Peace Be The Journey

And the sport of the week is... (Da,da,da!) SHORT TRACK SPEED SKATING (Said in a deep announcer voice for full effect) First, and foremost, I must shout to the world that, "Apolo Anton Ohno is awesome!!!!" I mean, what else is there to say, really? He's a beast. Just watch this video an you will comprehend how ridiculous his training regimen is. They don't mention it in this video, but he also goes out into the foothills with a weight vest on to run up steep inclines. Crazy man! Like he says about training in this video, "The most important stage in my mind, is this stage right here. The preparation stage. As long as I go to the games prepared... and in my mind I prepared like nobody else has." You definitely have to prepare to whiz around on ice with other skaters jostling you at 40 mph! You know what I love most about this video? That I was just there. That's right. At this very arena where the USA team often trains and competes. The very spot the...

I love this song! I get all excited every time I hear it. Thank you John Williams for composing it. It's a must for the workout playlist on my iPod. And thanks to Trisha Walker, it is also a ringtone on my phone. Thanks for being my Olympic comrade Trisha! In the words of Sanka, "I am feeling very Olympic today. How about you?" In this this spirit of Olympicism, (No, this isn't a real word. I just made it up.) I feel that this is a good week for an introduction to the winter Olympics and all they entail. If you are a sad, deprived person who knows nothing, then today is your lucky day. Get excited! And just so you know, if you watched the above video and did not realize these are all summer sports, then you definitely fit in the sad, deprived category. The most recent winter games took place in Vancouver, Canada, from February 12-28, 2010. The winter Olympics sports are divided into three main categories: (1) ice sports, (2) alpine, skiing and snowboarding event...

FYI: It's Tuesday. I couldn't wait until Sunday to write because I knew it just wouldn't be the same. I went to my first workout session as Zoom today. Whoowee! (I'm not sure if that's a real word, but that's the sound I make when I talk about it) That was quite the experience. I expected it to be hard, as any new training regimen is when you first start it, but they just threw me in headlong on my first day. John is the guy I've been talking to and the one who gave me the tour last week. He's a nice guy, who definitely knows what he's talking about when it comes to training. Anyway, he's the typical coach I've always had. Kinda laid back and sarcastic, but always there to inflict torturous amounts of pain and push you beyond your current limits. He really does possess a special gift that good coaches must have. They can see the end result and know what they have to do to get you there. He knows what I need to work on, and he'll help me...