Not Broadcasting Coloreds

1st off let me state that i'm a fan of michael phelps and think what he did was amazing and we probably wont see anything like it ever again, hopefully...The news media is having way too much fun with the story. Phelps this, Phelps that, look at michael phelps mom and sisters. Its the kind of sensationalizing I would love if i had any prior interest in these people. But see the thing is the united states is only interested in such athletes every four years, and only if the 42 year old soccer mom would approve. I'd hate to think its a racial thing.
NBC did a few segments on his mom preceding his races and it quickly turned into over kill. Then came Dara Torres and Misty May-Treanor and a bunch of other stories that all superceded any track events. They let you know well ahead of time that they were showing Dara Torres at 10:37 PM and Michael Phelps was 7 minutes after that. That left me sitting there for 3 plus hours wondering when the hell are they going to show the 100 meter final? I'd like to get on with my life. I guess theres no intrigue in the 100 meters anymore since we're all on that stuff. Or is there no intrigue becuase usian bolt isnt a figure that white americans can embrace? I'm sure that's part of the equation. All i know is beach volleyball, while mildly entertaining, should never under any circumstance get more air time than track and field. And Michael Phelps mom doesn't deserve more camera time than David Oliver or Lauryn Williams.

Thank You For Smoking!

Why do people smoke? I've been trying to figure this out for the past 2 weeks. Weed, crack, blacks, black and milds, i hates it all! I go to the club and catch the back draft of a smoker or i'll talk to a girl and she'll decide to light one up mid-conversation, it aint nothin nice. I've had the experience of smoking back in the earlier years and it was work. I felt a lil sick, i smelled like trash. Not a good look. For those who have never smoked a cigarette, try it, see how it is. You'll see that it must have taken an incredible amount of tolerating such an unpleasantry for an extended period of time to become a person who "needs" a smoke. On second thought, bravo for the commitment! Bravo...

A Bolt Past the World Record

I tried my best to come up with one of those corny headlines sports writers always use, i think i did pretty good. Usian Bolt broke the world record saturday night and beat tyson gay in the process. Tyson Gay being the world champion in the 100 and 200 in 2007...Thats pretty big if you ask me. It is likely that running against Tyson will scare you into running faster but he probably was going to break it soon anyway. The best part of it was, it was on national TV in NY city where people who dont really care about track (92.4% of americans) could actually see it or at least hear about it. Congrats to the Bolt.
NOW...The worst part of it is, it was on national TV in NYC where every track cynic can see or hear about it. It wasnt just people who dont follow the sport, it was people who are knee deep in it too that started the negativity. Being that its an olympic year they decide they want more track to come through your television set and with that ESPN is showing Golden League meetings in europe and where ever else. So the day after Bolt broke the record the Istaf meeting in Berlin came on ESPN2. They also ran the 100, but the winning time was "only" a 10.07 by my man Nesta Carter. So dwight stones gets on the mic and says "thats his all time best time...not really impressive after what we saw in NY last night...usain bolt, what a star hes going to be." My opinion is that track is suffering in the states and dwight stones, who covers pretty much all major track events, shouldn't be shooting other athletes down like that if we're trying to get people interested in it again. Way to go Stones!
#2. I turn on Pardon the Interruption yesterday to see if they'd talk about it and sure enough they did. I was thinking man, this is great, track is getting some media attention. They finally get to talking about it and the 1st thing they say is they dont think its a legitimate record. Stating that either the timing was off or that he's on some magic pills. I mean, why it gotta be all that? I guess you're just damned if you do in track. The 1st thing you think when anyone does and thing remarkable is that they're on that stuff. I sure hope he isnt, but im not gonna bedowngrade the man for running that fast. I hope he breaks it again...actually i hope asafa breaks it. Im out...

ProTools 7.3

IM SICED!!! We have the new studio and as of last night it is fully functional and ready to go. We're about to run a well oiled operation here. So wack Rappers and Singers, get at me...i can even make your $#!T tighter!

Train Harder...Run Slower

...And we're back!
I'm pretty new to this whole track thing, especially the international competition aspect of it. Compared to other people on the circuit i'm a virgin. But who cares? The whole point of training the way i have been is to be able to lay it down and perform well under any circumstance anywhere in the world. Thus far it has not been the case. After last season i knew the 2008 season would be one of historical improvement. I ran world class times with half-assed training (i'd give it a 5.4 on a scale of 10 in terms of difficulty and amount of focus i had) a crazy party life and a couple of jobs on top of it all. Oh, by the way, i didnt go to the weight room once in 2007. So i figured i'd do damage with more intense training (including weights) better supplementation, and no partying and drinking until 6 am and then practicing at 10. With all that going for me i'd surely run a personal best or better yet a 9. I'm a solid 10.40 sprinter every time out. Tailwind, headwind, 103 degrees, freezing cold, it doesnt matter you're going to get a 10.40 out of me. I'm starting to think that maybe my body doesnt respond to the high intensity training and that i need to get rest more than i would have expected. Truth be told, i dont really have a coach, and the coaching i have been getting hasnt put me in a place to be successful. So for the rest of the season i'm just going to write my own workouts, tape myself and study my weaknesses. I did it last year and it worked and they say a broken clock is right twice a day. I just need it to be right once in this year.

I no longer give compliments

Usually before i write something i think about it for a couple of days so i dont come off all emotional like but this one is something else. i´ve been in brazil for what seems like three months but really is only 2.5 weeks. Everybody talks about how brazil got the greatest women and you´re gonna fall in love and not come back and so forth. That aint the case. Dont get me wrong, there are some that i wanna bring back, but just as i suspected some aint gettin it done.
So after each meet to get paid you go down to the secretary´s office and they make a copy of your passport, you sign some paper and they give you cash in exchange. Well at this particular meet there was this FIRE brazilian girl working there who gave me my money and spoke okay english so i figured i´d say something on the way out the door.

"you´re absolutely beautiful."

she replies

"No, thanks"

What? I was confused. It took me a second to even realize what just went on. I´m not even sure what the tone was, it was sorta sheepish but also a little disgusted that i even spoke. It wasnt the 1st time i´ve told a girl that but it was the 1st time i´ve been shot down. I thought it was pretty innocuous. I guess in giving a compliment she thought i was trying to get at her. I cant say that i wasnt trying to, but i certainly didnt give her the full court press. So as every tick of the clock passes i get more and more hot. I walk up to big aubs room and tell him about it and he had the same reaction i had. He turned out to be more hot than i was and he´s still indignant like 3 days later. One bad apple spoils the bunch. From now on, i say nothing. Also, i´m taking the D.O. approach. If you talk to me and i act stuck up or like youre not on my level it´s probably because youre not

TIMES IS HARD!

Something about downtown Atlanta is special. Since i've moved into the new condo about a week and some days ago i've gotten to see a lot more of the actual downtown area as opposed to the midtown area. Unlike midtown, downtown atlanta has yet to be fully gentrified and the result is more crackheads in a concentrated area. I gotta tell you, the atlanta crackhead is unlike any other. They're jive ruthless and overbearing but sometimes they're even comical. But lately it seems like everybody is on that stuff. A while ago a dude in a suit smoking a cigarette asked me for some change, i guess he was the sophisticated bum. Then you got your bum crackheads that always wanna get a quick ride down to the local wal-mart, and this always amazed me. Its happened 3 times this year that i can distinctly remember. I think they figure since they aint got nothing to do that i aint got nothing to do. Then last and most disturbing you have your ol' lady bum. She looked like the church lady in the 1st row with the fruit basket on her head who drives the old cutlass. She was backing out the parking lot yesterday and saw me, stopped and asked "excuse me, can you help me get a gallon of gas?" She really didn't look too safe but for some reason i felt bad for her situation. I'm like damn i know the gas is high but is this how you gotta pay for it? I cant call it but something aint right out here. Obama for prez