My Track Results --- Summer 2001

Date	Location	Event(s)	Time(s)
Fri-May 11, 2001	Canton-NY	200m	22.46s
Wed-May 16, 2001	Montreal-Claude R	400m	49.08s
Sat-May 26, 2001	Toronto-York	200m	23.06s
Sat-June 2, 2001	Montreal-EDM	400m 200m	48.58s 22.46s
Wed-June 6, 2001	Ottawa-Twilight#1	400m	48.86s
Wed-June 13, 2001	Ottawa-Twilight#2	200m 4x400m relay	22.40s 3:14.60
Wed-June 20, 2001	Ottawa-Twilight#3	800m	1:59.90
Sat-June 30, 2001	London-CSG trials	400m 400m final	48.85s 49.34s
Sun-July 1, 2001	London-CSG trials	200m	22.72s
Wed-July 4, 2001	Ottawa-Twilight#5	400m	49.64s
Sat-July 7, 2001	Montreal-Claude R	200m 100m	22.99s 11.45s
Wed-July 11, 2001	Ottawa-Twilight#6	200m 100m	22.74s 11.55s
Thursday-July 19, 2001	Canton NY	200m	22.79s
July 27-29, 2001	Ottawa - OTFA CHAMPS	400m 400m final 200m 200m final	49.17s 49.72s 23.07s 23.01s
Wed-August 1, 2001	Ottawa - Twilight#8	60m 150m 300m	7.34s 16.72s 36.21s

Fri-May 11, 2001

The first meet of the year. I was not expecting much because the results of my training would not be shown right away. I ran the 200m. There was a slight drizzle. The time I posted was 22.46s which is not too bad for the first race of the season but I was not satisfied. I was given lane 1, cut myself with my spikes and I actually broke a spike. No excuses though. I should have run faster. The wind was apparently 3.1 m/s which I found hard to believe. I am bitter.

Wed-May 16, 2001

My first 400m of the year and I just wanted to get it over with. I have gone through many painful workouts this year and the 400m is where it is at. I had lane 4 and ran a personal best of 49.08s. I was quite happy with this result and I feel I was catching my training partner and coach at the end of the race. I ran my race, which was good, and I posted a pretty good time for an opening 400m.

Sat-May 26, 2001

Lane 1, –2.6m/s wind, slight drizzle (that is not an excuse). Very bitter. Man that's a slow time! Not happy about that at all.

Sat-June 2, 2001

400m, Lane 5. I ran a personal best. I was once again on the verge of catching my training partner and coach. It was close. I ran my own race. The weather was cold but it was not windy. The 200m I ran an okay 22.46s in lane 1 once again with a wind speed of 0.0 m/s. I ran the 200m after the 400m and was quite happy with my runs today.

Wed-June 6, 2001

I ran this 400m for training purposes, mainly pace training and I was very happy with the race that I ran. I ran 48.86 out of lane 3 and it was easy. It was a nice day with no wind, a perfect day to run a 400m. Pushed out of the blocks with head down for the first 100m relaxed on the backstretch and picked it up with 200m to go. The last 100m, I just brought it home. I ran the first 200m in a conservative 23.80s.

Wed-June 13, 2001

200m-lane 7, wind 0.0 m/s. I ran a personal best in the 200m but I think that I blew my load at the beginning. I know that I can go faster but my race strategy and my sharpness is not there. I also ran the 4x400m and we obtained the Twilight series record but did not get the mark of the club record because of me. I was the second runner and I was to cut into lane 1 from lane three after the first curve. I didn't cut in and thus I ran an extra 15-20m, which cost us very valuable seconds. I am bitter but on the upside, my split was 50.8s, which would be a 48 low if I ran run only 400m. I am stupid.

Wed-June 20, 2001

I ran an 800m for training purposes. It was my third 800m ever. (I usually run it once a year, just for kicks) I ran a good race but I had absolutely no idea what was going on. I ran the race with my training partner and coach who caught me at the end and only ran one, one hundredth of a second faster that I ran.

Sat-June 30, 2001

2:05 p.m. 400 heats. I don't know what went wrong. I drove out as usual and I may have went a little too hard for the first 200m but I felt fine. On the last curve, a guy was pushing me and then I caught up to him and we were right beside each other on the home stretch and then he slightly pulled away. It is as if I don't have any heart at all. I had a foot on him and then he passed me. I could not respond. He was dead tired and I just walked away after the race. No lactic feeling, no headache and for those 400m runners who know what I am talking about, no shampoo. I was quite upset and I totally thought to myself that I have no heart. There is always the final. 6:00 p.m. the final. I wasn't feeling nervous at all as I was in the heats. I don't get nervous usually but in the heats it was like a build up of my whole season so I felt some tension. I am never usually nervous. I had lane 7 for the final. I thought I had enough in the tank to win. I took the first 200m really conservatively, people where passing me on the second curve on the inside but as I got off the curve I was in a good position. I thought I was making ground but I just couldn't respond. I then ran out of gas and the person on my outside passed me. I had no heart. Getting passed like that and not responding to the challenges is the worst. I finished 5th and will most likely not go to Canada Games even though a filled in all these forms. I was bitter. I once again had no pain, no lactic, no headache. I just have no heart. I just walked away after my race. The times were not great at all.

Sun-July 1, 2001

Ah, the sweet 200m. Finally I got a good lane, lane 6. The wind was + 4.6 m/s but was in my face for the whole curve. It was cold this day, unlike yesterday which was boiling hot (very nice I might add). I took off my warm-ups and was in the blocks and it started to pour. Then I heard the infamous stand-up please from the starter. I was so wet. Everything was wet. I was not happy and then I ran a bad race just to top off a bad weekend. I am bitter.

Wed-July 4, 2001

I decided to run a 400m today. I need to feel pain. I cannot feel pain anymore and am quite concerned that I have no heart. I ran the 400m in Lane 7 and it was as my last race. The same guy who caught me last time caught me at the end. I am bitter. I have no heart. The track was wet as it just had raining but there was no wind. I thought it was perfect 400m weather. I wanted 47 but I have no heart. I have no lactic, no headache, no pain, no heart. To top it off, a very bad time too.

Sat-July 7, 2001

Wow, what is going on? I can't put a finger on it but I am changing things in my program so that I can fix what is going on. I know it is quite late to be working on things but I am trying to look towards the future. In the 200m, the wind was + 1.1 m/s and I couldn't do anything. I had lane 2 and I lost to the pretenders, not the contenders. I was not scheduled to run the 100m but I decided to run as there was a lane open and my training partner had scratched. I had lane 5 and the wind was – 0.1m/s. I felt that I ran a good race technically. Physically, we can all see that the time was very, very, very bad. Technically good, times bad.

Wed-July 11, 2001

100m, lane 4, wind –0.6m/s. 200m, lane 6, +1.0m/s. I am bitter. I ran some really, really bad times today. It was a bit cold today and the track was wet. The rain is following me but that doesn't matter, it is the slowness that I can't stand. I have raced too much lately. I will take some time off and then race again. These times must go down. Technically good, times bad.