Little Bit of Background II

In 2008 I was not able to run due to an achilles issue, which just so happens to be one of the worst injuries I’ve ever had in my entire life. I still have some issues with it but not nearly as bad as before. I take the necessary precautions to treat it and have had a team of people that have aided in taking care of me so that it does not regress to the state it was in before.

Anyway, I suppose the point of this entry is to tell you a little bit about me and to say that I will try to do much better at updating. Like I said earlier in this post, track has always been a very personal thing to me. What I share with others is either displayed through performance on the track or through character improvements that are developed while being an athlete; but rarely do I speak to people outside my close nit friends or track teammates about my journey. One of the primary reasons I am going to make a greater effort in being open about track is to share with others what it takes to live your dream, and what I’m doing to live mine.

Life isn’t about sitting back and watching others cruise by you, it’s about getting out of the passenger seat, believing in yourself with every fiber of your being, and with great certainty and with faith putting your foot on the accelerator towards exactly what you want.


I want to send a HuGe thank you to all of you for supporting me last year economically, emotionally, physically, mentally, everything below, above and in-between that. I would not be able to do what I am meant to do without your love and kindness.



Season is coming upon me, and I’m feeling ready and excited. So here here to this 2011 track season.



"Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you’ve imagined."
Henry David Thoreau

A Little Bit of Background I

So I started this blog last year per request and at the advice of friends to document my journey till 2012 London Olympics. Track, although on a seemingly public stage, has always been a personal journey for me. It is for this reason I find it difficult to update my blog. I do in fact have journals of every track practice post-college and every body change I’ve had since my junior year of high school. I have been running track since the 4th grade. I would say that my love for track forged from my initial thoughts as a child that I was a superhero. When I was a kid I used to think I had tons of superpowers, speed being one of them. As years went by all the other things that I thought were my “super powers” ended up being figments of my imagination. For instance I used to think I had the ability to see the world moving; never quite realizing it was the clouds. The one physical power that always seemed to remain with me was my speed. Any time I had a chance to race someone I would race. Every grade I’ve been in since 4th grade, one of the most important things I always had to do was run against the fastest girl then after beating them; I’d race the fastest boy. In high school I was the fastest person for two years in a row in my state. Eventually in college I went on to study Journalism and train on a track scholarship at Cal State Long Beach where I was NCAA qualifier, was apart of a 4x100 relay that still holds the record at CSULB, placed 4th fastest in the region in the 200 and 5th fastest in the 100.

I am now on route towards one of my final destinations in track, 2012 London Olympics. But, before I get there I have a few stops on the way. Last summer I qualified and competed on the track circuit in Belgium, Italy, London and France. It was an amazing and challenging experience. I will be competing again this year on the circuit, competing in much faster and challenging races.