First before I start this post please accept my apologize on the delay in updating my blog. I’ve been so focused on training and the trials I have not been updating like I have supposed to.

Well today is July 4th and not only is it Independence Day it is the prelims of the Men’s Triple Jump at the Olympic Trials. I’ve been here since Tuesday and I have been relaxing and enjoying this time around in 2004 I was so nervous I couldn’t relax. Not to say that the nerves haven’t gotten worse since Tuesday, but I’m better prepared this time. The tension has changed everyone when I got here Tuesday everyone was speaking to each other, today there barely words being passed which just shows how serious this is. I’ve had 2 great training sessions since I’ve been here and I am ready to go I just wish my family would have been able to come, but the tickets were so expensive that it wasn’t feasible. I still have a job to do today and that is make it to the finals and once I do that focus on making the team on Sunday. 

Before I go I want to thank EVERYONE who has been supportive in my journey here and please don’t feel disrespected or left out because I haven’t named you personally, but there are too many people to try to name and I need to get back to the task at hand, but I did want to say thank you to ALL of you. Well it’s 4:25 PST and I compete in less than 3 hours so I will be back to update you all on how things went later. God Bless.  

written by lamontdagen