And so it begins.....

Today marked the first day back in the weight room in nearly two months. I've really been focused on dropping body fat these past couple of weeks, and am proud to say I'm on the road to successfully accomplish that goal. After having a very dissapointing 2010 season, I need to make some changes if I want to make a run at the team in 2012. The first step is to drop my weight so that I am slim and trim and LOOK the part... then I will focus on enhancing my speed (a component that has been lacking in my throw for two years) and develop the event specific strength that I will need. I have to be honest, after falling on my face and nearly fouling out at the USATF championships this June, I seriously considered hanging up my shoes and moving on with my life. It was very disheartening to me to finish the lowest I had in nine years of the event, I made the argument with myself that I had too much going on and that my life was heading in a different direction with my career, school and coaching. I really felt like I hated the event, and had lost any love I had for it. Realistically I was just avoiding the truth, I had let myself down last year with my focus and avoided the reality of what I was truly accomplishing with my training. I let my brain get in my way and over thought the event and my personal situation. I realize that I still have a lot of obsticales to overcome to earn success, but I know I can do it. I've proven to myself these past few months that I CAN wake up at 4:45/5am and complete a meaningful workout before I head to work. As much as it sucks to do so, that is the reality of my training if I want to get anything accomplished this year and have success. Working full time, coaching and taking nine credits of grad school does not allow for much time to train, I will need to make the time even if that means getting up before the sun. I also realize that I need to take hold of my diet and allow my body to transform into the lean mean throwing machine that I know I am capable of. I've got the ball rolling and have dropped 20 pounds and counting so far. My goal is to be around 169lbs by October when I begin my heavy lifting again... I'm only 13 pounds away and know I can achieve this goal in the next two months. The time has come to take the first steps in redeeming myself in the ring, I will continue my journey to London that started ten years ago and finally accomplish what I set my sights on.