesday, but hopefully they will pass through. My cousin and her fiancé are also in town for a wedding so I will get to spend some time with them on Thursday, which will be fun and then I think I’m going to Baton Rouge for the rest of the week. I’m definitely looking forward to the week ahead…