I had almost 2 solid great weeks of training and may have pushed the gas a bit too hard as I was excited to be able to do normal training activities without pain. This Monday will be the start of the 8th week of training for me and I am anticipating a full 4 more weeks of successful training sessions before my next break. I was notified that the Australian and New Zealand Grand Prix series will not include the javelin this year because the Australian record holder and good friend of mine, Jarrod Bannister, is still rehabbing an injured elbow suffered in Beijing. The good news was that the javein was confirmed as one of the 2009 Golden League events for the 5th year in a row. This is virtually unheard of for 1 event and I am extremely excited about the opportunity to break back into the Golden league's.
The last 2 weeks was an extremely busy schedule for me in the community and was highlighted by the news that I am the Olympic Training Center December Athlete of the Month. When I was notified I didn't understand how I received the honor because its usually reserved for the athlete with the best competition performances for that month. However, with no competitions for any of the athletes at the training center, I was told that I was given the honor because of my role in community service for the month of December. Its a very special honor for me because I believe its the 1st time in training center history that an athlete has received that honor for performances away from competition. Never mind the fact that I get free golf for the month of January! ;P
Im attaching a few pics of my little buddy Jarmo from the Angels and athletes event last week...although we had a bit of a language barrier, we made it work and had an absolute blast...dude even gave me a hug as he left, awwwwwwwwww
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