I learned that you are truly only as good as your last race in track and field. To be honest, this is what I love because right now I am down and no one remembers the things I have done. All they know at this point is what happened in my last race. This makes me smile because I love a good challenge.
On July 13, 2010 I came out and ran my first race since hurting my hamstring in February 2010. My best in the 100 is 10.48, which was run on a back that was fractured, which was my last 100 meter race dating back to May 14, 2009. Fast forward 14 months and you have my come back race which was far off from my best at 10.79. Yes, I can get a lot faster, no doubt about it. Am I upset at my performance, nooo way. When the run is put into perspective I am proud of what I have been able to accomplish.
I have been training on and off since February with on and off hamstring issues that might have been more mental than anything but it still turned into missed training time. This is the part of the year where other athletes are starting their peak phase and are getting ready to run as fast as ever. My training is no where near peaking; I am basically just running to get the remains of my season back. The real challenge is going to be seeing what I can accomplish in the next 2 weeks of training before nationals. I made a bunch of mistakes in my race but they are things that I think I can easily fix with some focus during my training.
Will I get back to where I left off in February probably not, but my heart knows where I have been this year. The year has been one of the most challenging, educational, stressful, yet promising years of my life. My main goal was to show that I can overcome the injury that I sustained, and that is what I did. The season is still far from over; I have no plans of giving up because that is not what I do.
I know where I went wrong this year and I know the mistakes I have made so I am more than prepared to get things right for the next season coming up. I am going to work harder than I ever have in my life but at the same time I am going to be smarter than I have ever been. Mark my word, I am down right now and I am far from where I want to be. With that in mind I am far from out, I am going to step my game and Cover Ground up to the next level.
