Monday, August 30, 2010

Check it out..An interesting find ......

So I was sitting here in the Netherlands and decided to do a search on myself and my track career. I was amazed to find this article about how drug testing is done within my sport of track and field. I had noticed that I was tested on many occasions but never second guessed why they were testing me...ha ha...well I am glad to be able to state and know that I am the real deal. At age 29 it is possible to get better and even at age 31 I plan on getting even better. I am a TRUE ATHLETE AND 100 Percent Clean. Big ups to my girl DeeDee Trotter and her TEST ME IM CLEAN CAMPAIGN!!!!

USADA REPORTING PHILOSOPHY

IAAF: Only Three Percent of Athletes Tested in 2007 Were Positive
By Eric (Analyst) on March 20, 2008

The IAAF does not make a distinction as to when any athlete is tested. USADA, the national testing agency in America, does make a testing history available, however.

USADA selects track and field athletes to test in an OOC based on an automated draw that considers a number of factors, including the athlete's ranking in the sport, their risk of doping and test their previous test history.

LaShawn Merritt and Michelle Collins were each tested 11 times in 2007, followed Mary Wineberg (10) and Reese Hoffa, who were selected for 10 tests, respectively.

Merritt came off the best season of his life in 2007, winning a silver medal at the World Championships in Osaka (43,96) and becoming the ninth athlete in world history to break the 44,00-flat barrier. Collins has been fighting a previous drug charge which has since gone back into arbitration by the IAAF.

Wineberg had a break-through season in which the then 27-year-old lowered her 400m personal record down to a very respectable 50,24 and was part of the gold medal-winning 4x400m quartet which defeated Russia in Osaka, and Hoffa was the 2006 USA national indoor and world indoor shot put champion.

There have been 24.829 IAAF anti-doping tests conducted on athletes from 2000-2007—an average of 3.103 each year.

If the number of cheaters are, indeed, reducing in numbers, the IAAF can hold its head high and claim to be catching the leaders in the cheating game. Unfortunately, Marion Jones was able to escape unscathed more than 150 times behind a wall of deception throughout her career, so to state that the testing system works and is a suggestion that athletes today are less apt to take drugs is not entirely true.

Sunday, August 29, 2010

The Belgium Meet

Hello!!!!

Well I am back from the small meet that was held in Belgium. The meet was fun and even though the weather and wind weren't the greatest it was fun. The meet was called International Antwerp Athletics Gala. The meet director did a great job of welcoming the athletes and the crowd was encouraging. The meet had a delay of an hour so I was all warmed up and ready to go to find out that the 400 was on a delay. So there were 4 girls in the race and I was given lane 3 out of a six lane track (they used 3, 4, 5, 6) The end result was 52.89 and I came in first and broke the stadium record. I wasn't excited about the time, but realized with the cold cold tempeature and windy conditions that it wasn't a bad race. I also decided to run the 200 but was in lane 6 and didn't really puch of the turn like I wanted to and felt very ackward throughout the whole race. Wheww glad that that was over, but you know I wasn't tired after the 200 so i definitely had more in the tank just didn't use it well.

So I rode the train from Belgium back to the Netherlands here in Sittard. Pretty interesting to watch how different and similiar Europeans are. I am always amazed at there accents and the different languages that I here. One amazing thing is that dogs are like himans here. They can ride the train, sit in a seat, go to the grocery store, airport, etc....they have like a free pass everywhere. So I have seen plenty of Yorkies, and all type of other dogs while staying here. I am now back at the base house and getting started on my laundry. The weather is very gloomy, and windy and chilly. I think summer is over her now.....fall time has arrived with the fall like temperature! So I guess I will wait to hear from my agent about the next meet and move!!!!


Talk to you later!!!

Monday, August 23, 2010

It's August 24th...where am I now!!!

Hello everyone,
Yes I know it has been a while since you last heard from me....and no I didn't disappear I just have been very busy. I am enjoying life, taking care of my mom, watching Pika get bigger and bigger and still training. So let's see I am in Holland right now staying at a base with other athletes. I ran on the 23rd in Slovakia and was very disappointed with the end result. Gosh I had been having such great practices and to go out and run a 53.12,,,,,disappointing. I honestly don't know what happened and usually I do. All I know is that my body was feeling great and I was pumped, had my game face on. When the gun went off it was good the first 200 meters and then I don't know what happened coming into the last 150 where I make my move, there was no move making. I actually said to myself Mary come on get those girls in front of you.
Slovakia was cool, they had a after reception for us. The people there were very nice and had some lovely homes. I love it when I travel because I get a chance to hear so many different languages. Too bad that I never know what they are saying though. I really need to get up on Rosetta Stone!!!
So I have another meet this weekend and will keep you all posted. I will be in Europe for 3 weeks and man this is the longest I have been from Pika. BTW Pika turned on eon August 3rd and she is so amazing. She loves to swing, run around, play with her dolls, the telephone and she is becoming independent in somethings. My baby is growing up......she also has been teething which has been rough on daddy who is doing a great job of taking care of her! Congratulations Super Dad!!!
So until I sign in again
Chow